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May 4, 2012
Junior Seau: Death Makes Eight From His Team, Including Ex-WSU Coug Lew Bush
When Seattle Weekly reported on the bankruptcy of former Husky and NFL star quarterback Mark Brunell in December, we also touched on other conflicts in the lives of ex-pro football players, including early deaths related to their playing days, such as suicides, as well as heart attacks in their 40s ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Sonic Karmageddon: Howard Schultz Rips Gary Payton at Book Event, Clay Bennett Named Head of NBA's Relocation Committee
Howard Schultz refuses to deal with bitter Sonic fans who want to voice their opinions at his book signings, but the Starbucks chairman isn't applying the same muzzle to his own yapper. As reported on Dave Grosby's radio show on ESPN 710-AM, Schultz ripped Sonic legend Gary Payton for being s ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
What You Missed if You Missed the Last Three Decades
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.I finally got a chance last week to meet and hang out with The Long Winters guru and fellow Seattle Weekly columnist John Roderick. To be honest, I was a little bit nervous when first seeing John; he seems to be the smartest guy in the room, ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2011
Duff McKagan Has Been Drafted By ESPN.com
Our friend and columnist Duff McKagan started a new chapter (doh!) in his "journalism" career today, penning the first of what will be many columns for ESPN.com. Those of you who have been keeping up with McKagan's column know he's a ravenous sports fan particularly devoted to the Seahawks. ... More >>
Blogs
December 31, 2010
ESPN Sucks And Other Lessons From The Holiday Bowl
It can't be said enough and it bears repeating over and over again. ESPN's coverage of the Holiday Bowl sucked root. It was one of the worst examples of sports broadcasting that's been seen in half a decade, and I'm a regular viewer of Fox Sports Northwest.
Blogs
December 30, 2010
The Holiday Bowl, Jake Locker, and the Complicated Corner of America
Image viaHere are two safe bets to place on tonight's Holiday Bowl. One, the Huskies will at least cover the fourteen point spread, slightly redeeming themselves for the 56-21 annihilation they suffered at the hands of Nebraska earlier this season. Two, the guys calling the game for ESPN will ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
ESPN Gives Added Juice to Rumors That New Orleans Hornets Are Coming to Seattle
Previous rumors that the Sacramento Kings might be bought by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and transplanted to Seattle have been thoroughly dispensed with on this blog and elsewhere. So when new rumors surfaced that the New Orleans Hornets--who are having trouble getting fans to actually attend ... More >>
Calendar
November 10, 2010
Huskies vs. UCLA
Previous rumors that the Sacramento Kings might be bought by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and transplanted to Seattle have been thoroughly dispensed with on this blog and elsewhere. So when new rumors surfaced that the New Orleans Hornets--who are having trouble getting fans to actually attend ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2010
Why Washington State's Flag Always Flies on Saturdays
Gameday is to college football as Rolling Stone is to music. Just as the venerable magazine will always send correspondents at Bumbershoot or Coachella, each Saturday ESPN's traveling circus broadcasts from the campus featuring that week's most exciting game. Which means Gameday has never gon ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2010
Question: What Did the Buddhist Say to the Hot Dog Vendor?
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.Answer: Make me ONE with everything! Yeah, well, I want some of that. I only use levity here because I like to tell a good joke--and the joke itself highlights in rea ... More >>
Diversions
September 15, 2010
You're Caca out of Luck
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.Answer: Make me ONE with everything! Yeah, well, I want some of that. I only use levity here because I like to tell a good joke--and the joke itself highlights in rea ... More >>
News
February 10, 2010
Free in the Key
Seattle University's men's basketball team is back in Division I for the first time in 30 years. Will their uneven season be the start of a new legend?
Blogs
November 27, 2009
Sports' Strangest Streak Belongs to Wazzu
The Cougars are so bad that Evans (r) could probably make the team.The world is a large enough place that you've got to figure for every potential obsession, there's an obsessor. The Digital Age only makes this theory more plausible; if there can be Twitter and YouTube pages devoted to the me ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Bill Simmons
The Cougars are so bad that Evans (r) could probably make the team.The world is a large enough place that you've got to figure for every potential obsession, there's an obsessor. The Digital Age only makes this theory more plausible; if there can be Twitter and YouTube pages devoted to the me ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2009
Don't Listen to Them, Jake! You Still Need Seasoning!
Despite his unwillingness to admit what we're pretty sure is a healthy obsession with body waxing, University of Washington's Jake Locker is alright in our book. Who wouldn't love a 225-pound quarterback who completes nearly 60% of his passes and can run like that? (Points to above video.) The pr ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009
That Other Dying MSM: TV News
In his LA Times media column this morning, James Rainey laments the demise of another LA television news outlet, KCOP, whose operations have been co-opted by Fox affiliate KTTV. He quotes the latter's general manager, Kevin Hale (an Evergreen State College grad and former GM of KSTW Channel 1 ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2009
Brandon Roy Is Filthy Rich Now
ESPN is reporting that Ex-Garfield High and UW star Brandon Roy has inked a five-year, $87 million extension to continue playin for Sonic legend Nate McMillan in Portland. Now, if only Roy's former teammate, Will Conroy, can crack an opening day roster. Lord knows he deserves it.
Blogs
July 31, 2009
It's Trade Deadline Day: Do You Know Where Your Mariners Are?
