The pain no longer tolerable for him, coach Sigi Schmid had partial knee-replacement surgery Tuesday and was back on the job Friday at Sounders practice at Starfire complex in Tukwila. He wanted to wait until after the MLS season, but the discomfort made him opt for the club’s final bye week to do the medical
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University of Washington recruit Nigel Williams-Goss scored nine points and added four steals, four points and four assists as the U.S. clobbered China 113-57 Friday for its second consecutive rout in the FIBA Men’s Under-19 World Championships tourney in Prague.
Before the start of the Mariners’ game against the Chicago Cubs at Safeco Field Friday, the club made three roster moves, calling up infielder Brad Miller from AAA Tacoma and designating infielder Alex Liddi for assignment. Miller was to start Friday and bat ninth against the Cubs, the first of three.
The Cubs will make their first visit to Safeco Field this weekend since the 2010 season when the Mariners captured a three-game series (2-1). Seattle is 4-5 all-time against Chicago.
Kelly Olynyk redshirted halfway through his Gonzaga career. It paid off Thursday when he was a first-rounder in the NBA draft. Ex-Franklin star Peyton Siva was 56th player taken.
Gary Bettman, the chief drawer of lines in the sand over the past four years during the NHL ‘sownership of the Phoenix Coyotes, made another one Thursday. This time he says he really means it: If the city of Glendale fails to guarantee the franchise by Tuesday a $15 million annual public subsidy, the team
Pittsburgh broke open a 2-2 tie in the ninth inning, victimizing relievers Charlie Furbush and Yoervis Medina, and scored a 4-2 win over the Mariners that gave the Pirates a sweep of their two-game series at Safeco Field. The Mariners, who didn’t do much offensively (0-for-5 with runners in scoring position) aside from Raul Ibanez’s
A 9-4 loser Tuesday, the Mariners will close out their two-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 12:40 p.m. start at Safeco Field Wednesday. The Mariners are off Thursday.
Pittsburgh lit up Seattle lefty Joe Saunders for three home runs in a game-deciding, five-run second inning and cruised to a 9-4 victory over the Mariners Tuesday night at Safeco Field. The Pirates, who took command with Brandon Inge’s three-run shot off Saunders, snapped Seattle’s (34-43) two-game winning streak.
The Mariners Tuesday recalled INF/OF Dustin Ackley from AAA Tacoma and placed OF Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Ackley, optioned to the Rainiers May 26, was available for Tuesday night’s game with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Safeco Field, the first of two.