HOOPFEST, PART III – ETIQUETTELots has been written and thrown about concerning on-the-court behavior at Hoopfest, so we won't go there. Instead, we want to impart some thoughts on spectator etiquette, thoughts built upon 17 years of walking from Court A to Court B to…
HOOPFEST, PART II – PREPSThe Gonzaga University summer basketball team camps are still going on, so the local high school participation in Hoopfest has taken a hit.But there were still a few local stars hanging around.One was former Ferris center DeAngelo Casto, who we caught…
SHOCK, BULLDOGS, INDIANSThe Battle in Seattle should be filled with firepower.Though neither Tennessee nor Gonzaga have officially announced it, those two schools are set to meet in the annual game Dec. 29, according to the organizers.The funny part about it is the Tennessee media outlets…
MARINERSNo game Thursday, but that doesn't mean there wasn't some news.The biggest concerns the M's pitching, which is about to enter a month-long stretch in which most of the injured arms will be coming back.There's Mark Lowe, out since last year, a year in which…
EAGLESSo Rodney Stuckey is now a Detroit Piston. Could he have had a better team pick him? You tell me.As far as I'm concerned, no. A veteran team. A successful franchise. Winners. It's rare for a talent like Rodney to end up on a playoff-ready…
MARINERSThe M's finished off a three-game sweep of the Red Sox on Wednesday, pulling Seattle closer to the Angels in the West.But the most interesting thing about the past three games (and the two wins over Cincinnati that preceded them) is how all of them…
MARINERSJust call it Manny being Manny.The M's extra-inning win over the Red Sox on Wednesday - giving Seattle a three-game sweep - came courtesy of Manny Ramirez playing leftfield as if it was filled with mines. Jose Lopez's drive hit three-quarters up the left-field fence,…
MARINERSSometimes you can be so busy planning for the future (ie. Ken Griffey Jr. becoming an M someday) the present is ignored. So let's quickly say today (1:35 p.m; FSN; 700-AM) the M's go for a three-game sweep of the Red Sox, with Ryan Feierabend…
MARINERSBeing out of the Internet loop on Monday was rewarding in one way – the golf was fun – but also like 6:38 on a Friday evening without a cold one. It seems a little strange.I missed linking to John Blanchette's Ken Griffey Jr., column,…
COUGARS, BULLDOGSI'm stuck in Sea-Tac having to wait to check my luggage, so I have time to surf and link while I wait. If you've ever done that, raise your left hand.Airport hell is a shared experience, I'm sure.While I wait for the clock to…
MARINERSIt was a near-perfect game for old-time M's fans.Ken Griffey Jr., had two home runs, including a bullet to right-center that ricocheted off the UW Medicine sign. He made a diving catch in the outfield. And his Reds lost.Both of Griffey's home runs – the…
MORNING NEWSIt's Sunday morning so we're going to make this quick.It would be even quicker if it weren't for all this Washington State-related news.• First off, retired Seattle Times columnist Blaine Newnham writes about the Katelan Redmon situation with UW, taking athletic director Todd Turner's…
SHOCK, INDIANS, PREPSit's no secret the last time the Spokane Shock and the Boise Burn got together, tempers flared, fists flew and players were suspended.Could be more of the same tonight (5; KHQ-6; 105.7-FM) in the Arena. Or it could just be another run-of-the-mill af2…
MARINERSHave you ever really circled a date on a calendar in red ink? We did. Really. We did it the day the Mariners' 2007 schedule came out.We circled June 22 on our calendar at home. The day Junior was returning to Seattle. Even in the…
MARINERSThere is a great picture on the front page of the Seattle Times sports web site today. Standing together on what looks to be an opening day ceremony somewhere in 1997 are Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr. It goes with…
MARINERSThe verdict is in. Jeff Weaver needs to be in the National League. Preferably, in the National League Central.Look at the facts. The guy has had one incredible successful half a season in his career, when he was throwing for the St. Louis Cardinals, an…
COLLEGE BASEBALLOMAHA – It was a great run. A fun week. An unexpected success.But every silver lining has a cloud, and Wednesday evening the rain on UC Irvine's parade came out of Oregon.The defending national champion Oregon State Beavers ended Irvine's improbable College World Series…
COUGARS, BULLDOGSTwo for the price of one.CBS Sportsline writer Garry Parrish picks both Washington State and Gonzaga in his college basketball preseason top 25.The Cougars are picked seventh and the Zags No. 18. Pretty good for the Inland Northwest.• Former Gonzaga guard Derek Raivio had…
MARINERSThe slide continues. And you have to wonder, as it reaches six games, if Mike Hargrove's seat is getting hotter.Probably, but don't expect anything to happen until the Reds leave town after Sunday's game. This weekend is a planned celebration of Junior's return, and no…
EAGLES, COUGARS, HUSKIESEastern Washington has reported itself to the NCAA for possible violations in the football program. And boy does it sound awful. There's the problem with the life skills "coach." Because he's a "coach," EWU may have had too many "coaches" on staff. Add…
MORRISON WATCHThere seems to be a lot of off-season talk about Adam Morrison and the Charlotte Bobcats. When the season ended, the talk was mostly about a possible trade. That talk, however, has died down.What is coming out of Charlotte right now concerns Morrison's efforts…
NCAAMy column in today's S-R dealt with the NCAA's rules governing live blogging at NCAA events, a tempest that erupted last week when the organization pulled a press pass from a Louisville Courier-Journal writer who was blogging play-by-play at a baseball Super Regional.Of course over…
COLLEGE BASEBALLOMAHA – It's a long way to travel to watch two losses. Thanks to a few big plays, I didn't have to.If you were watching the College World Series game between UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton on ESPN2 Monday afternoon, you know what…
INDIANSThe team is in town and practicing, so new manager Tim Hulett has had a chance to see his charges.And, as Jessica Brown's story relates, he likes what he's seen thus far. Other than all the long fly balls in batting practice.The Indians open their…
COLLEGESWe'll be at the College World Series games again today and we'll have something online about the action. The freshman from Warden threw a heck of a game for Oregon State on Saturday (see post), helping the Beavers move into tonight's (4; ESPN2) Pac-10 showdown…
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