Injuries, poor play prompts Wedge to promise changes as Seattle starter Hector Noesi, who has allowed six home runs in past three starts and hasn’t won since May 6, tries to beat Pads Wednesday.
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Just when a football fan thinks the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement might bring an end to training camp holdouts, up doesn’t pop Chris Clemons. The ninth-year defensive end, who led the Seahawks the past two seasons with 11 sacks each, wasn’t in Renton Tuesday for the first of three days of a camp that
The University of Washington released the non-conference portion of the Huskies men’s basketball schedule Tuesday, which features 10 contests at Alaska Airlines Arena, two road games and two neutral-site affairs.
Felix Hernandez, who has missed a couple of starts due to an ailing back, is 4-4 this season and allowed three home runs in his last start, June 1 against the Chicago White Sox.
Roger Jongewaard, who served as the Mariners’ lead talent evaluator for nearly two decades (1984-04) and oversaw amateur drafts that netted the franchise Ken Griffey Jr. (1987) and Alex Rodriguez (1993), died Monday of an apparent heart attack. News of Jongewaard’s death was first reported by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale on Twitter. Jongewaard was 76.
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On the eve of the NBA Finals that has the former Seattle SuperSonics team meeting the Miami Heat, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn delivered a personal message in New York to NBA Commissioner David Stern, saying the city is interested in having the league come back. McGinn’s spokesman, Aaron Pickus, said McGinn met with Stern Monday.
Sluggers on the road, the Mariners reverted to wimps at home again, scoring six runs in three games vs. Dodgers. After an off-day Monday, they get to pick on MLB-worst Padres.
Safeco Field this week became the third ballpark, and first since League Park in Cleveland in 1908, to host a perfect game and a no-hitter in the same season.
The start of Felix Hernandez was pushed back to Tuesday, so Blake Beavan goes Sunday in an attempt to take the series from the National League’s best team.