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These days, Branyan makes the same face when he [...]
There was a time when the Seahawks were a measuring stick in the NFC. That time, however, was just [...]
At his weekly press conference today, coach Lorenzo Romar acknowledged the Pac-10 is struggling. (Check out the video below.) He also talked about Quincy Pondexter's hot start, the 11-man rotation and Seattle University.
HERE'S THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM ROMAR'S INTERVIEW:
(Is your non-conference schedule looking better after watching other Pac-10 teams [...]
Obviously the subject of Mike Holmgren as Seattle GM continues to be brought up. I can't get away from it, from Steve Kelley to Ian Furness to several commenters on this site. So regardless of whether or not we'd all like it to be a dead issue, there is [...]
$2.35m base salary
$3.9m if playing time >= 400 PA && attendance > 2.5m && Griffey’s DL stays = 0
This will be accompanied in all articles by descriptions of his miraculous effect on the team clubhouse and past glory with the team.
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Spoke with Stoneridge Prep coach Derryck "Tank" Thornton who coaches Enis Kanter (above), the Turkish star who verbally committed to play basketball at Washington.
(How did this happen?) "It happened because of coach Chill (Raphael Chillious), the coach at the University of Washington. He" [...]
That's not what anyone imagined before this season began when the linebackers were considered to be [...]
The Pac-10 announced Washington State sophomore guard Klay Thompson has been named the conference's men's basketball Player of the Week for Nov. 16-22.
Here's the release.
Thompson led the Cougars to a pair of victories over Eastern Washington and IPFW last week. He averaged 30.5 points per game, accounting [...]
Safety Deon Grant suffered an injury to his hand at some point in Sunday's game and will be [...]
According to Scout.com's Dave Telep, the Huskies received a commitment from Enes Kanter, a 6-foot-9 post player out of Simi Valley (Calif.) Stoneridge Prep, for the Class of 2010.
He was considering USC and UCLA. Apparently, Kanter forged a strong relationship with new assistant Raphael Chillious.
Kanter, 17, is regarded as [...]
Seahawks can't lean on the Hutch crutch now
By Jerry Brewer, The Seattle Times
Ah, remember the good old days when we were putting out sales pitches for Jarrod Washburn, hoping some dumb team would bite? Good times.
Well, now there’s talk he might return to Seattle. And his knee? You won’t believe this — couldn’t be better. “It feels great now, almost [...]
Jim Mora: "I certainly hoped so, and I felt like'" [...]
Vikings CB Asher Allen just ran a better route than Deion Branch did, breaking out of his cut to pick off Matt Hasselbeck's pass. It's Seattle's second turnover of the game, but just the first committed by the offense. And with that I will sign off from the blog, [...]
"6. So I'm talking to a group of officials about a questionable call in the first quarter, and one of them clearly had" [...]
Sunday's inactive playersINACTIVE: RB Julius Jones, CB Josh Wilson, OL Mike Gibson, OL Mansfield Wrotto, TE Cameron Morrah, DT Craig Terrill, DE Derek Walker. EMERGENCY QB: Mike Teel.
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PAC-10 REVIEW
Bad day for the conference, which went 1-3 on Saturday. And I'm not sure if Stanford's win against Florida A&M should count in the standings because the Rattlers are awful.
So far, the Pac-10 is 23-10 in non-conference games. Every team has at least one win and there's four' [...]
Right now. It’s free. Recent 40-man addition Anthony Varvaro is starting and Dustin Ackley is leading off for the Javelinas.
Why aren’t you watching this already?
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A LOOK AROUND THE PAC-10:
WASHINGTON
--- Quincy Pondexter has scored more points than anybody in the country. He has 96 points and his 24.0 scoring average is ninth in the nation. Isaiah Thomas is fourth in total points (90) and 17th in scoring average (22.5).
CALIFORNIA
--- It looks [...]
It was ugly at times, but ultimately a good win for Washington, which finished homecoming week for ex-Huskies with an 80-70 victory against San Jose State and Adrian Oliver.
This game was all about a pair of former teammates, Quincy Pondexter and Oliver who staged a a [...]
