Bruce McDonald, a member of the Seattle Thunderbirds broadcast team for the past 11 seasons and a member of the T-Birds’ “family” since he was 12, died Wednesday morning after batting leukemia since April. He was 41. The club announced McDonald’s death Wednesday afternoon.
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Subbing for Felix Hernandez (sore back), Hector Noesi will attempt to help the Mariners finish a nine-game road trip with a winning record against top foes.
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Aubrey McClendon, the biggest financial backer behind Clay Bennett’s successful effort to hijack the Sonics to Oklahoma City in 2008, has hired a top defense lawyer in connection with a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into loans he obtained from an investment firm doing business with McClendon’s company, Chesapeake Energy Corp. At issue is $1.3
The NFL and the players’ union say the Seahawks violated the new rules limiting contact, and will lose two practice days Wednesday and Thursday.
The Sounders drew Marathon of Honduras in the opening match of the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League play this summer.
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At 6-foot-1, 230 pounds, WSU first baseman Taylor Ard looked like a professional power hitter the minute he stepped foot in Pullman. Tuesday, he started his journey to become one. Selected by the Mariners in the seventh round of the MLB first-year player draft, the Vancouver, Wash. native features an underrated glove and power to all
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