The Mariners Friday agreed to terms with first baseman/designated hitter Kendrys Morales and shortstop Brendan Ryan on one-year contracts for the 2013 season. No contract terms were disclosed. The Mariners now have one remaining arbitration-eligible player (RHP Shawn Kelley). The Mariners and Kelley have exchanged arbitration salary figures in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.
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Join Art Thiel as SportspressNW.com webcasts live from the red carpet of the 78th Annual Sports Star of the Year Awards at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25. Art will interview this year’s award nominees, past winners, presenters and celebrities as they arrive at Benaroya Hall for the 78th annual event, the nation’s longest running annual sports celebration. This year’s attendees include 2013 award winners Edgar Martinez and Lenny Wilkens, Olympians Nathan Adrian and Queen Underwood and several members of the Seahawks, Sounders, Mariners and University of Washington teams. Click here for more information and tickets to the event and after-party.
The Montana Department of Corrections Thursday booted out former Washington State University quarterback Ryan Leaf from its drug treatment center and sent him to a state prison for threatening a staff member and for “other unspecified behavioral problems.” Leaf pleaded guilty in May to breaking into two houses and stealing prescription drugs. His five-year sentence
Aaron Goldsmith, a 29-year-old native of St. Louis, will join Rick Rizzs in the radio booth for the Seattle Mariners, who have pursued replacement for the late Dave Niehaus for two years. The Mariners used a rotating group of announcers the past two seasons. The primary broadcast teams for 2013 will be Rizzs and Goldsmith
The Seattle Sounders used their first pick in the MLS SuperDraft Thursday, No. 10 overall, to select Eriq Zavaleta, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound forward from the University of Indiana. The Sounders originally owned the 16th choice, but made a trade with Toronto FC to move up and select Zavaleta.
The Seattle Seahawks named University of Florida defensive coordinator Dan Quinn as their new defensive coordinator, replacing Gus Bradley, who was selected the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday. The Seahawks made the Quinn announcement on their Twitter account just hours after Bradley agreed to coach the Jaguars.
Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley accepted the head coaching job with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bradley, who presided over the NFL’s No. 1-ranked scoring defense this past season (15.3 points per game), replaces Mike Mularkey, who was fired after the Jaguars went 2-14, the worst record in franchise history.
Deploying a ferocious defense that held Colorado to 36 percent shooting and 18 points below its season average, the Washington Huskies won their Pac-12 Conference home opener over the Buffaloes 64-54 Wednesday night behind C.J. Wilcox’s 25 points. Washington never trailed in winning for the 10th time in the past 12 games, starting conference play
Deceptive as the Ducks’ option plays, Chip Kelly blasted out of Eugene for Philadelphia. The question is, will the rest of the Pac-12 benefit by his departure?
The Washington Huskies started Pac-12 play with three consecutive road wins, a feat they last accomplished in 1912. UW now launches its home conference season against Colorado.