Seattlest gets around. We cover all sorts of newsy stuff. We've covered houses burning, politicians resigning, musicians overdosing, businesses bankrupting, hikers plummeting, homes foreclosing and all the rest, and every single time, we have seen tears shed. Heck, years ago, we covered a teachers' union meeting when news rippled through the room that Sesame Street creator Jim Henson had just died, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. The point is, we've......

"Wordle: seawrs," by Wordle Riddled with an unprecedented number of injuries at one position, the Seahawks have had 13 different receivers on their active roster in the first 16 days of the season. Last year, by comparison, the team had eight receivers on the roster all season. With Logan Payne heading to the IR and ersatz receiver/back-up QB Seneca Wallace facing a month off with a tweaked calf, the Hawks are going back to the......

"Seahawks Gameday Diptych" by Slightlynorth The Seahawks make this season's only appearance on Monday Night Football tonight (5:00 PT) as they visit the San Diego Chargers in preseason action. Jobs are on the line as the preseason draws to a close and the regular season begins in less than two weeks. Teams are forced to cut 5 players from their rosters tomorrow, bringing their rosters down from 80 to 75 players. Here are a few......

"Seahawks Fan," by Seattlest Flickr contributor SlightlyNorth While Seattlest continues our Miami-based advance scouting of the Dolphins game later this season (ok, we are hanging out on the beach), we want to make sure that we give today's Bears-Seahawks pre-season game a little bit of electronic ink too. So today we are turning the coverage over to you, loyal commenters and readers. We want to hear whatever it is you have to say about today's......

"Under Holmgren's Watch," by Seattlest Flickr contributor Bernzilla Seahawks Head Coach Mike Holmgren made two major announcements today on the injury front, as the team prepares for his final season at the helm. Marcus Tubbs has been waived and Bobby Engram has an injury that will put him out for 6-8 weeks. Former first-round pick Tubbs was waived today, as the team appears to have given up on the oft-injured defensive tackle. He was attempting......

More randomness: It's getting "fumblicious" out there. TJ Duckett hurt himself in the RB competition by putting the ball on the ground twice. Later Vikes QB Brooks Bollinger mistakely flips the ball backward, right into his offensive tackle's hands, who then after realizing its a live ball, appear to mutter "Uh Oh!", then takes one step and gets blasted by the Hawk D. Seneca Wallace has 3 TDs. Against the 3rd string. Let's remember that......

Sept. 7 at Buffalo Bills 10 am Sept. 14 San Francisco 49ers 1 pm Sept. 21 St. Louis Rams 1 pm Sept. 28 Bye Oct. 5 at New York Giants 10 am Oct. 12 Green Bay Packers 1:15 pm Oct. 19 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5:15 pm Oct. 26 at San Francisco 49ers 1:15 pm Nov. 2 Philadelphia Eagles 1:15 pm Nov. 9 at Miami Dolphins 10 am Nov. 16 Arizona Cardinals 1 pm......

In a press conference that's going on right now, Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren announced that 2008 will be his final year as head coach of the Seahawks. Holmgren is not retiring. He did not rule out returning to coaching in the future, but did say he would "take a break." He said he would leave the issue of who would succeed him as coach up to the Seahawks front office, saying "it wouldn't be appropriate"......

Both the P-I and TNT report that Mike Holmgren will return as coach of the Seahawks. The P-I's Clare Farnsworth writes that "a source close to the situation" confirms that Holmgren will return. We say hooray! Holmgren is by far the most successful coach in team history. There are a few things we wish he'd do better, but when it comes to the big stuff--having the respect of his players, keeping his team motivated, and,......

Frank Hughes of the Tacoma News-Tribune reports that Mike Holmgren will announce whether he's going to remain as Seahawks coach, retire, or what, this afternoon. Over the weekend Hawks assistant coach Jim Mora withdrew his name from consideration for the Washington Redskins coaching job, despite being the 'Skins top candidate. This has led to speculation that Mora withdrew his name because he'd been promised Holmgren was retiring and that he'd get the Hawks job.......

Governor Christine Gregoire officially proclaimed today "Blue Friday" in honor of the Seahawks and Mike Holmgren -- but mostly in honor of the fans, their noise and the 43 consecutive sold-out home games. Some may criticize the Governor for spending time and money on something so frivolous, but we would argue that there's nothing frivolous about elevating the pride of the citizenry. Go Hawks! Official, signed proclamation after the jump.........

Is there drama in Saturday's NFC divisional playoff game between the Hawks and Packers? Well, the playoffs are always dramatic. But this game packs (ha!) even more of a theatrical punch. The storylines: Conquering Hero Returns to Site of Greatest Triumphs: Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren was once coach of Green Bay. He got the Packers to two Super Bowls, winning one--their first championship since the departure of legendary coach Vince Lombardi. There's a street named......

Not sure we've ever seen a win for which the credit belongs so overwhelmingly to the defense. For most of the game, the Seahawks' defensive line was able to get pressure with only four rushers. By establishing that, they were able to drop guys back into coverage, which led to the two pick sixes. The offense? The special teams? Not so great. But let's enjoy this one for now, shall we? Here's the scene at......

Oh, it's a rollicking time at Seahawks headquarters. Should be, the team's on a five-game winning streak. Head coach Mike Holmgren's certainly in the spirit; he's using his press conference to burn on his quarterback. Says Holmgren: "I worry about [Hasselbeck] when he runs. You guys ever see Gooney Birds landing on a lake?" Mike Holmgren, ladies and gentleman. He'll be appearing next week at the Chuckle Shack in Trenton, New Jersey. We have not......

