Seahawks’ playoff hopes on hold after stunning loss to 49ers
UPDATED: 7:55 p.m.
Seahawks hoping stumble against 49ers is lesson learned
Mon., Dec. 17, 2018, 7:02 p.m.
It was supposed to be a culmination of the Seahawks’ ever-growing momentum. It was supposed to be the final, giddy step into the promised land of the playoffs. It was supposed to be a perfunctory defeat of an overmatched foe. It was supposed to be a party. A coronation. Instead, the Seahawks left Levi’s Stadium on Sunday with drawn faces after their 26-23 overtime loss to the 49ers, muttering about “shooting themselves in the foot’’ so many times you expected to see bloody tracks back to the team bus.
Seahawks’ playoff hopes on hold after stunning loss to 49ers
UPDATED: 7:55 p.m.
The Seahawks had their four-game winning streak snapped and missed a chance to clinch a playoff berth after losing 26-23 to San Francisco in overtime.
Sherman enjoys victory over his former team
UPDATED: 10:15 p.m.
Sherman enjoys victory over his former team
UPDATED: 10:15 p.m.
When asked what it meant to beat Seattle for the first time as a 49er, former Seahawk Richard Sherman responded with a 214-word answer
Seahawks’ playoff prospects not flagging despite avalanche of penalties in loss
8:10 p.m.
The Seahawks got flagged on their way to the playoffs Sunday. Again and again and again.
49ers CB Richard Sherman irks former Seahawks teammates
UPDATED: 7:22 p.m.
49ers CB Richard Sherman irks former Seahawks teammates
UPDATED: 7:22 p.m.
When Richard Sherman downplayed Seattle’s success by describing the Seahawks as a “middle of the road” team a few weeks ago, his former teammates took offense. Heading into today’s rematch between Sherman’s new team, the San Francisco 49ers, and his old one, former teammate Frank Clark says Sherman should worry more about the struggling 49ers than a Seahawks team that can clinch the playoffs with a win.
Matt Calkins: Let’s hear it for a Seahawks team that is not only surprising to watch, but likable
UPDATED: 5:54 p.m.
One day after the Seahawks lost to Atlanta in January 2017, I penned a column saying they were no longer likable.
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Seahawks hoping stumble against 49ers is lesson learned
Mon., Dec. 17, 2018, 7:02 p.m.
It was supposed to be a culmination of the Seahawks’ ever-growing momentum. It was supposed to be the final, giddy step into the promised land of the playoffs. It was supposed to be a perfunctory defeat of an overmatched foe. It was supposed to be a party. A coronation. Instead, the Seahawks left Levi’s Stadium on Sunday with drawn faces after their 26-23 overtime loss to the 49ers, muttering about “shooting themselves in the foot’’ so many times you expected to see bloody tracks back to the team bus.
Sherman enjoys victory over his former team
UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 16, 2018, 10:15 p.m.
When asked what it meant to beat Seattle for the first time as a 49er, former Seahawk Richard Sherman responded with a 214-word answer
Seahawks’ playoff prospects not flagging despite avalanche of penalties in loss
Sun., Dec. 16, 2018, 8:10 p.m.
The Seahawks got flagged on their way to the playoffs Sunday. Again and again and again.
Seahawks’ playoff hopes on hold after stunning loss to 49ers
UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 16, 2018, 7:55 p.m.
The Seahawks had their four-game winning streak snapped and missed a chance to clinch a playoff berth after losing 26-23 to San Francisco in overtime.
49ers CB Richard Sherman irks former Seahawks teammates
UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 15, 2018, 7:22 p.m.
When Richard Sherman downplayed Seattle’s success by describing the Seahawks as a “middle of the road” team a few weeks ago, his former teammates took offense. Heading into today’s rematch between Sherman’s new team, the San Francisco 49ers, and his old one, former teammate Frank Clark says Sherman should worry more about the struggling 49ers than a Seahawks team that can clinch the playoffs with a win.
Matt Calkins: Let’s hear it for a Seahawks team that is not only surprising to watch, but likable
UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 14, 2018, 5:54 p.m.
One day after the Seahawks lost to Atlanta in January 2017, I penned a column saying they were no longer likable.
Once a weakness, offensive line now strength for Seahawks
UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 13, 2018, 9:03 p.m.
Seattle offensive line coach Mike Solari has done a lot of teaching this year and it’s paying off. The Seahawks’ offensive line has become a solid part of the team that is clearly not the weakness it’s been in the past. The linemen’s overall performance is part of the reason Seattle’s on the cusp of a postseason berth heading into Sunday’s game at San Francisco.
Larry Stone: Seahawks have finally exorcised the spirits lingering from their 2015 Super Bowl loss
UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 13, 2018, 4:34 p.m.
When Frank Clark declared, “Richard Sherman and his era is over here” after the Seahawks’ victory over Minnesota on Monday, that comment and others directed at Sherman predictably exploded on Twitter.
Seahawks lose linebacker Mychal Kendricks for season to knee injury
UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 12, 2018, 6:33 p.m.
Seattle will be without linebacker Mychal Kendricks for the rest of the season after he suffered a knee and lower leg injury in the Seahawks’ win over Minnesota. Coach Pete Carroll says Kendricks will need surgery for a couple of different issues, including the knee and “a little nick” to his lower leg. Carroll says Kendricks would need at least six to eight weeks of recovery.
Another Monday night in Seattle ends with controversy
Tue., Dec. 11, 2018, 4:50 p.m.
It’s almost a given now that a Monday night game played in Seattle is going to include some sort of wackiness.
John Blanchette on Seahawks’ win: Ugly is in the eye of the beholder
Mon., Dec. 10, 2018, 11:16 p.m.
Rarely has something that looked so bad for so long felt so good.
Seahawks on brink of playoffs after 21-7 win over Vikings
UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 10, 2018, 10:06 p.m.
Bobby Wagner blocked Dan Bailey’s field goal attempt midway through the fourth quarter, sparking the Seahawks to two late touchdowns and a 21-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night, Seattle’s fourth straight victory.