The Storm continued to get it right, even on the road. In the first of a four-game road trip Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., Seattle (6-7) never lost the lead against the Mystics to win its fifth game in a row, 79-71. Granted, the Mystics (2-9) are the worst team in the Eastern Conference, but
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Game: Seattle Storm (5-7) at Washington Mystics (2-8) When: 4 p.m. Tuesday Where: Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. Meeting: Second (Storm 72-55 Win) TV: ESPN2 The Storm’s next test: seeing whether the defensive revival can carry into its latest four-game road trip.
Non-winners in their last seven games, he Sounders will have to solve San Jose’s Chris Wondolowski (13 goals) if they are advance to the next round of the U.S. Open Cup.
The Mariners have been blanked nine times in 2012 after suffering a 1-0 defeat Monday night to the Oakland Athletics. Seattle went runless 16 times in 2011.
Five athletes — two pole vaulters, two discus throwers and one middle-distance runner — with connections to the state advanced to event finals at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene Monday night. Brad Walker, Scott Roth, Jarred Rome, Ian Waltz and Bernard Lagat, will try to secure 2012 Olympic berths later this
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Mariners dominated A’s early, leading season series 5-2, but the A’s, whom some thought would be MLB’s worst team, are ahead by 4.5 games in AL West standings.
The debate over a proposed $490 million basketball/hockey arena heated up among politicos, while the heat on the Mariners to do something about Ichiro also increased.
The San Diego Padres continued to befuddle the Mariners Sunday at Petco Park. Seattle managed five hits as Edinson Volquez (4-7) spun 6.2 innings of shutout baseball in San Diego’s 2-o win. The Mariners capped a 2-4 road trip by wasting a solid performance from Hector Noesi (2-9), who struck out five in seven innings.
The Portland Timbers saw the Sunday match as a bigger deal than the Sounders and played like in the first half, then hung on to frustrate a withering Seattle attack in the second half and prevail 2-1 to extend the Sounders winless streak to a club-record seven matches. The rivalry game was chippy throughout and