Yet another postponement, and the new plan is to try to play a doubleheader on Monday, beginning at 10:05 am PST. The M's have a day game in Boston on Tuesday, so this would mean they'd play 3 games in about 28 hours. Not good.
Mariners/Indians Postponed Again
All The News
--The L.A. Clippers signed former Husky Will Conroy, late of Memphis, to a 10-day contract. The Clippers play in Seattle tomorrow Thursday night.
Former Sonic Dennis Johnson Is Dead at 52
Surprising and sad news from the AP: Dennis Johnson, who was Finals MVP when the Sonics won the 1979 NBA championship, is dead.
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
The weeks starts out right when a sucker punch on the field lands Chicagoist in the middle of a Sox/Cubs throwdown and the fists continue to fly in the comments. Despite suburban resident Ms. Pinney's best little try no books will be banned anytime soon and the El is really really gross.
Cheating Sonics Trade Vlade for a Rebounder
The Sonics said goodbye to three-point-shooting forward Dale Ellis Vladimir Radmanovic today. The fifth-year Sonic is headed to the Clippers. In return, the Sonics get Chris Wilcox, a fourth-year center out of Maryland. "In Chris, we get a great rebounder who can run the floor," says Sonics GM Rick Sund. InsideHoops.com likes the deal.
Wacky Super Bowl Bets
Feeling lucky? The Super Bowl's the time to enlarge your wallet by beating the bookmakers. You can bet on practically anything about the game.
Why There's Less Panic in Seattle
The Sonics' slow start, which included three blowout losses, had players, sportswriters, and local hoops bloggers freaking out.
Sports Roundup Y'all
Sonics Lose Opener: The season got off to rather poor start, after the Sonics did everything wrong in the final few minutes of last night's opener, and lost to the Los Angeles Clippers of Anaheim 101-93. Not very promising, it was of course only the first of 82 games, and last year the Sonics started their season by getting blown away by the same Clipper squad. Steve Kelley, however, says it is time to panic.
Let's Play 82
When Howard Schultz bought the Sonics, he spoke of a five-year plan to win a championship. It started out fine with a year-one trip to the playoffs, then the second and third year--nothing. Last year the team made the leap and finished as a third seed in the West, taking the eventual champion Spurs to six games in the conference semi-finals.
Sonics Choose Weiss-ly
Current assistant coach, original player, and Stephen Tobolowsky look-alike Bob Weiss has been offered the Sonics head coaching job, if the Tacoma News-Tribune is to be believed.
Sonics' Season Ends
Ray Allen's desperation three point try at the end of last night's game looked on target as it arced toward the basket with the final buzzer sounding.

