Seahawks handled Cardinals 34-22 in first meeting, but Arizona since has won six of seven to get back in the playoff race. Cards have No. 1 rush defense in NFL.
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The UConn Huskies make their first visit to Seattle Sunday afternoon to take on the Washington Huskies. Kevin Ollie-coached UConn is ranked 10th nationally.
Sounders designated player Clint Dempsey’s temporary return to the English Premier League’s Fulham FC grew closer with word Friday that he is having a physical exam prior to a pending loan for January and February, part of his preparation for the World Cup in Brazil in June.
J.R. Sweezy missed practice all week because of a concussion during the Giants game in New York, and the Seahawks starting right guard will be unavailable to play Sunday against Arizona, coach Pete Carroll said Friday after practice.
Bellevue High School safety Budda Baker, the Associated Press’s state player of the year in Washington, has spurned the University of Washington in favor of rival Oregon. He announced a verbal commitment on his Twitter account Friday. UW and UCLA were said to be the other finalists.
Tosh Lupoi, the University of Washington assistant football coach who was being pursued to join Steve Sarkisian at USC, is the subject of an investigation by both schools after the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday night that Lupoi gave $4,500 in cash to pay tutoring expenses for a recruit who never qualified for admission.
The Mariners Wednesday re-signed free agent outfielder and former Gold Glove winner (2010) Franklin Gutierrez, six weeks after Seattle declined the club option on his 2014 contract. Multiple reports say the base salary will be $1 million, with incentives based on production that could add up to an additional $2 million.
The Sounders Wednesday selected forwards Chad Barrett and Corey Hertzog in Stage Two of the Major League Soccer re-entry draft. Seattle has rights to both and may negotiate new contracts. The Sounders took Barrett from the New England Revolution and Hertzog from the Vancouver Whitecaps.
The Mariners avoided an arbitration fight with Charlie Furbush by agreeing Tuesday to a one-year, $750,000 deal for the lefty reliever. Furbush was on the edge of becoming arbitration eligible by moving into the top 22 percent of service time among players who have at least two years but less than three.
Bronco Mendendall, coach of the Huskies’ bowl opponent, BYU, was disturbed by the firing of Texas coach Mack Brown and laments the state of the game.