Author: SPNW Staff

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An icy cold Storm settled in Minneapolis’s Target Center Friday, and it froze out Seattle’s chances for a dramatic upset win in its WNBA playoff opener. The Storm missed its first eight shots and never overcame the start, giving the Minnesota Lynx a wire-to-wire, 78-70 triumph and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series that

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After a starring, and winning, role in one of the greatest controversies in recent sports history, can the Seahawks pull it back together sufficiently to beat the unglamorous Rams in unglamorous St. Louis Sunday? The distraction factor is no joke to Pete Carroll. He likened the atmosphere following their now-notorious 14-12 win over the Packers

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Quarterback Keith Price threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to WR Kasen Williams with 4:53 remaining and cornerback Desmond Trufant made a game-saving interception in the final two minutes as Washington registered an amazing 17-13 victory over No. 8-ranked Stanford Thursday night at CenturyLink Field.

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Two players who were almost afterthoughts for the Mariners in spring training, pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma and catcher John Jaso, have done nothing but turn heads for Seattle in 2012. That continued Thursday in Anaheim in a 9-4 win over the Angels.

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Six individuals with connections to the state of Washington are among nominees for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Class of 2013. The list includes 127 nominees comprised of 89 players, 14 coaches and 24 contributors. The Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee will choose 25 candidates who will advance as semifinalists.

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Thanks in large part to a last-second debacle with replacement officials that gave the Seahawks a 14-12 win over the Green Bay Packers before an astonished audience of Monday Night Football millions, the NFL and its referees union reached agreement late Wednesday night on a new, eight-year deal. NFL.com received confirmations from both sides that

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