The Seahawks took a pass on getting reimbursed for a $5 million bonus paid RB Marshawn Lynch, who is retiring early. Given his contributions, it’s a steal at twice the price.
Author: Art Thiel
Art Thiel
Never having met a metaphor he could not twist beyond recognition, Art has been illuminating, agitating, amusing and annoying Puget Sound sports readers for a long time. Along with Steve Rudman, he co-founded Sports Press Northwest because it didnt seem right that the Google monster should aggregate daily journalism into oblivion without at least a flesh wound from somebody. Thiel and Rudman labored under the Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe until the print edition died an undeserved death in March, 2009. Art continued on at its online successor seattlepi.com while working on SPNWs creation. His radio commentaries can be heard Friday and Saturday mornings and Friday afternoon on KPLU-FM 88.9. In 2003 he wrote the definitive book about the Seattle Mariners, Out of Left Field, which became a regional bestseller. In 2009, along with Rudman and KJR 950 afternoon host Mike Gastineau, Thiel authored The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a cross between historylink.org and Mad Magazine that has become mandatory reading for any sports fan who has an indoor bathroom. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University as well as two dead papers and a live one, the News Tribune of Tacoma, he has become a fan of entrepreneurial online journalism because it allows him to continue a lifelong passion to take the English language to places it rarely visits willingly, and does not involve the cleaning of kennels or stables.
A Seatte Times story about remodeling KeyArena to counter Chris Hansen’s Sodo project misses the point: No private developer can own it, and the NBA and NHL don’t want the city of Seattle operating it.
The leader of the Seahawks’ new primary adversary, Cam Newton of the Panthers, will eventually talk his way out of a bad press conference. It will be harder to play his way out of a bad play.
The Broncos’ 24-10 upset win over Carolina was a trudge, but news tweeted in the fourth quarter was sad for Seahawks fans: Marshawn Lynch is retiring. But it’s good news for the Beast.
In a rollicking afternoon at Hec Ed, the Huskies’ freshmen battled Arizona’s seniors nearly to a standstill. But nearly doesn’t count. Wildcats, 77-72.
Never one to miss a marketing opportunity, Marshawn Lynch took advantage of the media horde for the Super Bowl to open a sportswear store in his hometown of Oakland Friday.
Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto joins Art Thiel at the The Sports Salon at World Trade Center Seattle restaurant at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Bring your questions about the extreme makeover.
The Broncos are a nice story, recovering from the Super Bowl blasting by the Seahawks to get back to the big show. The Panthers, however, are a nasty crew. Again, it won’t be pretty for Denver.
Based on his experience in Boise State, where he beat Oklahoma and Oregon with one-star recruits, Huskies coach nearly sprains his eyebrow when it comes to recruiting “services.”
Can we talk about XL now? Ten years ago Friday, the Seahawks lost their first Super Bowl appearance, thanks in part to ghastly officiating. But it’s time to take it out of the attic.