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    May 24, 2012

    Sonics History: How's This Gonna Work?

    With all the hubbub about the access for the Port of Seattle aside (and thank you KING-5's Chris Daniels for the traffic report this week!), it really does seem possible that we here in Seattle may be getting an NBA team back here within the next five or so years. The Sonics! . . . MAN. That would b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Sonicsgate Creators Debut Slick Watts, the First Visuals Tied to Blue Scholars' Cinemetropolis

    Titled Slick Watts: A Day in the Life of Seattle without the Sonics, the latest short film from the creators of award-winning documentary Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team acts as the first companion piece to the Blue Scholars' forthcoming LP Cinemetropolis. And released during halftime of last night's ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Second Sonics?

    The newest plan to bring the NBA back to Seattle.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Olympia Lawmakers Pledge New Effort to Bring Back the Sonics

    ​In last night's lopsided loss to the Dallas Mavericks, the Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant scored 40 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, while Russell Westbrook added 20 points and three assists. Seattle fans that watched the pair at home would have been hard pressed not to picture the stats ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Bill Russell's Resume: After Today, it will Include a Nice Medal from the President

    Russ, with rings​You live long enough, you get to see something like this, a fellow former Seattle Times columnist win the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bill Russell receives that honor today from Barak Obama. He'll be on the stage with an eclectic panel of recipients including Maya Angelou­ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    NBA.com Columnist Begs League to Bring Hornets to Seattle

    ​We've been on the record numerous times saying that the New Orleans Hornets being bought by Steve Ballmer and moved to Seattle is unlikely at best. Obviously, that doesn't mean we wouldn't love to see a new NBA team in town--'cause we would. And when a columnist for NBA's official website mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    As LeBron James Returns to Cleveland, a Sonic Fan Can't Help but Root for the Thunder

    ​When LeBron James steps into Quicken Loans Arena for the first time in a visitor's uniform tonight, anything short of a public stoning by Cavaliers fans will be considered an act of supreme restraint. Which got me thinking: What if the Oklahoma City Thunder returned to KeyArena for a preseaso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    The Highlight Video Seattle Storm Fans Shouldn't Watch

    ​You know that guy who loudly insists that women suck at sports? Well imagine if that guy cut a highlight reel of the Seattle Storm's Game 1 victory in the WNBA Finals. What you'd have is Deadspin's "patronizingly edited" clip of the "NBA's lady auxiliary." To check out the video scored by Her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Sanna Nyassi, Seattle Sounders Muslim Midfielder, Not Fasting For Ramadan

    ​Sanna Nyassi has a problem. As a replacement for the recently traded Freddie Ljungberg, the Seattle Sounders midfielder knows that he'll be relied upon even more than usual during this season's home stretch. But the Gambian Nyassi is also a practicing Muslim. And yesterday marked the first da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Nate Robinson Is Donkey to Big Baby's Shrek

    ​With the sporting world focused on those quaint little soccer matches in South Africa, you may not have heard a lot about last night's NBA Finals game, where former Rainier Beach High and University of Washington star Nate Robinson provided his Boston Celtics a needed spark off the bench and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Revisiting the So-Called Sabotage of the Seattle Supersonics

    "Man, our new teams are great, but we aren't so good anymore, are we?"​In Jason Reid's astute documentary, Sonicsgate, which will screen at Portland's Baghdad Theater on Feb. 20 as part of the Beer & Movie Fest, a common refrain among Seattle Supersonic fans irate with Clay Bennett was that th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    O'Dea Coach Phil Lumpkin Found Dead at Age 57

    Phil Lumpkin only lasted one season with the Phoenix Suns, but he made it count.​Former NBA player and longtime O'Dea high school basketball coach Phil Lumpkin is dead. The 57-year-old was found in his apartment Monday morning by school officials worried that he hadn't returned their calls. Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Finally, the Rashard Lewis We All Knew and Didn't Love Reveals Himself

    Former Sonic Rashard Lewis has been playing out of his shoes all playoffs long for the Orlando Magic, knocking down huge late-game shots and displaying an all-around game that has left many a Supe fan wondering where that was when he was here. But last night, Sonic fans who remember Lewis' ability ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Fresh Wax -- A New Column on Vinyl Releases and Reissues

    This marks the first column in a new series called Fresh Wax in which long-time vinyl aficionado Jason Ferguson highlights some of the best releases of the week to come out on wax. There's no shortage of record stores in this town that carry new LPs and 7 inches, but sometimes it's hard to keep up w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Seely, Connelly on SCAN Tonight at 8

    Self-promotion alert: If you can tear yourself away from the NBA Finals for a half-hour tonight, I'll be joining the P-I's Joel Connelly and host Stan Emert live on Public Exposure's "Sound Month In Review" on SCAN-TV (Channel TV), where we discuss the public affairs issues of the day at 8 p.m. shar ... More >>

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