Could the Moose be on the block?In Seattle, of course. And not making any big moves yet. The M's do pop up in a few rumors in the ESPN comprehensive rumor roundup. Get ready for some non-blockbusters: -The Dodgers and Rays are interested in M's reliever Mark "Remember when we had Derek but t ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2009
You Stay Classy, Seattle
The first item in a set of wire news briefs--and how uncomfortable would wire briefs be?--on the Seattle Times website is about the videotape scandal involving ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews. Someone took video of her naked through the peephole in her hotel room door and posted it on the Intern ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 2009
Hobart v. Marie Claire Takes to the Air
SW's resident cock-slayin' vixen, Erika Hobart, will be appearing on KIRO-97.3 FM at 10:30 this morning to continue her vendetta against Marie Claire's criteria for ranking Seattle the top city for single ladies in the country. She'll be on Dave Ross' show, but Luke Burbank of TBTL -- the station's ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2009
Sue Bird Talks Twilight, Mulleted Russian Team Owners, Dave Chappelle
Didn't catch this one until today, but earlier this week, ESPN's Jim Caple did a great interview with Storm star Sue Bird. She loves the Twilight novels, isn't that into religion, notes that an actor playing the owner of her Russian team would need a mullet (Danny McBride?), would like living in Isr ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2009
Jon Brockman Headed for the Promised Land?
GoHuskies.comHusky fans may remember Jon Brockman (shown here dunking on the Cougars), last year's MVP and the men's team's all-time leading rebounder. It's been long debated whether he has the stuff to make the NBA, what with his crocodile arms and questionable ball skills. Well, it appears that Br ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2009
The Future's on TV Tonight for Husky Hoop Fans
Tacoma's Abdul Gaddy--the all-everything point guard expected to start for the Huskies next year--will be on TV tonight at the McDonald's All-American Game. (5 PM, ESPN). Franklin High star Peyton Siva, who's headed for Louisville, will be there also. The game is notoriously defense-free, so Gaddy s ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2009
Ex-Dawg MacCulloch, Meat Loaf Separated at Birth
This physical resemblance didn't dawn on me until I visited Basketbawful, which made the comparison while prefacing an ESPN segment on the former Husky and NBA center's post-career passion: pinball. The video is after the jump.
Blogs
February 26, 2009
Another Top-Rated Dawg Match
Once again, the only scientific determination of game awesomeness--Ken Pomeroy's computer's FanMatch system--has a UW game ranked as the top ticket. Tonight's ASU/UW contest (8:00, FSN) has Pac-10 championship implications--if UW wins, the title remains theirs to lose. It also has NCAA tournament ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2009
Is Lil Wayne the Next Howard Cosell?
Watch the video below and you tell us. For those that don't know, Lil Wayne is now a columnist for ESPN the magazine. He's a blogger on their website, and I think he's in the print book as well, but I'm not sure since I don't read it. Either way, he's really knowledgeable about sports, and most of h ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2009
East Coast Bias Dies a Little
Despite living in New York, Nate disapproves of the East Coast bias. A little update on national recognition of our local college hoop juggernaut:After a hiccup against Arizona and a drubbing of #14 ASU, the Huskies have finally cracked the Coaches Top 25 poll, albeit at just the 25th spot. The AP ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2009
Mariners Bring Back Woody Woodward...
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2008
Afternoon Edition: Turn Left, Chris Cornell
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Film
August 6, 2008
Kicking It: Homeless Athletes on the Soccer Pitch
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2008
Afternoon Edition: Death, Taxes, & Campaigns Foods
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2008
Afternoon Edition: All Sonics, All the Time
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2008
Afternoon Edition: Teatime Tidbits
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Film
January 16, 2008
Steep: Local Skier Makes Good!
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2007
Last Night: The Pipettes at Chop Suey
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Food
February 15, 2006
J&M Cafe
...but only as a scout. His name alone provokes hair-pulling and hand-wringing from fans who can't forgive him for trading future All-Stars Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Boston Red Sox for rotund, disappointing reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1996. In 2002, ESPN named it the 7th worst deadline ... More >>
Diversions
October 26, 2005
Play It Again, Sams
A week's worth of ivory tickling, tonic, and gin.
Diversions
October 26, 2005
Locating the Lost Generation
Where to hold your own literary cocktail party, emphasis on the cocktail.
Diversions
November 24, 2004
Satellite Stars
With the likes of Howard Stern signing on, satellite radio is in ascendance.
News
October 15, 2003
We Told Them So. Now What?
With the likes of Howard Stern signing on, satellite radio is in ascendance.
Music
August 13, 2003
Death By Mixtape
Give me nookie, give me midday inebriation in Pioneer Square.
Food
January 8, 2003
What Friends Are For
At the Pacific Inn, even the help is helpful.
News
June 5, 2002
'Roid' rage
At the Pacific Inn, even the help is helpful.
News
November 21, 2001
Fame riders
Local snowboard grrrls turn from slaloms to spotlights.
Arts
August 22, 2001
Outward bound
Go climb a tree, why doncha?
Food
July 18, 2001
It's a mall world
Stop. Shop. Mange!
Music
April 25, 2001
Low end theory
Olympia indie vets get back to bass-ics in Enemymine.
Diversions
September 6, 2000
Evil empires
He has met the enemies.
Music
August 9, 2000
The Culture Bunker
He has met the enemies.
News
November 17, 1999
Out of bounds, dude!
Are backcountry snowboarders in over their heads?
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