A rising young star with the 49ers, Chris Borland retired Monday after studying the medical evidence about head trauma in football and decided the risk was not worth the reward.
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.
The Sounders and First & Goal Inc., agreed to extend the lease of the Clink another 10 years to 2028. So that ends speculation about pursuit of a soccer-only stadium.
2B Robinson Cano returned from several days in the Dominican Republic to attend the funeral of his grandfather, who was a key figure in Cano’s young life.
Cyler Miles will miss his second consecutive spring practice as he deals with personal issues, according to a statement Friday from coach Chris Petersen.
Jimmy Graham’s bleak start in life didn’t stop him from graduating with honors from college, getting his pilot’s license or being in a little awe of his new job in Seattle.
Not only does the trade for Graham upgrade production at two spots, the trade of Max Unger and the first-round pick saves nearly Graham’s salary. Now, on to the offensive line.
The Seahawks shocked the world again, acquiring Pro Bowl TE Jimmy Graham from the New Orleans Saints for C Max Unger and Seattle’s first-round choice.
After a visit Friday at Seahawks headquarters, CB Cary Williams and the Seahawks must have liked what each other saw. The eight-year veteran from the Philadelphia Eagles — the team that will sign Legion of Boom CB Byron Maxwell — is set to sign Tuesday when the free agency period commences, according to anonymous leaks
The Seahawks bolstered their depth at cornerback Monday by signing free agent cornerback Will Blackmon, who was briefly a Seahawk in the summer of 2013 before being cut at the end of training camp. He spent the past two seasons with Jacksonville, where he started 12 of 23 games.
Clint Dempsey scored twice and Martins delivered a spectacular header as the Sounders opened the season with a romp over New England.