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I, myself, am no expert when it comes to the legal field. But I can imagine that had Jeremiah Masoli, LaMichael James, and Garrett Embry spoken with our friends at VSSF, they would probably be enjoying spring practice right now and not staring down the barrel of probation. Because let’s face it. We all know Chip “The Cool Parent” Kelly wouldn’t have suspended a trio of acquitted playmakers, right?
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Mike Sweeney will be on the Mariners' Opening Day roster for the second straight year.
In a move that would have seemed unthinkable a few weeks ago, the Mariners waived first baseman Ryan Garko and added designated hitter extraordinaire Mike Sweeney to the 40-man roster on Tuesday afternoon.
Sweeney is expected to break camp on the team’s 25-man Opening Day roster and, for the second consecutive year, will fill a role for the major league club. In addition to a decent 2009 season (.289 AVG/8 HR/34 RBI), a proven track record (he’s a five time all-star), and the intangibles of a clubhouse leader, Sweeney has had a remarkable spring for a player who was signed as a favor just days before Spring Training began.
To put his spring into perspective, Sweeney leads the ballclub in five major offensive categories: batting average (.517), on-base percentage (.533), slugging percentage (.931), on-base plus slugging percentage (1.464), and total bases (27). He is among the top three hitters in four other categories: doubles (4), triples (1), home runs (2), and RBI (7).
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A source close to the University of Washington women’s basketball team has verified that Washington State University men’s basketball player Reggie Moore is involved in an intimate relationship with a member of the Huskies’ squad.
Moore, through his personal Twitter account, has recently fueled speculation that he would consider transferring to the University of Washington from Washington State in the near future. He has since negated such rumors, but his status with the Cougar basketball program has been the subject of much scrutiny on fan sites and message boards in recent days.
Though one can only imagine how hard it might be for two individuals from rival schools more than five hours apart to maintain a relationship, I think we can all agree that it would be made easier if the dating couple were in the same city, at the same school, all the time.
The Washington women’s basketball player who has recently started seeing Moore will remain anonymous at this time. Not that she’s not worth the relevance. But we’re really trying to focus on Reggie and his potential motives for possibly transferring. Because we enjoy fanning the flames of desire.
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A few weeks ago, everyone agreed that the Mariners were the team to beat in the American League West. Just a handful of days later, those same people have jumped off the wagon and are now forecasting a last-place finish for our boys in teal.
Besides an injury to Cliff Lee, what the hell prompted this abrupt change in attitude? Could it be that most of these pundits didn’t know what they were talking about in the first place? That’s my guess, and it’s why I still believe the M’s will win the division and make the playoffs for the first time in nine years.
It pisses me off that the national media wastes so much time bagging on Seattle. The Mariners can’t make the playoffs. The Huskies can’t make the NCAA Tournament. The city can’t have an NBA team. Well, screw that. That’s why we’re here. To put a stop to this garbage.
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According to Frank Hughes of Sports Illustrated (and formerly the Tacoma News-Tribune), a group of NBA players with ties to the area are campaigning to host a charity game in Seattle’s Key Arena.
The idea was conceived by former Sonics guard Ray Allen, and was contrived as a way to give back to the city of Seattle, as well as help the NBA realize that this market needs a professional basketball team once again.
Allen has recruited an All-Star list of talent to help him with the charity game. Players already on board with the plan include: Jason Terry (from Seattle’s Franklin High School), Brandon Roy (Garfield High School and the University of Washington), Jamal Crawford (Rainier Beach High School), and Aaron Brooks (Franklin High School). Current and former pros linked to the event include: Lenny Wilkens, Paul Silas, Detlef Schrempf, and Gary Payton. One would have to figure that a handful of others with ties to the area (Shawn Kemp, Spencer Hawes, Jon Brockman, Nate Robinson, Marvin Williams, Martell Webster, Luke Ridnour, Will Conroy, Rashard Lewis, just off the top of my head) would likewise be interested.
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Buster frowns on Seattle.
I like Buster Olney, and there are many reasons why.
He’s a damn fine reporter of Major League Baseball, for one.
He has a man’s voice, unlike Tim Kurkjian, for another.
He’s not a pompous ass, unlike most ESPN analysts, for a third.
Fourth, he tends to come up with some pretty unique points of view in his articles, avoiding the standard fare that many national guys will give you.
And fifth of all, he speaks intelligently and sensibly on television, which can be hard to muster for many journalists.
All that in mind, Buster Olney has done something rather egregious that is worth mentioning: He has picked the Seattle Mariners to finish dead last in the American League West. Insane, I know.
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The 2010 Big Dance has been an epic year of upsets and last-second victories. Unfortunately, that has led to the absolute destruction of everyone’s brackets.
Not to worry, sports fans.
If you enjoy filling out brackets, sports radio 950 KJR’s Bigger Dance will kick off next week and allow you the chance to pick 64 more winners, as well as the 2010 Queen of the Hardwood.
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What is homis?
DeAngelo Casto was arrested and cited for assault on Friday morning. Cougar fans are up in arms.
