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The Storm just did what their housemates haven’t. While the Kraken have missed the playoffs in three consecutive seasons, clinging stubbornly to an aging core that will never win a Stanley Cup, the Storm embraced a rebuild this month that could make them WNBA contenders for seasons to come. 

NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigned from The Athletic on Tuesday, less than a week after photos were published showing her and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel holding hands, hugging and sitting together in a hot tub at an Arizona resort last month.

In one sense, numbers can be massaged to tell you almost anything you want them to. In another sense, the numbers at the Masters Tournament usually tell the same story each year. The major at Augusta is uniquely set in its ways, a bastion of tradition where not only its rituals are hard to change, but the probabilities are too.

Rory and Bryson. PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf. Rivalry? Grudge match? In the past 12 months, much has been made of the fourth round of last year's Masters, when Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau dueled it out as the final pairing while barely saying a word to one another.

This marks the first time since 1994 that neither Woods nor Mickelson is playing in the Masters. 

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy pulled up to dinner last year, reminded of the invitation he didn’t have.

Woods confirmed he's able to hit full shots again, but his recent vertebrae disk replacement has him feeling sore.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Tyler Reddick needed a game-winner at the buzzer to win the Daytona 500 Sunday and deliver team owner Michael Jordan another championship.

SEATTLE – As the Seahawks paraded through the streets of Seattle to celebrate their Super Bowl victory, even the sky couldn’t help but shine a bright blue.

SAN FRANCISCO – Chris and Jacquie Vargas are a rare breed: a married couple born and raised in the Bay Area who shook off inherent San Francisco 49ers influence from family and became die-hard Seattle Seahawks fans.

SAN FRANCISCO – The nationwide immigration crackdown that sparked protests, arrests and shootings by federal officers won’t touch the Super Bowl, according to Cathy Lanier, NFL chief security officer.

Wiping away tears as the Seahawks lifted the trophy, the Seattle Seahawks’ NFC championship victory means “everything” to Constance Valandra.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – If you were a fan of NASCAR in the 2000s but fell off the bandwagon at some point, this sport has got a deal for you.

Greg Biffle, one of the greats of Northwest short-track racing who went on to compete in the top tiers of NASCAR, will be celebrated on Friday in Charlotte, N.C.

The calendar turning to a new year also marks a milestone moment for Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark. This spring, her long-anticipated signature sneaker will finally hit the market, a project she opened up about Wednesday while appearing on Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast.

MIAMI — Order has been restored to professional boxing. Or, at least, as much order as boxing ever has. Friday night in Miami, former unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua stopped Jake Paul, the YouTuber turned entrepreneur turned professional boxer, showing that fame, fortune and a following are no substitute for a lifetime dedicated to honing your craft.

The PWHL Seattle Torrent’s inaugural season is underway, making Seattle the only city where three major professional women’s leagues play. It is also the first to have two professional women's sports teams share a venue, as the Storm and Torrent do at Climate Pledge Arena. Although all three leagues — PWHL, WNBA and NWSL — are also represented in New York, the teams belong to the general ...

The Seattle Storm coaching search seemingly crystallized or at the very least the pool of possible candidates became more interesting Tuesday morning when the New York Liberty fired coach Sandy Brondello in a move that surprised many in the WNBA.

The Seattle Storm won by following a formula.