Mariners turned their 2010 acquisition of Cliff Lee into a boon of prospects. Lee used it to finally settle successful but winding career.
Author: Todd Dybas
Todd Dybas
Todd Dybas has been in sports journalism for more than a decade, working as a writer, designer and editor. He has covered a wide range of beats, from high school field hockey, to horse racing, to the NBA. During his time at newspapers on the east and west coasts, Dybas worked in four sports departments that won Associated Press Sports Editors national awards. He is a four-time winner of Awards of Excellence from the Society for News Design in addition to working at newspapers that received 15 APSE awards during his time with them. He has managed a Seattle-based sports magazine and developed and launched his own Web site. His freelance work has appeared in a number of newspapers, websites and magazines. After more than three years at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dybas moved into freelance writing full-time covering myriad Seattle sports including the Sounders FC, Washington Huskies mens basketball and football and the Mariners. Dybas graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a degree in journalism and mass communication.
Manager fine with home-plate crashes; the danger of stereotypes; Justin Holiday’s draft prep; what Lorenzo Romar thinks of Terrence Jones hoopin’ in his gym.
With all the fervor about the Vancouver Canucks playing in the Stanley Cup Final starting Wednesday, Art Thiel and Todd Dybas discuss whether the NHL would work if a new arena was built to accommodate it and the NBA in the city.
The state’s big-time hoops programs were hit with sexual assault and drug charges in a messy season that became ordeals for both coaches.
With the Yankees coming to town this weekend, Todd Dybas and Art Thiel discuss whether the Mariners can continue to win by relying so heavily on starting pitching, the way they have over the past two weeks.
Despite traditional complaints about Washington’s non-conference schedule, its model isn’t going to change. That’s not keeping the team from an NCAA tournament breakthrough.
Welcome to the debut of “Off the Cuff,” a compilation of news, notes and anecdotes from around the Seattle sports scene.
Once he decided to leave his native Cuba, Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso knew it would be years, if ever, before he saw family again. But his grandparents were permitted to join him this week in Seattle.
Distasteful as are some details in the Seattle police report, knowing what went on that night with Venoy Overton, which clouded a promising UW basketball season, flashes a bright warning light on college sports.
Unique style has made a unique bond between fans of the NCAA Tournament and Gus Johnson. No other TV announcer is as popular with a singular event.