Former Seahawks left tackle Walter Jones (1997-08) admits that he is nervous about his Hall of Fame induction ceremony, scheduled for Saturday afternoon in Canton, OH.
Author: Steve Rudman
Steve Rudman
Steve began his journalistic career in an era in which social networking mainly occurred in saloons. In the years since, he has been a reporter and columnist (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), a magazine founder and editor (The National Sports Review), the Director of Research at ESPN (once had the chore of looking up the history of rain delays in major league baseball), a radio talk show host (fired by KIRO because stupid people need radio stations, too, according to the program director), and the producer of a syndicated sports statistical feature (titled Wow!Stats), distributed by Universal Press Syndicate (quick, name three countries in which athletes are eaten when they fail to perform). He wrote (with Karen Chave) 100 Years of Husky Football, Who The Hell is Bob? (one of Seattles more remarkable people) and collaborated with Art Thiel (Sports Press Northwest) and Mike Gastineau (KJR-AM) on The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a ribald compendium of Seattle sports exotica that should be made into a movie (Brad Pitt playing Steve). He gained everlasting infamy in 1985 (at least in Corvallis, Ore.), when, in a column in the Post-Intelligencer, he called the Oregon State Beavers The Barney Fife of College Football, then sat stupefied as the 37-point underdog Beavers cast aside a 28-year slump and beat the Huskies. As of this writing, that game (which resulted in an official, Oregon State-issued game ball for Steve) still generates 314,000 Google pages, most of them from unenlightened (and presumably salt pillar-licking) OSU fans. Steve has yet to issue an apology on Facebook or Twitter and has no plans to do so.
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Marshawn Lynch confirmed to former teammate Michael Robinson that he will be a no=show when the Seahawks begin their training camp Friday in Renton.
The Mariners swapped perpetually injured reliever Stephen Pryor to the Minnesota Twins in order to bring back 1B/DH Kendrys Morales to aid a struggling offense.
As the trade deadline nearing, the Mariners are under pressure to make a deal to keep up with Oakland and the L.A. Angels. Should they trade or not? Vote here.
The last thing the Mariners needed to start the second half was a 3-2, 16-inning, bullpen-burning, walk-off loss to an AL West rival. But that was their fate Friday night in Anaheim, a result sealed when pinch hitter Efren Navarro, in his 56th career at-bat, singled home Mike Trout with the winning run with the
The Mariners have a winning record against teams with records above .500, but a losing mark against teams that have played below .500.
The Mariners rarely find themselves in contention for a playoff berth with 71 games to play. The question: Should they make deals before the deadline or stand pat? Vote here.
Felix Hernandez, who will start for the American League in the All-Star Game Tuesday night, has the best opponent OPS (.520) at the break in franchise history.
The Mariners have scored seven runs in their past six games, meaning it’s time for GM Jack Zduriencik to make moves to upgrade the roster before it’s too late.