A One Day Weekend

Local sports fans, let's just pretend that Saturday never happened and turn our attentions to the happy events of Sunday.

The Seahawks dominated another NFC opponent, beating Arizona 33-19. Once again, the team is generating excitement--our novelist friend called from New York City to hear a description of Shawn Alexander's 88-yard touchdown run, the longest in team history, and to fantasize about a long run through the playoffs.

Also on Sunday, the Husky men's basketball team demolished the roundballers from Vancouver, B.C.'s Simon Fraser University. That Canucky institution has a funny nickname for their athletic teams, hence, our favorite headline of the year. One slightly important event of this game--freshman center Joe Wolfinger, widely expected to redshirt, could have played himself onto the team with a good performance during Sunday's exhibition. He scored 0 points in 10 minutes. You make the call.

And the Husky women won convincingly in their exhibition opener against Baden Sports, an amateur team comprised of local ex-collegians. Freshman phenom Heidi McNeill played 22 minutes in the game and, according to the Times, "recieved solid reviews."