In his first season after a dubious career in Minnesota,Tarvaris Jackson did just enough in Seattle to be credible, but not enough to be good.
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.
It’s easy to hold Nick Holt and staff accountable for the embarrassing defense; it’s harder to accept responsibility for how bad 0-12 really was to the program’s future.
In one of the most memorable bowl games in NCAA history, Washington fell 67-56 to Baylor despite 620 yards of offense.
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New revenues and new stadium are part of a potential Washington football renaissance that would be enhanced if Chris Polk stayed for another season. Watch how he’s used in Alamo Bowl.
For Alamo Bowl foe Baylor, Thursday is a national coming-out party for its athletic renaissance, and Washington is in the way. Although not much, unless Nick Holt has a crafty plan.
With two conservative teams, the margin for error is small. The 49ers know it, and after a 19-17 loss that ended their playoff hopes, the Seahawks are learning it.
Carroll, Harbaugh built their teams nearly the same way — heavy on defense and special teams, light on offense. Only the 49ers are better. The Seahawks’ only chance is to be smarter.
Trailing14-7 at the half, Tarvaris Jackson and Red Bryant led the Seahawks (7-7) to a 38-14 rout of the Bears Sunday that enhanced their shot at the playoffs.
With 25 points and eight rebounds, Elias Harris made a statement against Arizona in Gonzaga’s 71-60 triumph Saturday at KeyArena.