Fans from both Seattle and Portland were jacked, but the Sounders, long on fans but short on players, had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
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.
On the eve of a lockout, petulant NBA commish last week took more shots at Seattle for no good reason. What’s the point?
As did Felix in 2005, the rookie fires it hard to the big boys. The Rangers Wednesday night had a hard response.
2001 Mariners top feat may have been handling joy amid tragedy following the attacks on America, something we were all reminded of with news of Osama bin Laden’s death.
Event connects city’s history with its splendid ‘new’ ballpark, stirring memories for players and former hot dog consumers.
The first night of the NFL Draft delivers twists for Seattle
TV analyst, former Seahawk and friend of Matt Hasselbeck also rips team for not drafting QB Andy Dalton instead of Carpenter
SPNW’s Art Thiel and Doug Farrar had a live chat on the NFL draft earlier Wednesday. Read the conversation about the draft, Locker and the lockout.
Job of NFL QB is tough enough without being hometown savior — again
M’s vs. Royals. Four games. If you thought Wednesday’s Safeco crowd was small . . .