Eight Mariners players who had already verbally agreed to contracts for the 2014 season signed their deals Thursday. The signings of three pitchers, a catcher, two infielders and two outfielders bring to 21 the number of contract players on the club’s 40-man roster.
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C.J. Wilcox became the No. 3 scorer in University of Washington basketball history Wednesday night, but failed to reach double figures for the third time in four games in a 78-71 loss to the Oregon Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene. Washington fell to 14-13 overall and 6-8 in Pac-12 play, all but eliminating
The Huskies play their final two conference road games at Oregon Wednesday and at Oregon State Saturday. The Pac-12 Tournament starts March 12.
Pete Carroll’s unrequited passion for big wide receivers, which didn’t keep the Seahawks from the NFL championship, was sated a bit Tuesday when Seattle signed 6-foot-5, 218-pound wide receiver Chris Matthews, 24, from Winnipeg of the Canadian Football League to a future contract.
Washington’s Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Bishop Sankey and WSU’s Deone Bucannon will participate in the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, starting Wednesday.
The Mariners signed their final arbitration eligible player Saturday when the club agreed to a deal with 1B Justin Smoak for 2014 with a vesting option for the club in 2015 if he reaches 525 plate appearances. Smoak will get $2.64 million and a $150,000 buyout on a $3.65 million option for 2015, according to
After playing about as well as they can in constructing a 27-15 lead in the first 22 minutes, the Washington Huskies fell apart defensively, lost their grip on the ball and fell to the California Bears 72-59 Saturday at Alaska Airlines Arena. UW probably played its way out of an at-large berth in the NCAA
Yes, the Super Bowl has been won by the Seahawks for two weeks now. Yes, the game continues to to rehashed, the Seahawks continue to be darlings/villains on the national talk-show circuit. And yes, it’s reasonable to ask that we move from the afterglow to other things.
Washington edged California 64-60 Wednesday, but now confronts California, which administered a 26-point whipping on the Huskies a month ago.