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The New England Revolution peppered Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei for three goals in a 13-minute span of the first half and tallied a quartet before halftime en route to an absurd 5-0 pasting of the Seattle Sounders Sunday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. The Sounders (7-3-1) entered the match with a club-record five-game winning

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Former University of Washington quarterback Keith Price, who passed through seven rounds of the draft without getting selected, joined the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent. Price confirmed it on his Twitter account, saying, “Thank you Seahawks for this awesome opportunity! Back to Seattle I go.”

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After making three fourth-round selections —  DE Cassius Marsh of UCLA, WR Kevin Norwood of Alabama and LB Kevin Pierre-Louis of Boston College — the Seahawks closed out their business in the NFL draft Saturday by taking four players, including another in the fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh. They included

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The Mariners’ 7-2 road trip wasn’t the only surprising news in the the organization — the Class A affiliate in Iowa, the Clinton LumberKings, rallied from a 17-1 deficit to score 19 unanswered runs to beat the Burlington Bees, 20-17, in 12 innings Wednesday night.

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Richard Sherman has his new deal, and it’s magnum — $57.4 million over four years with $40 million guaranteed. With an average annual value of more than $14 million, he becomes the highest paid defensive back in NFL history. Sherman, who was scheduled to have a press conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday,  announced the deal

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Rookie Roenis Elias won consecutive starts for the first time in his career, Justin Smoak knocked in three runs and the Mariners clobbered the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics 8-3 Tuesday night at O.co Coliseum for their season-high fourth consecutive victory. The Mariners, winners of nine of their past 11, improved to 16-15, the first time

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Stefan Romero hit his first career home run, a tiebreaking shot in the fifth inning, and Chris Young allowed two hits over six innings, leading the Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics Monday night at O.co Coliseum. The win was Seattle’s third in a row and eighth in 10 games. The Mariners

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To fill the roster spot of Abraham Almonte, who busted as a leadoff hitter and centerfielder and was sent down to AAA Tacoma Sunday night, the Mariners Monday called up OF James Jones, who had a short stay in April. Jones joins the team team in Oakland, where the Mariners play the A’s at 7

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