Tonight, the nation's hardcore gamblers' eyes will be on Seattle as our fair burgh hosts Monday Night Football. The Hawks' opponent is the San Francisco 49ers, the team that was everyone's trendy pick to be a darkhorse contender in the NFC, with the eminently predictable result that they've started 2-6. Here's how ESPN's The Sports Guy saw it in his season preview:Call it the Winston Wolf "Let's Not Start Sucking Each Other's Popsicles Yet"......

(This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs.) Seahawks vs Jambalaya Preview We hope that those of you who read these posts don't......

A more dismal Northwest football weekend we can hardly remember. First, on Saturday afternoon--as NYC sportscaster Warner Wolf would say, "If you had Washington State and 45 points, you lost!" Oregon beat the Cougs 53-7, and the game wasn't as close as the final score indicates. The Cougs were down 40-0 at halftime. We flipped on the post-game show to hear the Cougs' radio team explaining why it's hard to recruit top athletes to Pullman.......

Lately the Seahawks' offense has been about as offensive as a Bastyr College commencement address. Against Pittsburgh on Sunday, they didn't score once (much like your average Bastyr College commencement speaker, unless we're talking about scoring weed). What's wrong? Well, it sure ain't the coach. Mike Holmgren has called the plays for four Super Bowl teams--as easy as it is to blame the coach, we can rule it out in this case. Thus, it's the......

While you're enjoying an unseasonably sunny summer afternoon, we will be at Safeco Field, showing our undying support for the 2007 Seattle Mariners, authors of one of the greatest collapses in baseball history. We're not fairweather fans, not us. We gallantly display our pride for the local nine, those proud lads who...um...ok, fine, we lucked into a free ticket and didn't have other plans. Anyway, misery loves company, so we've fired up the Seattlest History-O-Matic......

Seattlest was down in Arizona for spring training last week, and dammit if we didn't just miss what sounds like a hell of a lot of fun with Jerramy Stevens. From The Arizona Republic:A Seattle Seahawks player faces charges of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana after his Tuesday morning arrest in downtown Scottsdale. Jerramy Stevens, the NFL team's starting tight end, was taken into police custody around 2:30 a.m. after he admitted......

You've got your Nick Sabans and your Steve Spurriers, the guys that bombed out in the pros and headed back to college. And then there's Al Roberts. Roberts coached Garfield High to an 1-17 record over two seasons, including an 0-9 2006, in which his team got outscored 302-78. Still, Scott Linehan still made him the Rams' new special teams coach. Tip for Mike Holmgren--if watching the Bulldogs this fall is a guide, just have......

Editor Dan loves you, Seattle. City, people, land, water and professional sports franchises; all of it. However, he cannot back you on the issue of the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Chicago Bears. If you're looking for calming words of compassion or hilarious Seahawks histrionics Seattlest will take care of you there, too, but one of us grew up with a Bears helmet painted on our neighbor's garage door and didn't appear in a photograph......

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......

This year, Jerramy Stevens is the number one target of Hawks backers looking to vent their frustrations. Yesterday, he tried to explain himself to the P-I's Jim Moore. Following his Super Bowl adventure which included dropped passes and setting off Steelers resident bad man Joey Porter, he has been making bone headed penalties, seemingly squandering his super human talent, getting called out by other teams, and well, dropping more passes. Stevens claims that as a......

Even before we got drunk during last night's game, we felt like we were in some substance-induced hysteria. Just a weird, weird game. We don't think people are grasping just how unusual the weather at Qwest Field was. Not only was it the coldest ever for a Hawks home game (obviously, the years in the Kingdome weren't much competition), the 34-degree temp would've been the 2nd coldest recorded game temperature ever at Husky Stadium. It......

--Looking for that perfect holiday gift for your favorite barista? Something that says "You're the reason I drink twelve cups of decaf a day," without being really creepy and icky? Check out this thread at Starbucks Gossip. --Nordstrom is about to go all Starbucks on us. They'll soon be selling CDs, including two holiday collections, some jazz, and a Marvin Gaye retread. --Quick, someone resurrect Chris Penn and the career of Kevin Bacon and......

Coach Holmgren hates to run. An impatient man, the quick results of passing seduce him. So he usually stops calling running plays around the 2nd quarter. Against the offenseless Raiders, the best strategy is to get an early lead and run, run, run: this lessens the possibility of turnovers and milks the clock. So, at least for one game, Holmgren knew he had to change his ways. From the Times: "I wrote on my sideline......

--Defective Yeti is live-blogging as he reads Moby Dick. And on the other end of the intellectual spectrum, Seattlest Seth is live-blogging as he watches every episode of The Rockford Files. --"I have no beef with gays, upscale condos, hotels and the free market," but all together somehow it pisses Sound Politics off. --"Is that crack smoke coming out of your mouth?" - KOMO springs a public toilet trap on a couple of guys in......

Mike Holmgren, coach of the falling Seahawks, announced his plan for turning around the season on KIRO radio today: Holmgren says the team has to "stay the course, make corrections and play better." Stay the course? Even Bush himself has repudiated that dismal "strategy." How about this: RUN THE BALL! Stick with the run for an entire game, don't just abandon it after it doesn't work twice, like you have all year, like you......

Doctors found damage to Matt Hasselbeck's medial-collateral ligament, injured Sunday on what some Hawks say was a dirty hit. He could miss as much as a month. Mike Sando of Seahawks Insider assesses the situation thusly: Every individual is different, so we don't want to rule out an earlier return. But remember when Mike Holmgren suggested Shaun Alexander might miss a couple weeks? They seem to err on the side of caution, which makes sense......