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Sports Illustrated

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    The Other Dream Team Would Definitely Enjoy Lunch at Cafe Yarmarka

    The Dinner: Beef Stroganoff, with beet salad, a freshly-baked roll, spicy carrots and bacon-fried onions at Cafe Yarmarka in Pike Place Market--all for under 10 bucks. The Movie: The Other Dream Team at Harvard Exit, 807 E. Roy, Capitol Hill. Screens as part of the Seattle International Film Festiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Watch Basketball the UCLA Way: Play This Drinking Game While The Huskies Take On The Bruins Saturday

    Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated published an exposé about UCLA basketball under head coach Ben Howland. Pulitzer-winning reporter George Dohrmann rakes some serious muck, detailing rampant drinking, drug use, and misbehavior by the team's players. The underachieving Bruins play their last reg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Long Before Linsanity, Jeremy Lin Put on a Show at KeyArena

    ​In 2010, two years before he started sinking game-winning shots for the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin was a talented but otherwise anonymous guard for the Harvard Crimson. And, during his senior season, Lin dominated Seattle University in a game at KeyArena, displaying some of the skills that w ... More >>

  • News

    December 28, 2011

    Mark Brunell's Downward Spiral

    How a former UW football star squandered $75 million in NFL earnings.

  • News

    November 23, 2011

    The Tuba Man, Billy Chambers, and the Day the Music Died

    Is Ed McMichael's teen killer capable of rehabilitation?

  • News

    August 17, 2011

    Kids, Concussions, and Concern

    New research reveals the frightening damage from "regular" head trauma.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Insidery Sports Illustrated Writer Names Seahawks' Starting QB

    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 >>

  • News

    June 1, 2011

    The (Alleged) Adventures of Phoenix Jones

    Trying to uncover what's real and what isn't about Seattle's most famous superhero.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Carl Everett, Ex-Mariners Outfielder and Dinosaur Denier, Arrested for Pulling Gun on Wife

    ​Former Mariners outfielder Carl Everett doesn't believe in anything that's not specifically addressed in the Bible. Dinosaurs, for example, "didn't exist," as he told Sports Illustrated back in 2000. So by that logic, the fact that he supposedly pulled out a gun and put it to his wife's head ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Tom Cable Is the New Seahawks Assistant/Line Coach; Let's Hope He Doesn't Punch Anyone

    ​After firing offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates earlier on Tuesday, the Seahawks soon followed with the news that they'd hired former Raiders head coach Tom Cable as assistant head coach and line coach. Here's hoping no one gets punched.

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    A Short Appreciation of Pete Carroll, Lovable Goofball

    ​Roughly a year ago today, when rumors first started swirling that Pete Carroll would soon be named coach of the Seattle Seahawks, my boss Mike Seely groaned and moaned (it's what he does best) about how Carroll was the wrong man for the job. Now, 12 months later, I feel like it's time for a r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2011

    Nate “Diggity” Johnson’s 30th Birthday

    ​Roughly a year ago today, when rumors first started swirling that Pete Carroll would soon be named coach of the Seattle Seahawks, my boss Mike Seely groaned and moaned (it's what he does best) about how Carroll was the wrong man for the job. Now, 12 months later, I feel like it's time for a r ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2011

    Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Grand Archives to Guster.

  • News

    January 5, 2011

    Ryan Leaf's Longest Yarn

    The infamous ex-Wazzu quarterback's autobiography will be longer than Gandhi's.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Ryan Leaf's Three Volume Autobiography: Longer Than Gandhi's!

    ​Earlier this year, a football agent confessed to Sports Illustrated that he'd once showered Washington State's Ryan Leaf with money, girls and lavish trips in hopes the Cougar's stud quarterback would return the favor by picking him as his representative. Now, with the news that Leaf has sign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    More Outlets Blow Holes In Sac Kings Coming To Seattle Meme

    ​Ever since Sports Illustrated updated a story last Friday about a meeting between Sacramento Kings owner George Maloof and former SuperSonics exec Wally Walker in Seattle, everyone involved has done their best to downplay its significance. "It had nothing to do with us moving the team," Maloo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Randy Moss the Newest Seahawk? Coach Pete Carroll Reportedly Hoping So

    ​Six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Randy Moss, who recently inherited Terrell Owens' old spot as the NFL's biggest diva, was fired by the Minnesota Vikings on Monday. The move came after three consecutive losses and less-than-stellar performances from Moss. It has nonetheless set off a storm of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    High School Refs Flagged for Blowing Pink Whistles

    ​October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and its official color--pink--is everywhere. National Football League players have been donning pink gloves and cleats, and Sports Illustrated recently published its logo in that fleshiest of colors. But when some Kenmore-area high school referees dare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Ryan Leaf Got Paid By an Agent in College, Says Agent Who Paid Him

    ​In the early 1990s, sports agent Josh Luchs was a young man in search of a whale, that franchise quarterback who could bring him a buy-your-first-house-in-cash payday. Ryan Leaf was a star at Washington State, a team filled with players on Luchs' bankroll. And in a bombshell confession in thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Jose Lopez Is the Worst Hitter In Baseball

    ​The Mariners already have the worst starting pitcher in baseball. But throwing the baseball only accounts for, um...hold on a second...half! That's right! Pitching is only half of the game. There's also that hitting thing. Thank goodness then that we also have Jose Lopez, the worst hitter in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Could Seattle Host a Super Bowl?

