Seemed as if Russell Wilson Sunday was doing a lot of running behind the line of scrimmage, and RBs weren’t doing much beyond it. All fixable, says Pete Carroll.
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.
Despite taking the worst beating of his pro career, QB Russell Wilson had a 300-yard day. But the 12-7 win over Carolina belonged to defense and special teams.
Even though the Washington Huskies are idle and the Seahawks open their season Sunday in Carolina, traffic in Sodo Saturday will feature another Sounders-Mariners bollix, with a big International District street party tossed in for a little Asian verve to the vehicular mayhem.
The NFL’s settlement with former players addressed the past. The present and future belong to scientists like Harboview’s Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, who wants data to rule, not passions.
After a slow start, Washington exploded in the second half to bury Boise State 38-6 and finish up a glorious housewarming party for the remodeled stadium.
The Seahawks cruised to a win Thursday against the Raiders, who again proved why they’ve become the most futile franchise in the AFC.
The pressure of expectations was heaped on the Sounders in home debut of Clint Dempsey. They came through with a 1-0 triumph that delighted the biggest soccer crowd in NW history.
Now that free time is imminent, Steve Ballmer’s retirement from Microsoft gives him a chance to dominate a different world. Just buy the whole NBA. Seattle’s best revenge.
Well, that lasted quick. The Seahawks’ Monday trade of guard John Moffitt fell through Tuesday when he apparently didn’t pass his physical exam with the Cleveland Browns. The Akron Beacon Journal reported Moffitt was already on the practice field when Browns coach Rod Chudzinki escorted him off.
Sonics fans have offered some false equivalencies to rationalize Hansen’s secret Sacramento donation. But there’s no getting around the notion that it’s the way Clay Bennett would have operated.