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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 Huskies and Cougars closed out their men’s college basketball seasons quietly with losses in the Pac-12 Conference tourney. Then there’s the colossus in Spokane . . .
Carlos Dunlap was a big competitive help in 2020, but was cut Monday by Seahawks because in ’21 he’s a financial burden. Now, where to apply his $14 million in savings?
As the QB frenzy in the NFL increases, what if Wilson’s designated teams can’t pull the trade trigger? Here’s an idea: Wilson to the Jags for the No. 1 pick in the draft.
On cue, after Scott Servais says, “(Prospects)will tell you when they’re ready,” Jarred Kelenic hits the club’s first spring HR. Note to Mariners: Don’t mess with this guy.
In the attention economy, Wilson has gathered attention that becomes power, much in the way of LeBron James and Tom Brady. The world has changed, and he’s atop it.
Seahawks LB K.J. Wright, Seattle U hoopster McKenzi Williams, Jamal Crawford and Lou Piniella were among the honorees at the 86th annual Sports Star of the Year Awards.
Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll have different views on how to get the Seahawks to the pinnacle again. Wilson’s agent hasn’t asked for a trade, but he’s pushing trade partners.
Kevin Mather is gone, but no one can be sure the problem is gone with him. If majority owner John Stanton was as surprised as Mariners fans, what does that say about him?
The firing of team president Kevin Mather brings a promise to “make amends” from majority owner John Stanton. I’d prefer an explanation: Why so many unforced errors?