"Team Colors," by Seattlest Flickr contributor SlightlyNorth We try to stay positive. We really do. But with our local football teams winless this season, Blayne getting bounced off Project Runway and a certifiable jackass poised to head for the White House (again), we've been dealing with a little self-doubt this week. And listening to lots of Pink Floyd. Inspirational Clip of the Week Keep your chin up Seattle. The sun is shining. The grass is......

After September's win over San Francisco, in which the Niners managed only nine first downs, we did a little capsule history over on our all-sports blog of the other times in Seahawk history when they'd held an opponent to less than ten first downs. It had only happened seven times before that game--the September game made it eight--and never twice in once season. Now the Hawks have done it twice in once season to the......

In April we asked our Bay Area sports correspondent Bob Arkansas to preview the AL West, now he's back to give his thought on Sunday's NFC Showdown. Greetings my soggy friends in the Northwest Province! The last time I wrote something for the Seattlest it was a season preview for the Mariners and pretty much every prediction that I made was wrong. These brilliant insights included the Mariners losing more games than they'd win, finishing......

Today is Mariners Opening Day, and we are feeling optimistic (buoyed mostly by the two dollar Rainiers at the Triangle). However, there are people in the world who don't like the Mariners. One of those people is our college friend Bill Arkansaw, who besides being an A's fan also loves to punch kittens in their face. We asked Arkansaw to preview the upcoming Mariners season. I’ve been asked to write a preview for the Mariners......

On the second day of this millennium, (technically, the 1999 NFL season) the Seahawks needed the Raiders to beat the Chiefs to make the playoffs. And the Raiders did--their kicker, Joe Nedney, knocked in a 33-yard field goal in overtime to knock the Chiefs out of the playoffs. Today, seven years later, the Chiefs needed the Niners to beat the Broncos to make the playoffs. And the Niners did--their kicker, that same Joe Nedney......

Yesterday some guys from SFist emailed about a bet of some kind they wanted to make. When the Seahawks beat the 'Niners on Thursday night we'd get to post some gloating thing on their site. That was the gist of it. Well, it blew up in our faces, in play-by-play form, no less. Here's SFist Christopher Rogers reporting for Seattlest: Holy fancy baby Jesus on a Kaiser roll, the 49ers beat the Seahawks? In storm......

Since day one we've said that being a Seattle sports fan is like sneaking up behind Kicky the Paranoid Mule. The past week has reminded us of this all too well. Let's look at the past seven days shall we? Saturday: The Huskies get their nuts smashed in by Gonzaga. Sunday: With a chance to be crowned division champions, the Seahawks lose to the last place Cardinals. Monday: The Mariners sign 36 year old Miguel......

There have been three nationally televised Seahawk home games this year, and each time our city has been hit with a wicked weather storm. First there was the Monday night game against Oakland when were setting one day rainfall records. Then came the Packers game which was played in, what was for us, a driving snow storm. Finally tonight, with a brutal wind storm bearing down on the Puget Sound, the Hawks will knock nuts......

It's a telling fact--during 2005, the Seahawks only once faced the 3-4 defense (the one the Steelers use)--against the Cowboys, who stifled the Hawks. We've read it in the Boston Globe, on NFL.com, in the Detroit Free Press. But it's wrong. The Hawks also faced the 3-4 against the Texans (who they demolished) and against the Niners (who they beat twice). Now this fallacy is all over the world, thanks to its repetition by the......