--Who's more depraved? Wisconsinites or Washingtonians? Guess it depends on whether you think getting the d from a horse is worse than giving the d to a dead deer. --Maybe it's Minnesotans: the Twins are finding trying Jeff Cirillo at shortstop. --The future looks bright for your Portland Trailblazers; with Zach Randolph a late scratch, rookies LaMarcus Aldridge (25 pts., 8 rebs.), Brandon R.O.Y. (19 pts., 12 rebs.), and Sergio Rodriguez (9 pts., 9 assists)......

Ever wish you'd watched a Nirvana show before Bleach came out? Or sipped wine at Keith Haring's first gallery show? Or seen Karl Rove eat his first donut? Even if you aren't a fan of music, art, or obesity, it's hard not to envy those who saw nascent talent bloom. Which is why, if you want to have something to tell your grandkids, you may want to go to Safeco Field tonight and watch 19-year-old......

The Phillies come to Seattle for a three-game series beginning tonight, and so Philadelphia's David Bell, the Mariners' last competent third baseman, will be here for his first return engagement at Safeco. After the Mariners 116-win season in 2001, team management decided that Bell, with his modest .260 batting average and 15 home runs, was the team's weak link. The Mariners traded him to San Francisco and signed Jeff Cirillo to play third base. In......

Seattlest never thought it would say this, but here goes: Thank you, Jeff Cirillo. The Mariner free agent bust and municipal whipping boy, a complete stranger, handed us two excellent seats to Thursday's UW-USC men's basketball game while we were standing in line at the ticket booth. Inside Hec Ed, USC was as helpless against the UW as Jeff Cirillo is against any pitcher with …no, we can't. After he gave us those tickets, we......