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Sure he's never taken a regulation snap. But look at that hair!- Field Gulls dares its readers to defend the Seahawks trade for Charlie Whitehurst, a third-string, 27-year-old quarterback who's never thrown a pass in a regular season game, and cost Seattle a third-round pick and $10 million. ... More >>
They also resemble each other in the likelihood that both will be busts.Ever since the Seahawks gave up way too much to trade for him, I've been racking my tiny little brain trying to figure out who Seattle's newest overpaid back-up quarterback Charlie Whitehurst reminds me of. (Other than th ... More >>
Supremely talented. But not worth the asking price.Trading for a 27-year-old career backup quarterback whose never taken a regulation snap is a risk. But last month's swap for Charlie Whitehurst just might have kept the Seahawks from taking an even bigger chance with Brandon Marshall, the mer ... More >>
What clues might be hidden in this man's Tweets? Read on.Pete Carroll has found an ingenious new use for Twitter. Seattle's coach is teasing Seahawks' fans by Tweeting songs throughout the day that he says hold hints about which players they might pick in tomorrow's NFL draft. Carroll is cur ... More >>
No pressure Russell, you're only replacing the greatest lineman this team has ever known.There's something inherently schizoid about crystal balling the career of a 20-year-old kid only hours after a team has knighted him. Although many highly-compensated people will argue otherwise, there's ... More >>
New rule: only draft stoners.Matt Taibbi is probably best known as the guy who bitch slaps Goldman Sachs as often as the market bell rings. But he also knows his football. And one of Taibbi's guiding principles about how to conduct yourself during the NFL draft helps explain how the Seattle S ... More >>
Had this fucking knob gone up against Zoe, he'd never have been America's Idol.I love the eastside. Bellevue was the first place I lived when my family moved to this country, and I've spent most of my adult life working in Redmond. Sure, the commute from Greenwood can be hell, but I'm totally ... More >>
Rookie wide receiver Golden Tate gamely plays along with some Seahawks' promo folks and what does he get for his troubles? The chance to be ridiculed for having substandard pipes. Romeo better hope Juliet is tone-deaf.
And then just like that, he's gone.The local sports world had a "whatchusay?" moment this morning when it found out that the Seahawks were cutting running back LenDale White. White was a draft-day steal considering the Seahwaks gave up next to nothing in a trade for him. It was generally ass ... More >>
UPDATE: TMZ releases the hilarious 911 audio tape. There can only be one reason why Seahawks rookie wide receiver Golden Tate was caught in a Bellevue Top Pot at 3 a.m. Wait, scratch that, there could be a million reasons. But neither the donut shop manager, the cops who issued him a trespas ... More >>
Every once in a while, a guest author will stop by The Daily Weekly to offer his or her thoughts on an important subject. Today we welcome God -- the creator of the universe and all-knowing being pictured at right -- to explain why He, in His infinite wisdom, has decided to curse Seattle with ... More >>
In order for a person to be "polarizing," the public's opinion of them has to be both divided and extreme. They're either loved or hated; the best there ever was or the worst, with little room for middle ground. And while this characterization might have described former Seattle Seahawks line ... More >>
In order for a person to be "polarizing," the public's opinion of them has to be both divided and extreme. They're either loved or hated; the best there ever was or the worst, with little room for middle ground. And while this characterization might have described former Seattle Seahawks line ... More >>
Sunday Bloody Sunday (you saw that one coming, right?)You're likely to eat before a Seahawks game anyway, so why not get your brunch on at BOKA? Here's the deal. On game days from 8-2:30 p.m., you get a buffet brunch, a Bloody Mary and complimentary valet parking all for $18! That means once ... More >>
There is no perfect way to measure the popularity of NFL teams. But media-research firm Nielsen's Sports Media Exposure index may be about as close to perfect as we've got right now. And what it has to say about the Seahawks probably won't come as a surprise to Seattle fans, but it probably w ... More >>
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll just spent the past decade in southern California, where half the population is employed as key grips on "Two and a Half Men" and it's actually against the law for it to be cloudy. So forgive the man for thinking those of us in Seattle can just drop everything and ... More >>
Duff McKagan is the founder of Seattle band Loaded, and the former bassist in Guns N' Roses. His Reverb column runs every Monday and Thursday.Regular readers of this column know I am a big fan of sports. I'm a huge Mariners fan, I mourn the Sonics, and I bleed the Hawks' teal and green. When ... More >>
Duff McKagan is the founder of Seattle band Loaded, and the former bassist in Guns N' Roses. His Reverb column runs every Monday and Thursday.Regular readers of this column know I am a big fan of sports. I'm a huge Mariners fan, I mourn the Sonics, and I bleed the Hawks' teal and green. When ... More >>
Bee the bartender mixes it up in White Center.
Bee the bartender mixes it up in White Center.
Bee the bartender mixes it up in White Center.
There's an interesting and depressing bit of info from a poll on the P-I's Seahawks blog: only 53 percent of fans think the team's biggest game of the year is worthy of being on national television.
By now you probably know that by winning last night's who-wants-it-less-fest against the St. Louis Rams, the 7-9 Seattle Seahawks are the first NFL team to make the playoffs with a losing record. But what's impressive about that fact isn't just that the Seahawks finished 7-9. It's that they w ... More >>
Image viaSeahawks fans took a lot of heat for a Seattle Times poll, in which more than half of respondents said they'd rather have the home team lose to their division rivals, the St. Louis Rams, at home to end the season than make the playoffs with a losing record. The Hawks ended up winnin ... More >>
They're not just awful for a playoff team; they're awful, period.
