Tonight when the Huskies play the Kansas Jayhawks in Kansas City, it will mark the first time they have taken the court against a defending National Champion since February 5, 1998, when they lost 112-81 to Arizona. That UDub team went on to the Sweet 16. This past year, the Mariners went 3-6 against the Red Sox, and the Seahawks got smashed by the Giants 44-6. In September the Husky football team lost to possible......

In head coach Mike Holmgren's Monday afternoon press conference, it was revealed that starting quarterback Matt Hasselbeck's knee problem is not a result of the hit by Justin Tuck in two weeks ago, but was instead a result of the bulging disc problem that has plagued him all season. Hasselbeck sought a second opinion today from an L.A.-based specialist after his knee injury wouldn't respond to treatment last week, and the new diagnosis was revealed......

Evidently, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Because his son's teams are geometrically parallel on the plane of defensive craptacularosity. As you'll recall, Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren is retiring at the end of the year, and the front office decided that the coaching market was so competitive and thin that they had better lock up their new head coach a full year before he'd be actually taking over the job. (Nice......

"Boy Kicking Football, Circa 1920s" by Seattle Municipal Archives Say "New York Giants" to most Seahawk fans, and the conversation will turn to the 2005 OT game at Qwest Field, where the Giants missed three field goals, including two in overtime, and the Hawks prevailed 24-21. Kicker Jay Feely had an epic fail that day, and his holder, punter Jeff Feagles, had the best seat in the house as the trainwreck unfolded. Feagles punted for......

The Sonics lost their first preseason game last night, 82-75 to Nate McMillan's Portland Trail Blazers. McMillan, you will recall, played 12 years for the Sonics and coached the team for 5. But, after his contract expired last season, he made the admirable decision to test new waters as the coach of the notoriously uncoachable Blazers. McMillan's move elevates the Sonics-Blazers rivalry to one of the NBA's most compelling. To draw an analogy for those......