It is quite a thrill when someone from our area achieves something significant and does so with a sense of grace, humility and humanity.
Rufus Woods
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It is quite a thrill when someone from our area achieves something significant and does so with a sense of grace, humility and humanity.
Publisher Emeritus
BEIJING — Beijing Olympics organizers said on Thursday that zero new COVID-19 cases were detected among athletes and team officials on Feb. 16, the first time no symptomatic infection was found since a daily count was published.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Norway's Johannes Thingnes Boe won the men's biathlon 15km mass start to claim their 15th gold medal at the Beijing Games on Friday, a Winter Olympics record achieved due to the country's high level of professionalism across the board.
BEIJING — Irene Schouten of the Netherlands scooped up her second Beijing Olympics gold medal when she won the women’s 5,000 metre speed skating event on Thursday, as the Dutch team continued to dominate on ice.
YANQING, China — Skier Shannon Abeda, competing for Eritrea in his second Olympics, hopes to see more diversity in an overwhelmingly white sport, but worries that the backlash over the qualification of some nations is tainting a diversity push in Alpine events.
The nation’s relentless culture wars appear to have taken a toll even on the NFL, with a large number of Republicans saying they have soured on the league and expressing disapproval of its efforts to improve the treatment of Black players, a new Los Angeles Times/SurveyMonkey poll shows.
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores has filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, New York Giants, Denver Broncos and Dolphins alleging racial discrimination in the hiring processes across the league.
During the 1996 season, Mariners general manager Woody Woodward asked Mike Goff, the team's manager of the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, who he felt were the "untouchable" players on his team. In other words, the ones with too much promise to give up in a trade.
SEATTLE — It’s something that will frighten your dog and give your children nightmares.
It is quite a thrill when someone from our area achieves something significant and does so with a sense of grace, humility and humanity.
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LOS ANGELES — Golfer Tiger Woods was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday after suffering multiple injuries when his car went off a road and rolled over, requiring the jaws of life to extricate him.
NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said playing the 2020 season kept players and the general public healthier, with a fractional positivity rate since testing began in August.
Kevin Durant returned to the court for the first time in 18 months on Sunday night and was pleased to get that step out of the way.
After decades of swimming against the cultural tide Augusta National was in step with the times on Monday announcing Lee Elder, the first Black man to play the Masters, would join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as honorary starters next year.
The Seahawks have re-signed receiver Josh Gordon, according to his agent, David Canter, who tweeted the news Thursday morning.
TACOMA -- Mariners prospect Taylor Trammell wanted to have some fun with his new general manager. When Seattle GM Jerry Dipoto called Taylor to welcome him to the organization earlier in the week, he pretended like he had no idea he'd been traded from San Diego.
When it comes to television viewing that isn't baseball-related, Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto is more of a Food Network viewer than HGTV. He's a food guy, who has the "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" locating app on his phone and makes you download it to get on his eating level.
As the biting curveball snapped into the strikezone, freezing Luis Rengifo in surprise without a swing and allowing home plate umpire Malachi Moore to make an emphatic strike three call to end the top of the eighth inning, Marco Gonzales charged off the mound toward the first base dugout of …
When “Trader Jerry” and “Always Awake A.J.” have the proper motivation to make trades, something like this shouldn’t be surprising.
RENTON — A day after an emotional team meeting led to a decision to cancel practice — and then a roughly 15-minute statement by coach Pete Carroll to the media — the Seahawks got back to normal Sunday.
The 2020 MLB season has been historic in many ways, including for organizations not affiliated with professional baseball.
A maximum of 13,000 fans will be allowed at Hard Rock Stadium for the Miami Dolphins' home game on Sept. 20 against the Buffalo Bills.
It's not fair to Kyle Lewis to make the comparison directly, but he plays baseball with such a casual easiness -- and with such soothing joy -- that it's hard not to remind one at least a little bit of a certain Hall of Fame center fielder who starred in Seattle in the 1990s.
SEATTLE — They dot the stands, a virtual throng of Mariners fans, in silent and perpetual vigil throughout this oddest of baseball seasons.
