Who needs wins? Such an old-fashioned concept. MLB’s revenue sharing, the Mariners’ monopoly geography and owning their own RSN make the club foolproof.
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 return from injury of TE Zach Miller was a big lift last week in Arizona. QB Russell Wilson, who threw 12 passes in playoffs to Miller, hit him 5 times for 40 yards vs. Cardinals.
Richard Sherman wrote in his SI.com column NFL players accept the risks of violent contact. That doesn’t mean the NFL isn’t obligated, as with any other industry, to reform.
The Seahawks (6-1) reversed their most debatable roster move of the early fall when they re-signed fullback Michael Robinson to a contract for the remainder of the 2013 season.
Free at last of a knee walker, crutches and boot, I join Seahawks WR Percy Harvin in a mid-season rally to health. And I have Marshawn Lynch’s secret to fast recovery.
In the wake of Keith Price’s continuing injury that cost the Huskies Saturday, a review of the Don James legacy reveals how the old coach might have handled things differently.
An extraordinary ability to organize and analyze allowed Don James to put his players in position to win. It was never done better than the 1985 Orange Bowl vs. No. 2 Oklahoma.
Keith Price wasn’t right from the beginning of a game that Arizona State turned into a rout because of the Washngton quarterback’s injured thumb. Sarkisian may have pushed too far.
One of the more remarkable aspects of the Seahawks’ 34-22 road triumph Thursday night at University of Phoenix Stadium was the presence of so many Seahawks fans that the noise nearly equaled that of Arizona’s home crowd.
As Marshawn Lynch crashed, Russell Wilson dashed and the defense smashed, Arizona had to wonder what it would be like if the Seahawks cleaned up things. 58-0?