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March 25, 2009
Anyone but Nickels?
Not being Greg may be all James Donaldson needs to become mayor.
Blogs
January 30, 2008
A Halftime Lead
Not being Greg may be all James Donaldson needs to become mayor.
Blogs
March 21, 2008
Afternoon Edition: Big Tips, Big Endorsements, Big Basketball
Not being Greg may be all James Donaldson needs to become mayor.
Blogs
April 18, 2008
Supes Move Approved
Not being Greg may be all James Donaldson needs to become mayor.
Blogs
December 29, 2008
Will Voters Just Say Snow to Mayor Nickels?
The region is slowly recuperating from the horrors of Snowstorm 2008. The roads are mostly clear, garbage service is returning and public transportation is rumored to be nearly back on schedule. More importantly, politics as usual will begin again. Or will it? Like a pool of water around ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2009
Spencer Hawes Pays Fashionable Homage to Supes
Former Seattle Prep and UW star Spencer Hawes arrived in Oklahoma City last night for the Sacramento Kings' game against the Thunder dressed to avenge the Sonics' defection from Seattle. Per the Sacramento Bee: "As the Kings' second-year center strolled through Ford Center on Sunday, his message wa ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Seattle's Next NBA Team?
Ever since the Sonics left, Seattle fans and NBA followers have speculated about what small-market franchise will be brought here to replace/revive them (any Seattle NBA team would be named the Sonics). Seely recently targeted Sacramento, but perhaps the New Orleans Hornets (featuring the incomprab ... More >>
News
July 9, 2008
Sonics: Remembering Yesterday, Betting on Tomorrow
I had no idea I cared so much.
News
March 19, 2008
Pimp My Privy!
Why Steve Ballmer and the city should sink their millions into public toilets, not the Supes.
News
February 6, 2008
Major League IV: Scripting the Sonics Movie
The uncertainty surrounding the city’s oldest pro sports franchise is worthy of a sequel to its cinematic progenitor. Here’s the script.
News
February 6, 2008
The Most Interesting Sonics Game is Being Played Off the Court
And in the courts.
News
December 26, 2007
Welcome to the Hard-Knock Life of a Sonics Ticket Scalper
Ever try to sell ice to an Eskimo?
News
December 26, 2007
2007: The Worst of Seattle Sports
Ty Willingham, Rick White, and Shaun Alexander.
Blogs
April 16, 2009
Honorary Olden Polynice Award: Kirkland Leash Law Vigilante
Remember Olden Polynice? He's the muscular, mediocre center the Sonics traded future Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen for in 1987? The one who, on his second run with the team, nearly cost the Sonics a win against his former Sacramento Kings by performing celebratory pelvic thrusts as the player he was ... More >>
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May 20, 2009
Sonics Fans Dodge a Bullet
If you watched the NBA Draft Lottery last night, you saw the team formerly known as the Sonics luck their way into being one of the three finalists for the top pick. (That top pick is likely to be Oklahoma's Blake Griffin, who'd be the franchise's first fearsome four since Shawn Kemp). Fortunately ... More >>
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April 28, 2009
Could Donkey Ball Be Key Arena's New Anchor Tenant?
Seattle has been described as "Mayberry with high-rises." Donkey ball (i.e. basketball played while riding donkeys) "is most popular in rural communities, where the event is usually a sellout." Key Arena needs a new main tenant now that the Sonics have left. We sense a real opportunity here.
