On Saturday the beloved Seahawks will play the Redskins in the opening round of the NFL Playoffs. Taking up the issue on whether or not the Hawks will lose are author Pauls Toutonghi, marketing genius Jason McDonald, and comedy festival standout Dusty Warren. YES! by Pauls Toutonghi I actually am hopeful that we will win. Please print this. I believe it is a possibility. But -- and this is a significant but -- I do......

National soccer correspondent Jason McDonald covered Saturday's Sounders home opener for Seattlest UPDATE: Holy crap, the Economist was there too! After watching the--let’s call it "considered discourse"--in the comments section of Seattlest Seth’s post on how to hate the Portland Timbers, Seattlest decided to stand with the ultras of each team (one per half) during the Sounders' home opener. Here is how each group fared. First Half: Emerald City Supporters (ECS) We applauded their passion......

National NBA basketball correspondent Jason McDonald shares his thoughts on the #8-seed Warriors' defeat of #1-seed Dallas TNT, Seattlest has beef with you. Why wasn’t Marv Albert fired immediately for saying, “The Golden State Warriors have pulled off the greatest upset in the history of the NBA playoffs. Seattlest knows this wasn’t the greatest upset in the history of the NBA playoffs because Seattlest was at the biggest upset in the history of NBA Playoffs.......

Romo sign procured from Qwest Field by our roommate, who was at the game, sitting behind two Dallas fans. For some reason they didn't take their sign with them when they left. Our headline is the reminiscence of the Cowboys' botched 19-yard field goal, by a guy who watched today's Seahawks playoff win at the Kiwi and Kangaroo on Aurora. Mike Holmgren, coaching genius: What do you do if your 238-lb star linebacker tackles......

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Pauls Toutonghi, a product of the Seattle Public School system who now lives in Brooklyn, is in town to publicize his first novel, Red Weather. Random House is the publisher--and, as our friend Jason McDonald says, don't be fooled by the name--they don't publish just anything. Red Weather is the story of teenage boy, the son of immigrants, who's navigating his first romance, his father's drunkenness, and a house crammed with visitors from the home......