KeyArena will host international-class hoops May 12 when the the U.S. women’s national team plays China in a pre-Olympics exhibition game. The 7:30 p.m. game is part of a three-day camp the women’s team added to its schedule. The Japan national team will also scrimmage the U.S. at 10 a.m. May 13.
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The Seattle Seahawks, who have not made much hay in free agency in recent days, re-signed two of their own, linebackers Leroy Hill and Matt McCoy, Thursday. The Seahawks could still use some linebackers, having recently lost leading tackler David Hawthorne to the New Orleans Saints.
Only coach to take Washington to NCAA Final Four, he also led, as athletic director, the football renaissance at Nebraska.
Dates and times for the Seahawks preseason schedule were released Thursday, beginning the four-game exhibition slate with the Tennessee Titans at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11 at CenturyLink Field. This year, Seattle’s preseason contests will be televised by Q13 FOX. The schedule:
MLB union chief Michael Weiner stirred the debate over whether accused steroid users belong in the Hall of Fame. Owners who broke laws are in, why not players? Vote here.
Dramatic ninth-inning rally Wednesday, finished by John Jaso’s game-winning single, sets up the Mariners to seek a series split with Rangers Thursday at 11 a.m.
Huskies’ leading scorer was voted the top honor at the Huskies’ annual awards banquet, while redshirt freshman Desmond Simmons took home three trophies.
Lorenzo Romar’s Washington Huskies took the first step toward replacing NBA-bound Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten Wednesday when 6-foot-6 guard Mark McLaughlin, who starred last season at Tacoma Community College, signed scholarship papers with the Huskies. McLaughlin will enroll at UW during the summer.
Neftali Feliz outdueled native Texan Blake Beavan of the Mariners Tuesday night as the Texas Rangers won a rare 1-0 pitchers’ duel at the Ballpark in Arlington.
After blowing a 4-0 lead and losing 11-5 to the Rangers, the Mariners and Texas play the second of four Tuesday, Blake Beavan of Seattle opposing Neftali Feliz.