Even the PGA Tour shut down in the middle of its backswing. The astonishing dead stop of the American sports industry has a lot to do with federal government failures.
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.
Turns out Huskies’ three wins in the final four regular-season games was a false positive. Washington was 3-from-23 from beyond the arc and crashed out of the Pac-12 tourney.
Political leadership responds to pandemic by banning gatherings above 250 people. Sports bears the brunt, but it’s absolutely necessary to avoid disasters like Iran.
The news wasn’t a surprise, but the NFL confirmed Tuesday that the Seahawks draft next month will be a little richer — after losing five qualifying free agents last year and signing two, they gained a net of three compensatory draft picks. The Seahawks added a pick in the third round (101st overall), fourth (144)
The four major sports leagues took some combined action as coronavirus spreads. Tough as it would be to shut down, imagine the difficulty in knowing when and how to start up.
The smallest crowd since 2009 watched the Sounders game Saturday, but there were still 33,080 who were eager to experience’s urban life’s small joys amid a health crisis.
The risk is low, according to city and county health officials, so the Sounders’ game against the Columbus Crew at 7 p.m. Saturday will go on as planned at the Clink.
The novel coronavirus upon the Seattle area threatens great harm and disruption. A similar influenza outbreak 101 years ago killed about 1,600 and left the Stanley Cup finals in a tie.
Because of a quick turnaround in Sounders’ games, coach Brian Schmetzer chose to start star Jordan Morris in the second half. Turned out, Morris had his back in a 2-1 victory.
Using a five-point play, the Cougs ended Washington’s win streak at one, leaving the Huskies to plot how to save the season with four wins in four days in Las Vegas.