Blogs
August 11, 2009
Nick Collison Still Loves Seattle, Talks About "Football and War" While Dudes Apply Sunscreen To His Back
The Sonics may no longer be in Seattle, but ex-Sonic Nick Collison is, at least during the off-season. And not only does the Border Collie defend his adopted hometown on his Twitter page, he even goes so far as to occasionally rip on his employer's city. To wit, the Border Collie recently s ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2009
SW Videographer Releases Trailer, Begins Countdown to Sonics Documentary
If you still miss your Sonics, know that SW videographer/independent filmmaker Jason Reid feels your pain. He just released the trailer for Sonicsgate, his much-awaited documentary about the Sonics departure. The film features interviews with Seattle NBA figures from Kevin Calabro to Sam Perk ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2009
Seattle's a Good Place to Find a Job Right Now, Though Not as Good as Oklahoma City
When he left, Nick took his job (and the hoop) with himWith the unemployment rate pushing towards double digits, no place seems all that friendly to job seekers these days. Nevertheless, Seattle's job market has the country's 13th best ratio of jobs to seekers, and the state's unemployment ra ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2009
Sports Guy Bill Simmons Shocked to Find Love for the Sonics Can't Get Him Out of a Speeding Ticket
The Sports Guy is beloved by Sonics fans, less so by state troopers.Celebrities expect to be treated differently than non-celebrities. That's part of why they're famous. But it's one thing to expect favorable treatment. Bitching publicly about not getting it is quite another. Bill Simmons is ... More >>
Film
December 9, 2009
Sonicsgate: How Howard Schultz and David Stern Lost Our NBA Franchise
The Sports Guy is beloved by Sonics fans, less so by state troopers.Celebrities expect to be treated differently than non-celebrities. That's part of why they're famous. But it's one thing to expect favorable treatment. Bitching publicly about not getting it is quite another. Bill Simmons is ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2009
Brad Keller Not Only Gassed Up the Sonics' Moving Van, He's a Thunder Fan to Boot
Don't worry, Brad: Darth Vader has trouble smiling too.In this week's film section, I take issue with Sonicsgate director Jason Reid's refusal to land a few punches to the gut of reviled former Sonic player and exec Wally Walker. I could have said the same of his failure to grill Brad Keller, ... More >>
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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 >>
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April 19, 2010
Conan O'Brien Thinks the SuperSonics Still Play in Seattle
So am I. So long as he stops reminding us of that basketball team that got stolen away.Seattle Weekly senior designer and crack entertainment correspondent Sam Dawson went to see the first of Conan O'Brien's two night run at McCaw Hall last night. Here's Sam:I went to see Conan O'Brien last n ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Conan O'Brien and Eddie Vedder Do The Who's "Baba O'Riley"
Team Coco blogNever though I'd say this: Conan grows a better beard.Conan O'Brien may have inadvertently rubbed salt in the wound of every SuperSonics fan in Seattle on Sunday, but at least he had the good sense to make things right by delivering a "bombastic and electric" version of The Who' ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2010
Tacky Sonics Merchandise Continues to Haunt Unsuspecting Seattle Basketball Fans
If only Howard Schultz had cut a few more of these.Voracious contributor Mike Lewis was hanging in The Streamline Tavern, the watering hole near Key Arena he co-owns, when a regular came in with a surprise discovery. Let's let Mike pick it up from there:It was a slow night and I was behind th ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2010
Forbes Says Seattle Is Miserable for Sports, But It's Not (If You're Into Darts and Beer Pong)
Robert HeckmanSeattle sports don't suck. This (Seattle area) man kicked ass in international dart competitions last year. Yesterday Forbes declared Seattle the most miserable sports city in America. To justify that designation, the magazine listed Seattle's many athletic disappointments over ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Forbes' Most Miserable Sports City Doesn't Care About Sports
*Yawn* When does Sounders' season start?Yesterday Forbes declared Seattle the most miserable sports city in the country. Which is ridiculous, because in order to be miserable you first have to care. Former City Council member Judy Nicastro is on some strange new vision quest to bring the NBA ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Dick's, Weed, Cream Puffs and Free Beer
You know we've been having a good week when this is one of the LESS weird pictures I've got to choose fromIt's been another strange week here at Voracious World HQ. I mean, sure. We've offered up plenty of the workaday news that you crave. We've told you about new gyros in Capitol Hill, free, ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2010
Tony Parker Messes With Former Sonic Brent Barry in Alleged Cheating Scandal
The big gossip news right now is San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker's alleged infidelity and pending divorce with "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria. Why on earth anyone would want to cheat on someone who looks like Longoria is beyond us. Then again, Erin Barry, the wife and high-schoo ... 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
December 6, 2010
The Seattle Hornets Isn't As Innappropriate a Team Name as You Might Think
The SuperSonics may now be the Thunder, but not all NBA teams change names when they change locations. Hence the Lakers of relatively arid Los Angeles and the Jazz of not-so-relatively square Utah. This morning, when rumors first started flying that the New Orleans Hornets might soon be Seatt ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Seattle Hornets Hopes Go Viral: Facebook Page Nears 2,000 Fans in Two Days
That didn't take long. It was only last week when rumors began picking up steam that the New Orleans Hornets attendance trouble and subsequent league acquisition might send the team to Seattle. But, as any red-blooded American does when faced an important and rally-worthy issue, someone set u ... More >>
News
December 8, 2010
Seattle's Basketball Name Game
We could do worse than "Hornets."