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Interesting link that was passed on to me about Washington's home court advantage.
It's a story on ESPN's subscriber site. I don't normally post stuff from a pay site, but here's an excerpt. And check out the quote below' [...]
UW WINS --- 80-70. Pondexter sets a new scoring high with 30 points. He had 13 rebounds, which tied a personal best. Thomas had 16 and Breshers 12. Oliver led all scorers with 32 points. That's it for the game thread.
PULLING AWAY --- Barring a huge collapse, the Huskies are [...]
Shannon Drayer ends the boredom with some real news – the Mariners are going to start working Dustin Ackley out at second base. This is something that had been speculated on pre-draft, as his college coach had publicly said that he though Ackley could make the transition, but the [...]
The idea is not new, but this is the first that I can recall it being seriously talked about. According to Shannon Drayer the Mariners are going to give Dustin Ackley some reps at second base. Here's a quick rundown of some pros and cons:
PROS
Ackley at second base [...]Chris Jakubauskas claimed by Pirates
Huh Wait, why? I guess Jak wasn't very good He's over his head as a starter and just a standard replaceable long reliever. He belongs in the NLJakubauskas goes to Pittsburgh, Robert Manuel to Boston, per press releases from their respective destinations. Who knows what it means, but losing those two doesn’t mean much. It could simply be clearing the decks for the 40-man roster additions, or maybe Zduriencik has bigger machinations in store.
Update: According [...]
Reports surfacing that Chris Jakubauskas has been claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jakubauskas was a decent pitcher for us this season coming in roughly average. He's not a big loss.
And here's the official press release link.
' [...]That was one of three fines levied against Arizona. Cornerback Bryant McFadden ($5,000 for facemask) and Beanie Wells ($5,000 for [...]
"I hope'" [...]
If he isn't ready to play, Kelly Jennings will start' [...]
Here at Field Gulls we’ve had discussions on just about every aspect of football, including having discussions about when we can or should have discussions about Fantasy. Well, this IS the place. You can, if you must, add fantasy talk in additional game threads, but be warned, someone may be [...]
But gaining' [...]
Since there’s been some talk about comment moderation, along with proper spelling, this seems like a good opportunity to write this note. As you know, some employees of the Mariner organization have names that can be mildly difficult to spell (Zduriencik, Rizzs, etc.), but we expect that if you care [...]
Man, is this game gonna be fun, or what? Favre. Peterson. Harvin. Rice. Shiancoe. Hutchinson. Allen. Williams. Williams. Man, are we fucked or what? The Seahawks are gonna need some fancy moves to stay in this one. Like this guy:
I'm actually going to go with
GAME INFO:
WHEN/WHERE: 8 p.m. today at Edmundson Pavilion.
TV/RADIO: FSN/950 AM
SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS
COACH: George Nessman (37-86 SJSU record) is in his fifth year with the Spartans.
RECORD: 1-0
LAST SEASON: 13-17 overall, 6-10 in WAC (tied 6th)
PREDICTION: Picked eighth in the WAC [...]
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Admit it, you've overlooked the little guy.
In our online poll earlier this week, 3,104 people responded and only 5 percent (155) picked Isaiah Thomas when asked which player surprised you the most this weekend?
While everyone's been captivated by the' [...]
We have a flashy opponent this week.
So far this year we've been a little less flashy.
Brett Favre = attention slut. But a really good one.
Hopefully AP doesn't do this to us. But he will.
Housh seems to realize that he may have made a mistake. But [...]
From the LA Times.
Article headline: Dodgers won't be pursuing John Lackey
Article content:
[LA's team president] said that would rule out Lackey "unless there is an effective way to make that kind of deal."
In other words, the Dodgers won't try to sign John Lackey unless it makes sense for them, and [...]
Help me out here. I can't decide how best to handle this part of the offseason.
Poll What do you want to read about? I want to read about as many Mariner rumors as possible! Rumors! I only want to read about' [...]Seahawks injury reportLIMITED IN PRACTICE: Chris Spencer (thumb).
FULL PRACTICE: CB Marcus Trufant (concussion).
