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Baseball

Ichiro to be paid through 2032

The Seattle Mariners will be paying Ichiro Suzuki for at least a quarter century.

The All-Star outfielder’s new contract extension calls for the team to defer $25 million of the $90 million he is owed, money that the team will not have to fully pay until at least 2032.

Suzuki, MVP of last week’s All-Star game, gets a $5 million signing bonus and annual salaries of $17 million from 2008-12 under the terms of last Friday’s deal.

Seattle will pay $12 million in salary each year and defer $5 million per season at 5.5 percent interest.

Baseball

Griffey collects hit No. 2,500

Ken Griffey Jr. singled in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday for his 2,500th career hit.

Griffey became the 84th player to reach that mark.

The Cincinnati outfielder also moved into sixth place on Monday with his 587th homer. Griffey trails Texas’ Sammy Sosa by 15 homers for the No. 5 spot.

Football

Fans can’t watch Hawks practice

The Seattle Seahawks announced they will hold two workouts open to the public during training camp next month: a scrimmage at Seattle Center and a practice at the University of Washington.

The remainder of the team’s camp practices, which begin July 29 at Seahawks headquarters here, will be closed to fans. In a statement Wednesday, the Seahawks cited “space constraints and limited parking around Northwest University,” the team’s suburban neighbors.

From 1997 through last year — and from 1976-85 — the Seahawks summer practices at Eastern Washington University in Cheney were open to the public. Next year, the team is scheduled to hold training camp at its new headquarters in Renton, which is under construction and will accommodate fans who want to attend summer practices.