    ​For those unawares, the 2014 Super Bowl is going to be held in New Jersey. Football in the Northeast in January makes about as much sense as taping an episode of "Antiques Roadshow" outdoors during monsoon season, since neither event is improved by the addition of extreme weather. But on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Mike Sweeney Is the Nicest Man in Baseball

    ​Sports Illustrated asked 347 players for their opinion on the nicest player in the game and 20-percent named Mariners' designated hitter Mike Sweeney. Even when he's threatening to beat up his teammates, he still does it with a smile on his face. (Joe Posnanski)

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Seattle Hoops Dominate NBA's Post-Season Awards

    Rainier Beach...represent? Is that how the kids say it?​In year three of the grand experiment known as Life Without Basketball*, it's heartening to get a reminder that Seattle is really great at producing hardcourt heroes. Two months after Sports Illustrated highlighted it as a mesh-short para ... 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

    October 6, 2009

    The New Old Pat Tillman Tale

    ​The story about Fort Lewis Ranger Pat Tillman having been offered a contract by the Seattle Seahawks - but choosing to do another year of military service instead - comes as a surprise to some. It's currently one of the most-read stories on the P-I website, given new life by Sports Illustrate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Happy Anniversary, Sonics Championship

    Thirty years ago today, Seattle got one of its two only professional sports championships, beating the Washington Bullets--yes, they were the Bullets then, unbeknownst to the boys in the Clash, who were writing a song--97-93. (The other Seattle championship belongs to the Storm). Coached by Lenny ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    A-Rod Juicing All Along, Undertipping at Hooters?

    Who knows if it's true, but it's certainly believable. According to the New York Daily News, a forthcoming book by Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts--who broke the story of former Mariner Alex Rodriguez's positive steroid test--alleges that Rodriguez used steroids as early as high school and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2009

    SI: A-Rod Was A-Roid in '03

    Sports Illustrated is reporting that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003 whilst with the Rangers. So why is this only coming to light now? Because Major League Baseball didn't institute punitive steroid tests until one year later. Much as we hate A-Roid, he was the last ex-Mar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Jon Brockman's Bad Night: It Was the Jock of the Day Jinx

    Last night, Husky hoop star Jon Brockman played horribly, going 0-8 from the field. While some might attribute this to the diversified scoring of the Husky offense, or to the long-limbed defense of Taj Gibson, we offer a different explanation: it was the Jock of the Day jinx. The Sports Illustrate ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    The Bright Spot in an Awful Season

    The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.

  • Arts

    May 31, 2006

    In Gear

    Celebrating bike-messenger style, accessorized by blood, bruises, and bandages.

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Hardscrabble Mariners

    Sabermetrics and The Da Vinci Code have nothing on this baseball calculus.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    P-I 21, Times 10

    Also: Seattle Center's longtime director quits.

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Update: Schultz Starts the Shot Clock

    The Sonics owner gives the Legislature an ultimatum, and two senators are not impressed.

  • Arts

    September 7, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Nick McDonell, Chris Ayres, and Elina Furman.

  • News

    June 22, 2005

    Buy Me Some Peanuts

    June 22-28, 2005

  • Arts

    November 10, 2004

    Bases Loaded

    Playwright Richard Greenberg 'outs' the national pastime.

  • Arts

    April 21, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Lynne Truss, Neal Bascomb, Pico Iyer, and Derrick Jensen and George Draffan.

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    The New Bleacher Bums

    These fans think they know better than the Mariners. They predict the M's again will finish the season behind the Oakland A's. And they say they have the data to prove it. Second-guessing owners and managers is easier than ever in the age of the spreadsheet.

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Yankees Suck Again

    Suck up more talent, that is. The good news: six opportunities to boo A-Rod and the rest at Safeco.

  • Music

    December 11, 2002

    Bad Reputation

    Trundling out an endless parade of designer divas and pop tarts, Rolling Stone raises the ire of many who still love rock 'n' roll.

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    "I have yet to read a sports article that extols the virtues of Michael Jordan's sexy ass and bubbly personality."

    Trundling out an endless parade of designer divas and pop tarts, Rolling Stone raises the ire of many who still love rock 'n' roll.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    World Series or bust?

    Outside Seattle, the Mariners don't get no respect.

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Erotica Beneath the Covers

    A roundup of books that entrance and seduce

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    Crime boss

    Local journalist Jack Olsen chronicles one man's quest for justice.

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    "The people...you describe are counter-revolutionary Neo-Luddites. They rage impotently against a very real economic transformation taking place that rivals the Industrial Revolution...."

    Local journalist Jack Olsen chronicles one man's quest for justice.

  • Music

    December 29, 1999

    The future is now

    Local journalist Jack Olsen chronicles one man's quest for justice.

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Netslaves

    Two cyber-Dilberts who have labored in the superhighway's salt mines offer a digital reality check.

  • Arts

    March 24, 1999

    Sweet Scientists

    Women invade the boxing ring in ever larger numbers.

  • News

    April 22, 1998

    Let the Games begin?

    The County Council votes to vote on hosting the Olympics.

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