To start LSU week, University of Washington gets grim news: RT Ben Riva and RB Jesse Callier are out; the latter for season with torn ACL. And sweltering Baton Rouge awaits.
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 Angels’ patient hitters, including rookie Mike Trout, a guy the Mariners could have drafted, bested the best in Felix Hernandez at Safeco Saturday.
The Raiders were helpless against the Seahawks defense, which shone throughout the preseason that ended 4-0 after a 21-3 win Thursday night.
Given the schedule, the injuries and the depth, the Huskies would do well to stay even in 2012. But running in place is rarely rewarded in an industry mostly about instant gratification.
Here’s the beauty of the Seahawks’ quarterback situation — Schneider and Carroll have idiot-proofed themselves at the game’s most important position.
In his debut with the first unit, rookie QB Russell Wilson was masterful. Combined with stout defense and and effective special teams, the Seahawks routed the Chiefs 44-14.
Not only has Russell Wilson won over Carroll, he’s winning over teammates, which is more important. He doesn’t have to be great, only efficient — his specialty.
The lust for perfection again was thwarted quickly, but Felix Hernandez had another stellar game, as did his teammates, for their 14th win in the last 15 home games.
Hickman was a genial presence at UW sports events and Seahawks games, where many were unaware he was one of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.
Rookie QB Russell Wilson has shown enough in two halves to merit a start Friday when the Seahawks play in Kansas City. He needs to succeed or fail with the starters once.