Calendar
January 12, 2011
Nate “Diggity” Johnson’s 30th Birthday
We could do worse than "Hornets."
Arts
February 2, 2011
The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events
We could do worse than "Hornets."
Blogs
February 11, 2011
Sports--of the Canadian Variety--Are NOT Playing the Croc on Tuesday. Other Sports: It's Never Too Early for a Name Change
This is NOT the band playing The Crocodile on Tuesday.Apologies to local electronic band Sports, who are opening for Austra on Tuesday at The Crocodile. It won't be this much more popular Canadian rock band of the same name that formed in 2007. After some intense Google searching and borderl ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
Why Doesn't Seattle Have an NBA D-League Team?
Image sourceFormer Washington Husky Justin Dentmon is dominating the NBA's Developmental League right now. In 34 games, the point guard is averaging just over 19 points, 4 assists, and 3.7 rebounds per game for the Texas Legends, the Dallas Mavericks' B-team based in the bustling metropolis o ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2011
Howard Schultz Can Expect the Same Treatment He Got at Costco Every Time He Sets Foot Near Seattle, Says SonicsGate Producer
As we reported on Friday, Starbucks CEO Howard "The Coward" Schultz's poorly attended book signing at Costco in Issaquah turned shameful when he had anyone wearing Seattle SuperSonics gear thrown out of the store so they couldn't say mean things to him. SonicsGate film producer Adam Brown was ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2011
Sonicsgate Crew Shows Up with Signs and Cowbells at OKC/Denver Playoff Game: "No Team Is Safe" (VIDEO)
Those who tuned in to game three of the Oklahoma City Thunder/Denver Nuggets NBA Playoff series on April 23 might have noticed a smattering of green behind the OKC bench, coupled with the sweet sound of cowbell. That would have been Jason Reid, Adam Brown, Colin White and Jeff Scoma, aka the ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
Shawn Kemp on Why He Refused Invite to Sit Courtside at Oklahoma City Thunder Playoff Game
A few days before the last game of the Oklahoma City Thunder/Denver Nuggets playoff series, SuperSonics legend Shawn Kemp's wife got a phone call. It was the Thunder organization and they had floor-seat tickets for her and Shawn to come and watch the game. The following contains several of ... More >>
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 >>
News
May 25, 2011
Second Sonics?
The newest plan to bring the NBA back to Seattle.
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 >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
Exhibition Game Billed as "Seattle vs. the League" Will Not Bring the NBA Back to Seattle
On July 23, KeyArena is slated to host some serious homegrown NBA talent--the first NBA talent to grace its hardwood since the Sonics skipped town three years ago--in an exhibition game for charity that is being marketed at "Seattle vs. the League." Seeing Aaron Brooks, Brandon Roy, Martell W ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2011
Breaking News: Seattle Still Perfectly Capable of Supporting an NBA Team
Science has crunched the numbers, folks. And it would appear that the city of Seattle is in fact quite capable of supporting an NBA team. Who knew? We're waiting patiently by the phones for an apology from Clay Bennett and Howard Schultz. . .
Arts
September 14, 2011
Fall Arts 2011 Calendar
Science has crunched the numbers, folks. And it would appear that the city of Seattle is in fact quite capable of supporting an NBA team. Who knew? We're waiting patiently by the phones for an apology from Clay Bennett and Howard Schultz. . .
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Tacoma Looks to Woo NBA Team--SonicsGate Folks Say 'More Power to Them'
With Seattle unable to figure out how best to get the NBA back in town, our slightly more aromatic neighbors to the south are ready to step in and woo professional basketball (or hockey!) their own damn selves.
Blogs
December 28, 2011
Checking In On Jaret Hughes, the NBA's First Male Dancer
The following post was written by Seattle Weekly web intern Aaron Gordon. Some people still mourn the loss of the Seattle SuperSonics. I mourn the loss of the NBA's first male dancer.
Blogs
February 6, 2012
Mayor McGinn Looks to Hit a Long Jumper to Bring Back the NBA and Perhaps Save Himself
Author and basketball nut Sherman Alexie pondered recently what it would it mean for the city's psyche to bring back an NBA franchise. "The thing is if we get a team," he wrote on Sonicsgate, the official site of the 2009 documentary on how Seattle lost its team, "it's going to be somebody el ... More >>
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