Never much of quote in his playing days, Cortez Kennedy was a hit with aself-effacing, funny speech at his induction Saturday into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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.
He had to wait four years after his eligibility began, but Seahawks defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy will get his due Saturday at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
CEO Howard Lincoln was strong in his denial regarding selling the Mariners; too bad he isn’t as definitive when it comes to the commitment to win.
With Hansen’s approval, King County Council makes changes to MOU that are approved by 6-3 vote, while buying time to research what isn’t known about impacts to SoDo.
A letter sent by eight City Council members Monday to Chris Hansen said in part the city wants some tax revenues dedicated to building debt to go to traffic mitigation.
With little fanfare, Seattle Planning Commission Friday told City Council to do more work before moving ahead on arena; county vote Monday may become secondary.
As he joins Dan Wilson in the club’s Hall of Fame Saturday, Randy Johnson has a lot of regret about how his last days as a Mariner were perceived.
The Mariners lost 5-2 Wednesday to the Yanks, but the bigger deal was shaking loose the complications of baseball life with a fading star and a befuddled ownership.
Ichiro requested and received a trade, for which the Mariners got little back from the Yankees. Good deal? Bad deal? Best that could be had from a poorly run franchise? Vote here.
The Mariners were fully intent on extending the contract of Ichiro until he requested a trade. His final act was one of his most important: Saving face for the club.