Author: SPNW Staff

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The Storm rested their stars again Sunday, and again the Storm lost. At least it wasn’t a blowout. Renee Montgomery made two free throws with 14.4 seconds left to help give Connecticut a 60-58 win at KeyArena, the fourth loss in a row for the Storm, which again did not play Sue Bird or Lauren Jackson.

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The Mariners waited a long time — two hours, 12 minutes — to do virtually nothing Sunday. Once an Arlington, TX., rainstorm passed, the Mariners, for the fourth time this season, could do little against Texas lefty Matt Harrison, losing the game 2-1 and an opportunity to win a second series from the Rangers.

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Game: Connecticut Sun (22-9) at Seattle Storm (13-17). When: 6 p.m. Sunday. Where: KeyArena. Series: Seattle, 1-0. TV: KONG. Radio: 1090 AM Apparently the Storm has decided to get well before attempting to get better. Returning home Sunday after a a four-game road trip whose last three games were defeats by an average of 21 points,

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Justin Smoak, the prize acquisition in the 2010 trade with Texas for Cliff Lee, has been anything but for the Mariners. For a night, however he delivered a little on the promise Seattle saw in him. His solo home run in eighth and RBI single in the ninth Saturday night rescued the Mariners after they

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The Seattle Sounders could have clinched a playoff berth and also could have moved into a first-place tie in the Cascadia Cup standings, but did neither Saturday at Jen Weld Field in Portland by settling for a 1-1 tie with the Timbers in front of a sellout crowd of 20,438. The Sounders couldn’t even take

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