Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner has dropped his appeal for a violation of the NFL policy on performance-enhancing drugs, the NFL announced Wednesday. Browner, a Pro Bowler last season, will be suspended for the final four games of the regular season, which includes no use of practice facilities, and eligible to return Dec. 31, should the
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Seahawks’ rookie quarterback Russell Wilson has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week after leading a 12-play, 80-yard touchdown drive in overtime in last Sunday’s upset victory against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Wilson becomes the first Seahawk selected for the award since Shaun Alexander in Week 9 of the 2005 season.
Starting guard James Carpenter, the Seahawks’ first-round draft choice in 2011, was placed on the reserve/non-football illness list for the remainder of the season, waived injured wide receiver Braylon Edwards and signed guard Rishaw Johnson from the practice squad to the active roster.
Short-handed Huskies likely still won’t have two starters, Shawn Kemp Jr. and Scott Suggs, for the Saturday afternoon game with Nevada Saturday.
Marshawn Lynch, Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Kasey Kahne are among the nominees for the nation’s longest-running sports celebration of its kind Jan. 25 at Benaroya Hall.
C.J. Wilcox hit a pair of free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining to lift the Washington Huskies to a 74-72 victory over Cal-State Fullerton Sunday at Alaska Airlines Arena in a game in which the Huskies appeared to be toast by halftime. Barely showing a pulse, UW trailed 43-29 at intermission, then staged an improbable
If ever there were a national home for the second chance, it is Las Vegas, which will host the University of Washington football team Dec. 22 with an opportunity to make Huskies fans to begin to forget the Apple Cup. The Maaco Las Vegas Bowl did the expected Sunday, inviting UW (7-5) and Mountain West
With the NFL’s 11th-ranked offense and second-ranked defense, the Bears have outscored their opponents by 102 points this season, fourth-best point differential in the NFL.
The Washington Huskies, who rank last in the Pac-12 in scoring defense, face the nation’s second-highest scoring team Sunday in Cal-State Fullerton.
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