Within hours of trading reliever Stephen Pryor to the Minnesota Twins for 1B/DH Kendrys Morales, the Mariners Thursday made three more roster moves and announced a fourth. Called up were 1B/DH Jesus Montero and SS Chris Taylor from AAA Tacoma, put on the 15-day disabled list was Willie Bloomquist and confirmed that RHP Taijuan Walker
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University of Washington football coach Chris Petersen suspended sophomore quarterback Cyler Miles for the Huskies’ season opener at Hawaii. The favorite to succeed Keith Price, Miles already served a three-month suspension due to a pair of post-Super Bowl assault incidents on the UW campus. Miles was not charged and was reinstated May 14 after missing
The media poll at the Pac-12 Conference’s annual football hype shindig in Los Angeles was released Wednesday. To little surprise, Oregon was the top vote-getter in the North Division, where Washington was third. UCLA led the South.
Taijuan Walker will be recalled from AAA Tacoma and given the start against the New York Mets at Safeco Field Wednesday night when the clubs conclude a three-game series. Walker, who has been the subject of trade rumors, specifically as part of a package to Tampa Bay for utility man Ben Zobrist or David Price,
Closer Fernando Rodney went to his quiver prematurely — once too often — and the Los Angeles Angels responded with a fatal arrow of their own Sunday in Anaheim in a 6-5 walk-off victory that denied Seattle a series victory. The Mariners blew a 5-3, eighth-inning lead, their bullpen unable to continue its long run
In two nights in Anaheim, the Mariners and Angels played the equivalent of three games. But they get credit only for one 3-2 win each in the splendidly pitched series. The Mariners took Saturday’s 12-inning thriller when they exploded for two runs in the top of the frame, then David Freese pulled one back in
Chad Marshall and midfielder Osvaldo Alonso were selected Saturday to the MLS All-Stars, giving the Sounders a league-high five players, most in club history. Clint Dempsey, Obafemi Martins and DeAndre Yedlin were named to the Fan XI earlier in the week.
The Sounders and Tottenham Hotspur gave 56,349 at the Clink a little glimpse of high-end soccer in an entertaining 3-3 draw on a warm, breezy Saturday afternoon, with Sounders youngsters Tristan Bowen and Sean Okoli teaming up for a late goal that gave the Sounders brief hope of an upset of the EPL powerhouse.
The Mariners lost their longest game of the year, a 16-inning ordeal in Anaheim decided by Angels pinch-hitter Efren Navarro, a 50th-round draft choice from 2007, who singled home Mike Trout for a 3-2 triumph that took five hours, 14 minutes into Saturday morning.
Aldon Smith, whose mistake in the NFC Championship helped the Seahawks to the decisive touchdown, was ordered Friday to pay for a few other mistakes by a Santa Clara, CA., County judge. The 49ers’ star linebacker was put on probation for three years and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and spend 11 days on