Daniel Vogelbach will get another chance to find his power-hitting production from a year ago at the major-league level.
Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd scampered around the court. Natasha Howard finished with authority. And Sue Bird dropped long-range daggers beyond the three-point line.
A night after combining for 20 runs on 26 hits with seven homers in a never-ending slowpitch-softball-like slugfest, the Dodgers and Mariners delivered quite the opposite with a more normal form of baseball Tuesday in the finale of the two-game series at Dodger Stadium.
U.S. Open organizers said on Tuesday that they were happy with the slate of competitors for this year's tournament, despite numerous dropouts by high-profile names amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
After a long, bumpy journey, the second-highest MLB draft pick to previously play for the Wenatchee AppleSox has made his major-league debut.
Eleven down, 11 to go.
Giving up five runs in one inning isn't a guarantee for defeat, but it usually won't allow you to win many games. And giving up five runs in one inning not once, but twice in the same game ... well, victory shouldn't even be a consideration.
RENTON — Russell Wilson didn't don an apron and a chef's hat for his first Zoom news conference since training camp began. But the Seahawks' quarterback didn't exactly slam shut the oven door on the Twitter sentiment that boiled throughout the offseason:
RENTON — There is no stat for this on profootballreference.com, but if it were documented, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll would probably hold the record for use of the phrase "fired up." The man is a virtuoso of vigor -- a sun-sized ball of energy.
Dylan Moore has never viewed himself as anything but an every-day player in some way. It didn't matter what position he was playing in the field, but he felt he could find his way into the lineup on a daily basis with his athleticism, speed, sneaky power potential and versatility.
Sounders FC matches will be played at CenturyLink Field again.
Football isn't the only sport at Eastern Washington on hiatus.
Breanna Stewart poured in 25 points and the Seattle Storm rode an early wave of offense to an 89-71 victory against the Chicago Sky on Monday night at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar will not be charged in connection with an armed robbery in Miramar, Florida, the state’s attorney announced Friday, putting a legal end to a case that took some bizarre turns and now ends with Seattle potentially getting a key starter back for the 2020 season.
As long as defensive end Jadeveon Clowney remained unsigned there's been a thought that the Seahawks could still be interested and a reunion possible.
SAN FRANCISCO - Martin Kaymer did not expect much coming into the PGA Championship given how little he has played this year but rust did not seem to be a factor after he carded a four-under-par 66 to sit a stroke back of first-round leader Jason Day.
Breanna Stewart had 27 points, eight rebounds and three assists as the Seattle Storm held off the Atlanta Dream down the stretch to earn a 93-92 WNBA victory Thursday at Bradenton, Fla.
Mike Trout didn’t crush their hopes or victory hopes with yet another home run. The Angels didn’t need his typical MVP-heroics for once in a game against the team he dominates more than the rest of the teams in baseball, who he just abuses.
Five games into the WNBA's shortened 22-game regular-season schedule, the Storm's identity bears a striking resemblance to last year's overachieving, defensive-minded team rather than the 2018 offensive juggernaut that steamrolled to a league championship.
While the Big Sky Conference football season remains in limbo, more than a dozen ex-Eastern Washington and Idaho standouts enter preseason NFL training camps around the country.
A day after the San Francisco 49ers said cornerback/returner D.J. Reed might not be ready until December, the Seahawks claimed him off waivers.
SEATTLE — Hockey cards, jerseys and even libations. There's been no slowing the Seattle Kraken down when it comes to getting fans to part with their money in the name of all types of merchandise.
The Storm weathered a blistering assault from Connecticut center Brionna Jones at the start and pulled away in the second half for an 87-74 win over the Sun on Tuesday night at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
As we get to another round of questions about the Seahawks we'll first provide an update on where things stand with the training-camp schedule.
Jacksonville Jaguars starting quarterback Gardner Minshew II was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday morning.
Jewell Loyd once joked that a professional women's basketball player needs a good passport and a willingness to travel more than a reliable jumper.
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