The Seahawks denied permission for Packers to talk to John Schneider about their GM vacancy, raising the prospect that Green Bay might have to trade for their native cheesehead.
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.
Mariners manager Scott Servais joins Art Thiel for a pre-spring training conversation to which you’re invited, at the World Trade Center Seattle’s happy hour on the waterfront.
Coach Pete Carroll says the in-season trades that cost Seahawks high draft choices weren’t any more drastic than what they plan in 2018. Well, then — let’s all buckle up.
Coach Pete Carroll said social activism took a toll on his players, especially in the loss at Tennessee. He claimed players eventually moved away from the topic: “Too taxing.”
On exit day, WR Doug Baldwin said the run-game failures were critical, but not the fault of OC Darrell Bevell. Left unsaid was the need for Russell Wilson to rein in his romps.
A pathetic home loss to a broken team in a playoff-elimination game should inspire some serious reckoning for the Seahawks — if events haven’t already overtaken them.
After a dismal first half, the Huskies pulled together enough gumption in the second half against Penn State to make for late drama. The future under Chris Petersen remains bright.
Shaq Griffin’s first career QB sack was a topic of conversation with FS Earl Thomas, jealous because he’s never had one in his career. Maybe a safety blitz will make Thomas happy.
Senior Azeem Victor was expected to lead Washington’s defense. But after two suspensions, it’s up to Ben Burr-Kirven to take down Penn St. star Saquon Barkley in Fiesta Bowl.
With QB Luke Falk sidelined, the Cougars ended a tumultuous month with a blowout loss to Michigan State that looked like the Apple Cup. But at least Leach got a raise out of it.