The pro basketball career of former Garfield High and University of Washington basketball star Brandon Roy apparently is not over yet. Roy agreed to terms on a two-year deal worth $10.4 million Thursday evening with the Minnesota Timberwolves, despite having retired from the Portland Trailblazers in December with chronically sore knees damaged by an absence
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Only three teams in club history found themselves farther out of things than the Mariners found themselves on this Fourth of July. Happy 35th anniversary.
It may have been the Fourth of July, but Wednesday night was the Ninth in Forever for Sounders FC. Seattle ran its winless MLS streak to nine matches a row, a continuing club record, although the Sounders did get a point in a 0-0 draw in Sandy, Utah against Real Salt Lake, (10-6-3) which won
Osvaldo Alonso is sitting out, the goalie is third-string and Fredy Montero will be benched. The good news for Sounders fans is Real Salt Lake has lost three in a row.
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Felix Hernandez crashed in the sixth inning Wednesday, giving up four runs. The Mariners rallied to tie, only to see Charlie Furbush give up the game-winning homer in the 9th.
Former University of Washington defensive end Ben Davidson, who lettered under head coach Jim Owens in 1959-60, died Monday in San Diego. He was 72. A part-time starter when he played for the Huskies, Davidson gained fame after he went to the National Football League, especially during his years with Al Davis’s renegade Oakland Raiders.
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The Mariners Tuesday announced they had signed catcher Mike Zunino, the No. 3 overall selection in the 2012 June draft. Zunino, 21, made consensus first-team All-America, won the Dick Howser Trophy and was Baseball Americas College Player of the Year during his junior season at the University of Florida. He is one of three finalists
The Mariners and Orioles continue their three-game series at Safeco Field Tuesday. Seattle has five games left before the major league All-Star break, which runs from July 9-12.