Every once in a while there is just too much on

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Can it be Friday again already? Must be. My to-do list, which includes which sporting events to watch, is growing by the minute. Read on.

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• Sat down to dinner last night. The TV was on. A women’s World Cup between Canada and New Zealand was about to start. I was informed I didn’t have to watch it because, “the U.S. plays tomorrow night and we’re watching that.” OK then. I turned it to the Warriors dismantling of the Cavs . Now I have to figure where I can hide the remote tonight. Sure, the Stanley Cup isn’t on again until tomorrow and the NBA Finals don’t resume until Sunday, but Felix is pitching tonight in Houston, so we have to watch that, right? So how about you? How do you decide when there is more than one sporting event on at the same time and one decision-maker in the house wants to watch Sport A while the other one wants Sport B? Do you go your separate ways, watching different TVs? Or do you compromise, picking one and checking in on the other during breaks in the action? I don’t like the latter because invariably, one of two things happen. Either the other event is also at commercial at the same time – raising my blood pressure about 24 points – or, and this even worse, something exciting just happened and you just missed the key replay. Then you watch and watch, hoping they’ll show it again but they don’t and, by the time you switch back, something big happened there as well. That’s when I throw the remote to the floor, stomp up the stairs to my room, slam the door and eat little chocolates I’ve hidden my room. After two or three (dozen) I’ve calmed down enough to find the highlights on the computer and can move on. Actually, I don’t anticipate a problem tonight. The TV where I am sitting will have the M’s game on. It will be about the size of a 1980s-era microwave. The TV where Kim will be sitting will have the World Cup game on. That one is about the size of a 1980s-era Buick. So we both win, right?

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• WSU: The Cougars won a recruiting battle yesterday, though there didn’t seem to be much competition for a receiver who committed. Jacob Thorpe has more in this blog post . … New baseball coach Marty Lees has named Dan Spencer his associate head coach. Spencer will also be the pitching coach. … Adam Conley was excited to make his major league debut. … Former Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh is good to have back in college football.

• Shock: Though there is still some legal problems hanging over members of the team – Tom Clouse has this story updating the Las Vegas accusations ­– the Shock will face the Outlaws tonight in the Arena. Jim Meehan has an advance .

• Golf: The U.S. Open will be upon us next week, as Washington plays host for the first time. Here’s why you should watch .

• Seahawks: Sorry, I know this is going to upset you. There are no Russell Wilson contract updates. Nothing about nothing. Sorry. … Jesse Williams seems to be doing better. … Pro Bowl guard Evan Mathis was released by the Eagles in a contract dispute and there are some who believe the Hawks will be in the running to sign him. … OTAs are officially over .

• Mariners: The M’s went for a sweep of the Indians yesterday morning and failed miserably , losing 6-0 as J.A. Happ couldn’t get out of the third . … Mark Trumbo is swinging the bat better. … Robinson Cano is in some exclusive statistical company.

• Sounders: The U.S. upset Germany the other day and the Sounders feel as if they played a part in the win. … Ozzie Alonso is still day-to-day as Seattle preps for a Saturday matchup with FC Dallas. … The Sounders will host Portland in a U.S. Open Cup match Tuesday and the Timbers feel they are ready .

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• OK, it is Friday. Maybe you won’t even be home tonight to watch the soccer or baseball or whatever. There was a time I was like that, out partying every Friday night. That was a great couple weeks. Until later …