The strange basketball career of Mark McLaughlin took another turn Friday when the junior college transfer quit the University of Washington team “to pursue other interests,” a terse statement from the school said.
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Angels’ 69 wins over Mariners since 2007 are the most by one team over another in MLB, but at least Seattle has Felix Hernandez going Friday.
Hope Solo and the U.S. women’s soccer team are gold medalists again. Surviving relentless offensive pressure from Japan in front of a record 80,203 at London’s Wembley Stadium, Solo and the Americans repelled the defending World Cup champions 2-1 Wednesday in one of the most intense Olympic finals ever played. Carly Lloyd scored both goals
Sue Bird and the USA women’s basketball team will get a shot to win another Olympic gold medal after defeating Lauren Jackson and the Australian national team Thursday in London, 86-73. Bird will be seeking her third gold (Athens, 2004; Beijing, 2008) while Jackson, a winner of three silvers (2000, 2004, 2008) will get a
Over the weekend, the Mariners will face one of the American League’s best young hitters, the Angels’ Mike Trout, who leads the AL in batting average and stolen bases.
Expected to contend for playing time at tailback, the University of Washington’s Deontae Cooper instead is heading for a third surgery after tearing his anterior cruciate ligamen in his left knee at practice Wednesday.
The Sounders missed their final three penalty kicks, then Sporting KC was given a re-kick after a Michael Gspurning save, ending Seattle’s bid for a fourth U.S. Open Cup win.
Baltimore staked Steve Johnson, who entered Wednesday’s game with just two innings of major league experience, to a 7-0 lead and the rookie punched out nine Mariners batters through six innings en route to a 9-2 victory, the first of his career. The Orioles bombarded three Seattle pitchers for 14 hits, while the Mariners failed
Former University of Washington pole vaulter Brad Walker and former Washington State Cougar middle-distance runner Bernard Lagat qualified for finals in their respective Olympic events Wednesday in London. Walker vaulted 18-3 1/2 to reach Friday’s final and Lagat clocked 13:15.45 to reach Saturday’s 5,000-meter medal race.
The Mariners close out a three-game series with Baltimore Wednesday, and then head to Anaheim for a three-game, weekend series with the L.A. Angels.