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A little bit of rest between MLS games did the Sounders little good Saturday. The expansion Montreal Impact (4-7-3) took advantage of a sluggish Seattle start, a controversial red-card ejection and some weak defense throughout for a 4-1 triumph in the opening of Saputo Stadium, which had plenty of empty seats for what was likely

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Kevin Ellison, a star for Seahawks coach Pete Carroll when both were at USC and briefly a member of the Seahawks  in 2010, was arrested Thursday in Spokane on federal arson charges after he reportedly old investigators he set his bed ablaze with a marijuana-filled cigar because “God” told him to. Ellison, a linebacker for

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Sue Bird helped lead a re-energized Seattle offense in an 86-73 win over the Tulsa Shock Friday night at the Bank of Oklahoma Center. Bird made her first nine shots on the way to 21 points on 9 of 12 shooting, The Storm, ending the road trip 1-4, shot a season-best 54 percent from the

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The Seattle Seahawks Friday released defensive end Monte Taylor and signed linebacker Kyle Knox. Both moves came one day after the conclusion of a mandatory, three-day minicamp, the team’s final get together before the start of training camp late next month.

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Game: Seattle Storm (1-7) at Tulsa Shock (0-8)  When: 5 p.m. Friday  Where: Bank of Oklahoma Center, Tulsa, Okla. Meeting: Second  TV: None If losing builds character, the Seattle Storm and Tulsa Shock might forego their 2013 seasons to launch peacekeeping missions to the Middle East. The two worst teams in the WNBA face off

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The downside of all the TV money pouring into big-time college football is that TV gets to dictate terms and conditions on nearly everything. That’s how the Huskies and Cougars get to play the Apple Cup in Pullman at 12:30 p.m. Friday, the lunch hour after Thanksgiving. For those full-bellied Huskies fans making the early

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