. . . New releases, bigger festivals, and another live-music venue in the U District.
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 >>
The defending NFL champ New Orleans Saints are 10-point favorites to beat the Seahawks on Saturday. But Mayor Mike McGinn knows a thing or two about being a long shot contender. So he's putting his cliché Seattle merchandise where his mouth is in a bet with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu o ... More >>
Image viaThe Seahawks kicked off against the Saints at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon in a David and Goliath (only if David had a losing record) playoff showdown. The Washington men's basketball tam tipped-off against Oregon State at 3:30 later that afternoon in a match-up that gave the Husk ... More >>
For the past four years, I've spent day one of the calendar year drinking double-Absolute Mandarins on the rocks all day in the International District in the lounge at the Four Seas restaurant with my dear friends from the old Luau Polynesian Lounge. They've held their white elephant exchange ... More >>
Strange bedfellows. Everyone in West Seattle had seen the notice of a liquor-license application on the windows of a restaurant under development. Wing Dome--the local chain that brings tears to brave patrons' eyes with its 7 Alarm Challenge (think wings slathered in battery acid and ... More >>
As the Seahawks prepare for battle with the Bears, local booze and coffee joints are gearing up for the game with special 'Hawks-themed drinks. Here's an overview of some of our favorites: Most Inspired: Also the least alcoholic, Fonte Café offers The Beast Mode, a quad-shot Americano with ... More >>
Few people know much about what secret tech startup Rel8tion has been doing for the last nine months. But Facebook knows. And whatever they're doing, it's apparently better for Zuckerburg and Co. to put the company on the FB payroll then to let them keep at it.
From burgers and pizza to steak and sashimi, the Great Seattle Food Pyramid takes shape.
Dueling memoirs from Paul Allen and Howard Schultz.
Charlie Whitehurst: QB1?Thanks to protracted labor negotiations, who knows if there's even going to be an NFL season this fall? If not, as Ray Lewis has sagely warned, we're all doomed to commit senseless crimes, and everything's pretty much going to suck. On the other hand, if there is a sea ... More >>
Seahawks fans now have a place to booze and nosh pre-flight. Seattle Seahawks 12 Club is now open in Sea- Tac Airport, according to Eater Seattle. The establishment serves typical sports bar fare like nachos and chicken wings.
Seattle Seahawks 12 Club is now open in Sea-Tac Airport.Firstly, Seahawks fans now have a place to booze and nosh pre-flight. Seattle Seahawks 12 Club is now open in Sea-Tac Airport. The establishment serves typical sports bar fare like nachos and chicken wings. In White Center, Luso Food an ... More >>
It was nice of NFL referee Bill Leavy last year to finally admit that he blew at least two crucial calls during the fourth quarter of the 2006 Super Bowl--the only one the Seattle Seahawks have ever played in. That doesn't mean that anyone is going to be thrilled to see him making calls agai ... More >>
It was nice of NFL referee Bill Leavy last year to finally admit that he blew at least two crucial calls during the fourth quarter of the 2006 Super Bowl--the only one the Seattle Seahawks have ever played in. That doesn't mean that anyone is going to be thrilled to see him making calls agai ... More >>
Why the answer to this "war" is a tatted-up ex-con named Mr. Buzzard.
On Saturday night, homegrown comedian Rainn Wilson hosted a benefit show for the Mona Foundation, a locally based nonprofit that supports educational initiatives for children--particularly girls and women--all over the world. Wilson was joined by a slew of his funniest friends; here are the n ... More >>
Image SourceWhen Tarvaris Jackson opened Sunday's game against St. Louis with back-to-back interceptions, it seemed like Seattle sports fans were destined to suffer through a third depressing display of mediocrity in 48 hours. Luckily, mediocre is enough to beat the Rams.
Image SourceESPN is reportedly bringing 30 cameras to The Clink tonight to broadcast the Seahawks' Monday Night Football contest against the woeful Rams. It's a game that nobody outside of Seattle and St. Louis has any interest in watching, but the national spotlight and the Hawks' ever-so-sl ... More >>
Image SourceBuoyed by two defensive touchdowns and another beastly performance by Marshawn Lynch, the Seahawks kept their slim playoff hopes alive by pummeling the Chicago Bears. The UW men's basketball team, meanwhile, suffered a humiliating defeat at home against South Dakota State.
So when he accepted the job at The Los Angeles Times the other day, longtime Seattle Post-Intelligencer Cartoonist David Horsey said to his new bosses, "If you need me to move down there, I will." They said naw, that's fine, you can stay in Seattle and work from there. "Well," Horsey said, "h ... More >>
Image SourceThe playoff hopes of the 2012 Seattle Seahawks, an exciting but predictably disappointing phenomenon marked by a an improbable late-season surge and a slew of second-half comebacks, died Saturday afternoon at Century Link Field. The hopes were 15 games old.
This week's cover story brings us the tale of former star Husky quarterback Mark Brunell, who's declared bankruptcy after pissing away $75 million in pro earnings on rancid real estate investments. This happens to a lot of retired players. Yet while the 41-year-old Brunell is thinking about r ... More >>
The madcap fan accused of knocking out a Seattle police officer -- on Christmas Eve no less -- during the final home game of the Seattle Seahawks season has been charged with felony assault. Things could have been worse for the downed officer had it not been for a San Francisco 49ers fan.
There are reports out today that a new professional football team may be coming to Seattle. That's right, sports fans. According to a "confidential document" published by Deadspin, the Spring Professional Football League, being organized by former XFL and NFL Europe executives, will debut in ... More >>
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