Vikings injury report
Bob Condotta just posted a blog about the annual graduation rates for student-athletes and it seems as if Washington performed well.
UW student-athletes enrolling from the 1999-2000 academic year to 2002-03 graduated at a rate of 84 percent, which is second in the Pac-10 behind Stanford.
This report takes a look [...]
"HE'S'" [...]
Haven't found a good day to post the Pac-10 picks. I thought Wednesday would work, but we got a little crowded yesterday with the Live Chat so I thought I'd start the morning with them.
The Pac-10 can begin to rebuild it's battered image this week if a few teams can [...]
Due to the varying abilities of the players already on the roster, the M’s find themselves in a rather interesting position this winter. They have four talented young position players who are all close to major league ready. They aren’t finished products necessarily, but they can play, and they have [...]
Kirby Arnold talks with Don Wakamatsu. It’s worth reading, but one sentence sticks out:
But even long at-bats aren’t necessarily good at-bats. Both Jose Lopez and Adrian Beltre had at-bats when they fouled off several pitches.
“There would be an 11-pitch at-bat and a lot of guys would say, ‘Hey, great [...]
Had a chance to catchup with former Husky Adrian Oliver, who makes his first and possibly only return to Montlake on Friday when Washington plays San Jose State. Here's our story for the paper.
AN INTERVIEW WITH ADRIAN OLIVER:
(What are your thoughts as this [...]
This night is all about Quincy Pondexter.
Photo credit: AP Photo - Kevin P. Casey
Pondexter was in beast mode tonight and played nearly a perfect game in the 111-55 win over Portland State. Seriously. He set a career high with 29 points and his 13 rebounds tied a [...]
Week 2 PAC-10 RANKINGS
Quite a few shifts after the preseason rankings and only one team didn't move. Washington took over the top spot, Arizona State made the biggest jump and Oregon State, the only conference school with two losses, tumbled hard.
1. (2) Washington (3-0): It's blasphemous around Montlake to' [...]
Warning: what follows is not a baseball post.
Driving home from work today, I found myself in some approximation of bumper-to-bumper traffic when a guy in a sports car to my right floored it to get ahead of me and merged into a 15-foot gap without signaling. Per usual, it pissed [...]
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' [...]Seahawks coach Jim Mora kept a Breitling watch as collateral, the Vikings used a ruse to get rid of a limousine designated to take Houshmandzadeh to the airport.
Houshmandzadeh felt comfortable with Vikings coach Brad [...]
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Luke Scott looks like he's talking to someone important and is ashamed to have such a dweeb for a friend so when you come up to him he pretends he doesn't know you.
' [...]The Seahawks' Tim Ruskell. Well, him, too, but Kelley's analysis [...]
We’re heavy into the award season now, but in the midst of that we also have a Nov. 20th deadline by which players must be added to the roster or risk being picked in the Rule 5 draft. The rules relate to the age a player was when they signed [...]
A lot of people have asked about this. Above is the official highlight showing Clark Haggans sack Matt Hasselbeck and Darnell Dockett shove his forearm and elbow into the downed Hasselbeck's chest and throat.
That's all observable [...]
During his weekly press conference coach Lorenzo Romar didn't have much information on redshirt forward Tyreese Breshers, who injured a right finger in Saturday's game against Belmont. Breshers sat out Sunday because he felt discomfort and couldn't grip the basketball.
Breshers, however, was back on the court Tuesday night at practice [...]
May 19th, they say, was the turning point. Following a rough start against the Angels in which he gave up a bunch of hits and a bunch of stolen bases, Felix was called out by Don Wakamatsu for a lack of focus and determination, and from then on it was [...]
The next time that you try to sell someone on FIP and that they tell you that its a load of crap reserved for nerds who have never played the game, tell them Zack Greinke disagrees.
Bannister, a right-handed starter, is known for his appreciation of modern pitching metrics, which [...]
The word is starting to spread about the Huskies.
Sports Illustrated put UW guard Isaiah Thomas on the regional covers of its college basketball preview, which hits stands tomorrow.
SI ranks the Huskies No. 9 in its preseason poll and Thomas is named to the Third Team All-Americas [...]
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