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Hall of Famer Cortez Kennedy will have his N0. 96 jersey during halftime of Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots at CenturyLink Field. Kennedy, who played for Seattle from 1990-2000, was elected to the hall Feb. 4 and formally inducted Aug. 4.

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The Seattle Sounders, idle until Oct. 17 when they play Real Salt Lake, have accepted an invitation to participate in the 2013 FC Tucson (AZ.) Desert Diamond Cup, a four-team tournament sponsored by Desert Diamond Casino that will also include Real Salt Lake, the New England Revolution and New York Red Bulls. The tourney is

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Fans of the former Seattle SuperSonics have ample reason to hold NBA Commissioner David Stern in low esteem, given his serial double-talk about the franchise over the years. But Stern this week issued his most optimistic assessment yet of Seattle becoming a league city again when queried by a Romanian reporter during Stern’s visit to

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Lance Easley, the replacement referee (and a bank vice-president) who made one of the most infamous calls in NFL history, a touchdown on the the last play of the Monday Night Football game that gave the Seahawks a win over Green Bay, talks to Matt Lauer on “The Today Show” about his call. He stands

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There are numerous upsides to the new Pac-12 Network, chief among them the millions of dollars that pour into conference schools, the national exposure Pac-12 teams receive from the likes of ESPN and FOX and, for all diehards except those who subscribe to DirectTV, the ability to see every game on television — if they

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Eddie Johnson officially re-joined the U.S. Men’s National Team, getting the call from coach Jurgen Klinsmann over the weekend as two Sounders teammates, Adam Johansson of Sweden and Mario Martinez of Honduras, also were called by their respective national teams for qualifying matches in the 2014 World Cup. Since his debut in 2004, Johnson has

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