Chris Chandler, James Edwards, Rosalyn Sumners, Joyce Walker, John Owen and George Pocock are the newest inductees into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame.
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The Sounders Tuesday signed two of their 2015 MLS SuperDraft selections, defender Oniel Fisher (second round, 40th overall) and goalkeeper Charlie Lyon (fourth round, 75th overall). The club added both to the first-team roster, which now includes 28 players.
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament will offer a glimpse this weekend of its madness at KeyArena for the first time since 2004. In case you have lost track of what a ginormous financial proposition the little non-profit trade association called the NCAA has created, here are some numbers in an infographic created by Wallet Hub
Jeron Johnson, a reserve safety and key special teams player for the Seahawks since joining the team as an undrafted rookie in 2011, signed with the Washington Redskins Monday, becoming the sixth unrestricted Seattle free agent to depart the club in the past week. Johnson disclosed his switch of teams on his personal Twitter account.
The Mariners made their first significant roster moves of the spring Sunday, optioning LHPs Danny Hultzen and Mike Kickham and OF Julio Morban to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. The Mariners also re-assigned seven to their minor league camp, leaving the club with 51 players, including 37 roster players and 14 non-roster invitees.
Eastern Washington beat Montana 69-65 for the Big Sky Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tourney, while Seattle U lost big to New Mexico State in the WAC tourney final.
Brad Evans, new to the back line this season, made errors on all three goals as San Jose surprised the Sounders, even playing the final 32 minutes a man down.
An examination Saturday revealed that shortstop candidate Chris Taylor has suffered a broken right wrist and will miss four to six weeks.
One win from March Madness. Isiah Umipig’s 30 points led the Seattle University men to a 69-63 win over Missouri-Kansas City in the semifinals of the Western Athletic Conference tourney Friday night at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, meaning a victory over regular-season champion New Mexico State Saturday in the finals would send the Redhawks
Punt returner/wide receiver Bryan Walters, a former three-sport star at Juanita High School in Kirkland, became the fifth unrestricted free agent to leave the Seahawks when he signed Friday with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Walters, who played collegiately at Cornell, caught six passes for 57 yards last season while playing in a career-high 13 games. He