Hard to know which part of the acid bath was worse for Washington: Eight consecutive losses to UCLA in the Rose Bowl, four touchdowns by the local kid who got away, a shoulder injury to quarterback Keith Price that knocked him out of the game by halftime, or a wire-to-wire defeat inflicted by the coach who would be Husky, Jim Mora.
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 much-anticipated debut of WR Percy Harvin as a Seahawk looks like it’s on track for Sunday. He knows he’s rusty; he sounded certain he was ready.
The coaches of Washington and UCLA have similar teams and needs to win Friday. It isn’t just about the programs — it’s about buffing resumes, because in this gig, you never know . . .
With the wounded returning for Sunday’s game against Minnesota, Richard Sherman was in rare comedic form as the Seahawks see a prosperous stretch run.
The return of Percy Harvin, who comes with high risk and high reward, echoes a similar scenario endured by the Sounders with star Clint Dempsey. It’s a little different, but . . .
After a tense season crashed and burned, GM Adrian Hanauer said ownership is taking its time on deciding the fate of coach Sigi Schmid and how to handle Dempsey.
Cornerback Brandon Browner “could be down quite awhile” after straining a groin muscle in Sunday’s 33-10 win in Atlanta, but coach Pete Carroll had good Seahawks health news as well Monday: Tackles Russell Okung and Breno Giacomini will be practicing full time, and WR Percy Harvin will be activated for Sunday’s home game against his
Despite injuries to their offensive line and the loss of CB Brandon Browner, the Seahawks put together the beat-down of the season Sunday, a 33-10 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
The play was what Karl Malone would have made had the NBA Hall of Famer been a tight end. Austin Seferian-Jenkins posted up his smaller defender at the goal line, used his 275 pounds for leverage and went up high with both hands to get the ball. He could have pivoted and dunked, but he already had six points when his feet touched the turf.
Thoroughly outplayed for 70 minutes, Sounders scored twice late to regain a little dignity, but a bad seasonal finish grew worse with a playoff drubbing by the Timbers in Portland.