The Mariners Friday signed LHP Joe Beimel and RHP Mark Rogers as minor league free agents and invited them to spring training. Beimel, 36, spent last season with AAA Gwinnett, an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, while Rogers spent most of last year on the 60-day disabled list with a right shoulder injury.
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The Mariners made it official Friday, announcing the promotion of Kevin Mather, the club’s executive vice-president of finance and ballpark operations, to team president, replacing the retiring Chuck Armstrong. At the same time, the Mariners named Bob Aylward chairman of the board of NW Sports Net, LLC, or Root Sports Northwest, the regional sports network.
C.J. Wilcox scored 23 points, Andrew Andrews added 17 and the Washington men’s basketball team held on at Alaska Airlines Arena Thursday to secure a 80-76 win against Oregon. The win snapped UW’s two-game losing streak and further pushed into a spiral the Ducks’ (13-5, 1-5 Pac-12) once-promising season.
Outfielder Endy Chavez is returning to the Mariners on a minor league contract for spring training. Chavez, 36 on Feb. 7, appeared in 97 games for Seattle last season, hitting .267 with 22 runs, 10 doubles, two home runs and 14 RBIs.
After allowing an average of 80.5 points per game in road contests at Cal and Stanford, the Huskies are preparing to host Oregon, which leads the Pac-12 in scoring offense at 87.4.
The Sounders Tuesday selected midfielders Stefano Rijssel (55th overall) and Fabio Pereira (77th overall) in the final two rounds of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The 21-year-old Rijssel is a veteran of five pro seasons in Trinidad and Tobago and his native Suriname, while the 22-year-old Pereira played four seasons at the University of Michigan.
Peyton Manning is taking the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl after another one of his passing-game masterpieces. Three years after his career nearly came to an end due to a neck injury, Manning threw for 400 yards a two touchdowns in leading Denver to a 26-16 victory over Tom Brady and the New England
After splitting their regular-season games, the Seahawks and 49ers meet Sunday at CenturyLink Field with the winner advancing to the Super Bowl in New York.
It’s not often that senior C.J. Wilcox delivers a clinker, but he had a big one Saturday night in Palo Alto, scoring only nine points in Washington’s 79-67 loss to the Stanford Cardinal at Maples Pavilion. It marked the first time this season that Wilcox failed to reach double figures and, as a result, the