The Mariners announced Friday that LHP Drew Smyly, slated to be the fourth starter in the rotation, will start the 2017 season on the disabled list with a flexor bundle strain in his pitching elbow. General manager Jerry Dipoto said the club is confident that Smyly will not require surgery.
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The University of Washington’s Kelsey Plum Thursday was named the Player of the Year by the Associated Press, the first player in UW and Pac-12 history to capture the honor.
Jim Hayford, who has been to nine post-season tourneys in his 18-year college basketball coaching career, will take over for the fired Cameron Dollar at Seattle University.
Mariners left-hander Drew Smyly, scheduled to be the team’s No. 4 starter, Wednesday became the first player in franchise history to get scratched from a start due to a “soggy arm.” At least that’s the way manager Scott Servais described Smyly’s condition when he announced that Smyly won’t make his final Catcus League start Friday.
Washington’s Kelsey Plum Monday was a unanimous choice for the Associated Press women’s All-America basketball first team, while teammate Chantel Osahor was named to the second team.
A car in which Seahawks QB Trevone Boykin was riding crashed into a bar in Dallas early Monday morning. He was uninjured, but several pedestrians were hurt. He was charged with pot possession and intoxication.
Led by Washington transfer Nigel Williamns-Goss’s 23 points, the Gonzaga Bulldogs finally reached the pinnacle, a berth in the Final Four, with an 83-59 whipping over 11th-seeded Xavier.
Former Seattle University head coach Cameron Dollar, fired earlier this month, was hired by new coach Mike Hopkins at Washington, where Dolllar was an assistant during coach Lorenzo Romar’s heyday.
Kelsey Plum tallied 29 and Chantel Osahor added 17, but Mississippi State’s Teira McCowan blitzed Washington with 20 points in the final period to oust the Huskies from the NCAA tournament.
As expected, Nathan Hale High School star Michael Porter Jr., released from his obligation to the University of Washington Thursday, will play college basketball at the University of Missouri.