One Cougar fan provided this detailed, eyewitness depiction of the events leading up to Casto’s arrest:
“[Casto] tried to get into a party at a live-out up on B St. and the door duty would not let him in. He started swinging at people and gave one of the guys a black eye with a sucker punch and was subsequently pushed down the stairs. Casto then put the Fraternity presidents head into a wall, giving him a gash. They called the cops…Don’t shoot the messenger, this was an eye witness account from someone who lives at the house.”
In other news, Reggie Moore has started a rumor that he could transfer to Washington on his Twitter account. Cougar fans, once again, are up in arms.
Cougfan.com is providing this subscriber-only article on Reggie Moore’s use of the word “homis” (aka “homies”) in his tweets. Apparently, they’re still waiting on UrbanDictionary over there in Pullman. Grade-A premium content from the staff at the Cf.C.
After losing 2-0 to the Sounders FC on Thursday night, Philadelphia Union head coach Peter Nowak decided the best way to deal with the inevitable barrage of losses that will follow his subpar expansion team around all season would be to accuse opposing players of being cheaters. Fantastic.
In a sport littered with flopping, dishonest behavior, and oft-suspect injuries, Nowak chose to single out Sounders FC forward Freddie Ljungberg as the sole perpetrator of all three traits. Never mind that Ljungberg is one of the best players in MLS or one of the better players in the entire world. And who the hell is Peter Nowak, anyways?
An article by The Seattle Times’ Josh Mayers does a good job of capturing Nowak’s misguided emotions. To briefly paraphrase:
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A while back, a pair of articles on the Top 11 Sports Fans We Love To Hate (Part I, and Part II) were well received on these very pages. In fact, to date, they’ve been the two most popular articles ever published on this site.
After discovering so many sports fans we could all live without, I never thought I’d find a new breed of fanatic that pissed me off even more than the first twenty-two. Until today. The number one sports fan that I now love to hate is The Guy Who Complains About The Guys Who Complain About The Refs. Specific, I know.
We can all agree that complaining about officiating in sports is one of America’s pastimes. Like it or not, it is. But to a degree, harping on the men in stripes can wear thin. If things are going bad, the refs might occasionally make them worse, but they should never be the sole source of blame for a losing effort by your team.
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There are any number of four-letter words to sum up how I feel right now. But we’ll try to stay positive and ignore that.
Sometimes you just run into those games that weren’t made for you to win. Today was one of those games.
First, let’s take our hats off to West Virginia. They outplayed the Huskies in every facet of the contest today. Yes, they may have had a little help from the guys with the whistles (we’ll leave that touchy subject alone), but even without the stripes there to back them up, they would have won this game. Don’t kid yourself.
In particular, I was impressed with the game-planning by head coach Bob Huggins. In the first half, you may have noticed that West Virginia played a tough, in-your-face man defense almost exclusively. As a result, the Dawgs were able to take a two-point lead into the locker room at intermission.
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Yes, that is Jon Brockman and Spencer Hawes in the old-school teal M’s caps.
You’ll notice Nate Robinson on the lower right. Rajon Rondo directly to his left.
The trio of former Huskies and the ex-Kentucky Wildcat chartered a jet to fly direct to Syracuse from Boston for their respective schools’ Sweet 16 games.
I don’t know about you, but if there was such a thing as narrating a photo with a celebrity voiceover, we’d have to get Ludacris to do this one. Pimpin’.
Photo courtesy Jon Brockman’s TweetPhoto account.
In an excerpt from this article on ESPN.com (FYI: You must be an ESPN Insider to access the full text), a panel of ESPN college basketball analysts are asked which, of the three double-digit seeds left in the NCAA Tournament, has the best chance of winning their Sweet 16 matchup. The three-double digit seeds in question include Washington, Cornell, and Saint Mary’s. The panel of analysts includes game analysts Jay Bilas and Fran Fraschilla; “bracketologist” Joe Lunardi; and studio analyst Jay Williams.
Bilas and Williams make legitimate arguments for Saint Mary’s to triumph over Baylor. Fraschilla and Lunardi trumpet the Huskies over West Virginia. Lunardi, however, doesn’t respect the Huskies without the proper caveats.
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Admittedly, we’ve missed a number of impactful stories in the past few days. March Madness will do that to you. But since many of you have looked for our take on these issues, we’re here to offer the official Seattle Sportsnet opinion up in the second all-time edition of our Super Megapost.
Because some things are simply too big to be ignored.
Charlie “The Second Coming” Whitehurst
I’m not going to pretend I’m some expert on Charlie Whitehurst. The only thing I really know is that he bears a strong resemblance to Ryan Gosling’s character in The Notebook.
But here’s the rub. Whitehurst is the first major acquisition for the new Seahawks braintrust of general manager John Schneider and president/head coach Pete Carroll. These three guys are now and forever inextricably linked to one another. They are a tripod, in essence. If one leg falls, the entire pod comes crashing down.
Which means that Charlie is under some serious pressure for a guy that, two weeks ago, was a glorified clipboard-holder in San Diego.
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