Beating an MLB deadline Friday night before the winter meetings, the Mariners signed newly acquired INF Robert Andino to a major league contract and signed RHP Josh Kinney to a one-year deal. The club tendered contracts to C John Jaso, RHP Shawn Kelley, SS Brendan Ryan and LHP Jason Vargas. With these transactions, the 40-man
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Seattle Sounders defender Patrick Ianni won the 2012 Goal of the Year in Major League Soccer. Ianni’s goal June 20 against Sporting Kansas City topped a strike by Portland’s Darlington Nagbe against Real Salt Lake, and a long-range blast by Seattle’s Fredy Montero’s against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Breaking a two-game nonconference losing streak, longest since 2000, the Washington Huskies restored a little confidence with a 66-61 victory over Saint Louis Wednesday night at Alaska Airlines Arena. C.J. Wilcox had another hot game, his 27 points (on 11 of 13 shooting) just one fewer than his career high against Colorado State in a
Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Michael Gspurning, a finalist for both MLS Goalkeeper of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, came up short on both ballots Wednesday, finishing third in the voting for both awards. The Sounders had just one winner of a postseason award, Eddie Johnson, named the Comeback Player of the Year Tuesday.
Jerramy Stevens can’t keep himself out of the news — he was arrested Wednesday in Florida for investigation of violating his probation, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Stevens, former Washington Husky and Seattle Seahawk who recently married soccer star Hope Solo, was arrested at 10 a.m. ET at an address listed as his home
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The Washington Huskies will try to climb out of a hole when they meet the Saint Louis Billikens, once coached by Lorenzo Romar, Wednesday night at Alaska Airlines Arena.
Eddie Johnson of the Seattle Sounders, who led the club in scoring with 14 goals during the 2012 season, finishing sixth in the Golden Boot race, Tuesday was named Major League’s Soccer Comeback Player of the Year. The announcement was made by league Commissioner Don Garber.
The Mariners begin their 2013 Cactus League spring training schedule with a three-game weekend series with the San Diego Padres Feb. 22-24 at the club’s spring home, the Peoria Sports Complex, the club announced Monday.
Washington State, which concluded a horrible year by defeating Washington in the Apple Cup, had just one player selected to All-Pac-12, second-teamer Deone Bucannon.