Kyle and Serena Schroeder’s basement — and safety deposit box — reveal their devotion to the Seattle Seahawks.
LACEY, Wash. — The final round of the PNW PGA Professional Championship wrapped up at Indian Summer Golf and Country Club with Corey Prugh of Community Colleges of Spokane winning this event for the second time with an 8-under 208.
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Jerry Dipoto stood in front of about 200 hard-core Mariners’ fans on Wednesday and explained, in detail, how well he thought the step-back plan is progressing, and why.
Just before taking a swipe at California at large, Washington State football coach Mike Leach answered a question about one of the Golden State’s new bills: California’s Fair Pay for Play Act, which awaits Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature after passing through the legislature unanimously an…
PITTSBURGH – They have won two games by a grand total of three points against teams that by November – or sooner – might look like they actually should have been pushovers.
PITTSBURGH — Age is just a number, as they say — and the Seahawks’ players can hardly believe that Pete Carroll’s number became 68 on Sunday.
EVERETT — The number of seats sans a gluteus maximus was conspicuously high Wednesday night. The view behind each basket was particularly glaring, as chairs outnumbered bodies by at least five to 1.
If the Seattle Storm had failed to make the playoffs in defense of their 2018 WNBA title, it would have been an excused absence.
SEATTLE — There was a go-route snag from an athletic freak who had Hall of Fame hype before he ever played a down. There was a QB sack from a three-time Pro Bowl selection who broke the internet the day he signed with Seattle.
It was, said Bobby Wagner, an ugly win by the Seahawks — a frank assessment for which wide receiver Tyler Lockett had a slightly franker amendment.
With August about to vanish into history, I write this column about members of a community that live with hard time constraints.
Just after his team’s comeback win against Oregon, on a weekend when the Pac-12’s image took another right hook to the dome, Auburn running back JaTarvious Whitlow transformed into JaTrollious Whitlow.
According to NFL lore, future Hall of Fame center Jim Ringo of the Green Bay Packers showed up in coach Vince Lombardi’s office after the 1963 season, seeking a raise.
Chris Petersen caused much merriment a couple of years ago when he picked Mike Leach as the Pac-12 coach with whom he would most like to take a road trip.
If you are one of the many people in our Valley who enjoy the shooting sports, you are probably livid at all the stories of gang shootings and senseless violence hitting the front pages these days.
RENTON, Wash. — Much like Andrew Luck, his old college teammate at Stanford, Doug Baldwin listened to his aching body and walked away from football in May.
The word coach Chris Petersen used to describe the timing of the Jake Haener drama was “awkward.”
Soak it all in, folks – all the grand gestures and trademark mannerisms, all the splendor that’s left of Felix Hernandez.
It was the decision that seemed inevitable, but by all accounts really wasn’t.
Preseason games are meaningless wastes of time that primarily serve to put extra money in the owners’ pockets.
Last year, Russell Wilson somewhat facetiously introduced his alter-ego, “Mr. Unlimited,” to counteract what he termed “the typical boring Russell, Robot Russell.”
He got frostbite after abstaining from wearing shoes in a cryotherapy chamber.
There’s nothing new about those who make their living in sports chasing every dollar they can.
RENTON, Wash. — While watching a game Saturday night, one of the most ferocious hitters in Seahawks history weighed in on his area of expertise.
Anytime Washington football coach Chris Petersen opens his mouth, there’s potential for headline news.
RENTON — It’s been seven months since we last saw the Seahawks line up against players with different helmets than their own. Seven months since they called plays in a stadium; seven months since they last made tackles on broadcast TV.
Jeff Neher knows what it’s like to be in the hunt for the Walla Walla All-City Championships golf title.
When you’re talking to Seahawks guard D.J. Fluker, don’t worry so much about technical detail. Just enjoy the ride. Listen to him talk about how he couldn’t play Pop Warner football when he was a kid because he was too big.
I was down with the whole, let’s-go-to-Livingston-and-enroll-in-a-flyfishing-guide-school thing.
EVERETT — It wasn’t T-Mobile Park.
When quarterback Jake Browning, running back Myles Gaskin, and other core players from the renaissance of Husky football walked out the door for the final time last season, Chris Petersen was understandably wistful.
RENTON, Wash. — Perhaps you saw 2018 as the season Michael Dickson became the first rookie punter to make the Pro Bowl in 33 years.
RENTON, Wash. — When he first showed up in Seahawks camp in 2016, a third-round pick out of Notre Dame, the dominant C.J. Prosise storyline was his dazzling potential.
People like to talk about things that are “underrated,” and I often wonder how they arrived at that conclusion.
Linebacker Bobby Wagner was still on the sidelines, wearing a hoodie and merely observing the first day of Seahawks’ practice until his contract is resolved.
The Walla Walla Bruins made their first appearance in the Washington Class AA American Legion state baseball tournament in 2011, and they’ve only missed the big dance twice since then.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Edgar Martinez batted cleanup one last time on Sunday, and delivered another in a long line of clutch performances.
It’s going to be heating back up here in the Walla Walla Valley next week, with temperatures expected to climb into the high 90s.
Lou Piniella will be in Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday, watching with pride along with tens of thousands of other baseball fans as Edgar Martinez is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
SEATTLE — If you think the most pointless thing in sports is evaluating a general manager’s decision the day after he makes it, you’re close.
SEATTLE — If you don’t have a team, or particularly care about any teams, the NFL may have just come up with its best idea of the 21st century.
Sometime back in the early 1970s, I was afforded a unique opportunity.
The thing about Jim Bouton that always amazed me — and warmed my heart — was the pure joy he derived from his masterpiece, “Ball Four.”
Megan Rapinoe left early, her work done for the day. The celebration came early, too, for a U.S. team determined up until the final minute to win this Women’s World Cup on its own terms.
Megan Rapinoe considers Sunday to be the final insult.
If you were the person who yelled it, Tyler O’Neill heard you. It came during this past Mariners homestand in the park he once hoped to call home.
