The Mariners have two picks Thursday in the 2014 amateur draft, No. 6 and 74th overall. Three of Seattle’s past five No. 1 picks have reached the majors.
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The Huskies men’s varsity eight crew did it again Sunday, winning the Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta at West Windsor, N.J. The fourth title in a row matches the record for an event that began in 1895. Overall, the program took home three gold medals, a silver and a bronze to win the Jim Ten Eyck trophy
The top two teams in MLS were missing their best players, but the Sounders’ depth helped them dominate a game of attrition for a 4-0 triumph Saturday afternoon in front of 39,245 at the Clink that was Real Salt Lake’s first defeat of the season.
The Pac-12 Conference released its early season football start times dictated by the TV networks — who else? — and Huskies fans who like daylight will be pleased to learn that Washington’s home opener Sept. 6 against Eastern Washington will kick off at noon Husky Stadium on the Pac-12 Networks.
The Sounders return to U.S. Open Cup play June 18 with a fourth-round game at Starfire in Tukwila. The opponent is PSA Elite, a Los Angeles-area amateur club in the U.S. Adult Soccer Association.
Clint Dempsey was held out of the the World Cup friendly in San Francisco against Azerbaijan Tuesday with a tight groin, but the Sounders forward and U.S. team captain said it was precautionary and not serious.
Trailing 2-1, unable to create scoring opportunities and running out of time, the Sounders received a major break in the 82nd minute when an extremely questionable foul on Vancouver’s JayDeMerit resulted in a Gonzalo Pineda penalty kick that enabled Seattle to escape with a 2-2 Cascadia Cup draw with the Whitecaps Saturday at BC Place.
The Seahawks Friday waived OT Garrett Scott, the first of their two sixth-round draft choices (199th overall) in the draft, with a non-football illness designation. Scott, who signed his rookie contract Thursday, was unable to pass his physical due to a rare heart condition.
Unless a settlement is reached, the NCAA will stand trial against former players in an antitrust suit that threatens the foundation of big-time college sports. A federal judge Friday denied the NCAA’s request to delay the trial, which starts in federal court June 9 in Oakland, the Associated Press reported Friday.
Huskies guard Andrew Andrews and Cougars top scorer DaVonte Lacy will be among 13 Pac-12 players on a four-game, all-star tour of China starting Aug. 10. The trip is part of the conference’s Globalization Initiative to try to get the Pac-12 brand in front of the Chinese audience.