The Sounders desperately needed someone with a clue about offense against San Jose at Buck Shaw Stadium Saturday night. They didn’t find one. Absent leading scorer Eddie Johnson (U.S.), new addition Obafemi Martins (Nigeria) and Mario Martinez (Honduras), all hailed by their countries to compete in World Cup qualifiers, the Sounders fell to Earthquakes 1-0.
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A $448 million deal to build a new basketball arena, which includes $258 million in public money from future parking fees, was announced Saturday afternoon by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson in an attempt to keep the NBA Kings in town and out of Seattle.
Blake Beavan, one of four candidates for the final two spots in Seattle’s rotation, didn’t exactly make a compelling case for himself Saturday in Peoria, AZ., allowing nine runs (eight earned) on 16 hits in 5.1 innings in a 10-5 Cactus League loss to the Cleveland Indians.
Against last year’s top regular season team, the Sounders must operate without Eddie Johnson, Obafemi Martins and Mario Martinez, who have national-team obligations.
Didn’t take long for Felix Hernandez to reach peak form. Throwing 70 pitches in six innings, the Mariners’ ace struck out nine and retired the final 13 batters in a row as Seattle beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 in a night game Friday at Peoria Stadium.
The Sounders Friday signed Jamaican defender Ashani Fairclough and Dutch midfielder Phillip Lund, both of whom will be added to the roster as soon as the club receives their P-1 visa and international travel clearances. The Sounders also made official the release of Swedish defender Adam Johansson.
Seattle officials will begin talks with the United States Olympic Committee designed to gather information about becoming a 2024 U.S. bid city.
On the drive to keep the Kings, Sacramento had a bad news/good news day Thursday. The bad news was the arena portion of the project was set back when City Manager John Shirey failed to meet a self-imposed deadline of Thursday for public disclosure of a term sheet that would have details of the private
Gonzaga was hoping to make hoops history in the NCAA basketball tourney. They still may, but they barely averted the worst kind of sports notoriety. Southern University was not intimidated while the No. 1 Zags were discombobulated. But order finally prevailed in the late going in Salt Lake City Thursday afternoon, thanks to Kevin Pangos,
The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier between the U.S. and Panama will be at CenturyLink Field 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. Kickoff is one hour ahead of a Safeco Field game between the Mariners and Houston Astros.