It was a shaky season for the Storm. Can they turn things around and make another run at the WNBA title? more ›

BOB AND WEAVE: Cataldo is yet another reason for Seattle to celebrate its local music scene. Comprised of songwriter Eric Anderson and a slew of local guest musicians, Cataldo presents folk tinged indie rock with 21st century sensibilities - that is to say traditional with enough "new" sounding sounds to make it sound like something new. But don't take our word for it, listen to tracks from the newest album, Prison Boxing, here. In fact, tonight's show is the record release party for Prison Boxing, to be physically released on Sept. 20th. Just in time to be our autumn soundtrack. Loch Lomond and Land of Pines also play. more ›

Because there is simply too much going on in Seattle sports to wait for the weekend, here's a Mid-Week Sports Roundup to fill you in on the comings, goings, wins, and losses over the past few days. more ›

Several Seattle sports teams suffered defeats over the weekend, but one squad showed that we know what winning streaks look like, too. more ›

If you're not going to Metro's public hearing, at least do something productive with your night. Our calendar has the suggestions you need to plan accordingly. more ›

This was a banner weekend for Seattle's sports teams. Catch up on all the stats with Annie's AM sports roundup. more ›

Even on a holiday, Annie's got all the sporting news that's fit to publish. more ›

In case you missed it yesterday, the 2010 WNBA Championship Seattle Storm, one of our city's most skilled and least-watched teams, were hosted at the White House. Even if you're not a sports fan, the video is pretty cool. more ›

What's the latest from the Sounders, Storm and Mariners? Annie's got all the scores and stats to keep you in the know. more ›

How 'bout that local sports team? Annie's got the details on the weekends wins, losses and draws, so you can get clued in before the subject comes up. more ›

It was a wild weekend for Seattle-area sports. Annie's here to catch you up to speed, so you can know what you're talking about when your coworkers start going on about Saturday's shutout. more ›

Like a kid whose first love went away to college and never came back, Seattle will never get over the Sonics. But there is, it turns out, another professional basketball team in town. And they're awesome. They were champs last year, and their season opener is this weekend. Let's make this the year we get behind the Storm. more ›

There have been Seattle Hornets rumors buzzing about for months, but NBA columnist Fran Blinebury has restated the case for bringing an NBA to Seattle in terms of Sonics memories (beating MJ), the Seattle market (13th to New Orleans' 52nd), and poor attendance in the Big Easy (a season low of 10,823 barely beating out WNBA attendance for some teams). Blinebury sums up the case for moving from New Orleans as a question of money and local support, noting that even if a temporary injection of funds saves the team for now: more ›

PERFECT STORM: So here we are -- Game 3. Can the Storm sweep their way to the WNBA championship? With scores as tight as they've been over the last three games, it may take some extra effort on the Seattle Storm's part to win against the Atlanta Dream tonight on Atlanta's home court. Fans will want to give it their all as well, and though they can't enjoy the away game at Key Arena, fans can watch the game on the big screen at Center House Stage at the Seattle Center. Which is nearby at least. We can't think of a better way to celebrate the biggest win of the season than with hugs and high fives with perfect strangers. "Stranger" is the wrong word, though. When everyone's in gold and green, glued to the same TV screen, there are no strangers. more ›

Someone give Sue Bird the key to the city. How about a seat at the top of the Space Needle? Or maybe we should name a ferry in her honor, seeing as the Seattle Storm are riding her clutch shooting all the way home. more ›

Your Seattle Storm clinched a spot in next month's WNBA playoffs with a home win over Connecticut last night. If the playoffs started today, the Storm would be the Western Conference's #2-seed and face their longtime nemeses, the Los Angeles Sparks. The Storm have six regular season games left, including a home game Saturday vs. Atlanta. Tickets! more ›

How do you lose a game when you shoot 49%? You turn the ball over 20 times. Playing three games in four days, plus a long flight to Indianapolis = icky hoops. Note: Former Storm Yolanda Griffith, now with Indiana, suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury in the first half. Box score. Next game Fri. @ Minnesota. more ›

Sweet, sweet Magnolia. It seems we hardly knew ye. You were the origin of Magnolia Audio Video, whose stores now will live mostly inside Best Buy, after they close seven Magnolia stores. When we think Magnolia, we think Tom Cruise movie or Discovery Park, but thanks to the Magnolia Voice we will start thinking of the Seattle Storm, who are leasing at 12,000 square foot space in Interbay, not far from the forthcoming, right-sized Whole Foods. Now we know where to go if we want to spot Lauren Jackson picking up lunch. Magnolia, you lovely flower, my how you've bloomed! more ›

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After the loss of Lauren Jackson to ankle surgery a few weeks ago, the Storm powered their way into the playoffs with strong defense, good rebounding and an uptick in backcourt scoring. Last night, in their 71-64 season-ending loss to the L.A. Sparks, the Storm failed on all three. more ›

We were thrilled to see Mad Men get some hardware at the Emmys last night, since it is a fave at the Seattlest crib. In one of the more stunning scenes this season, Don Draper has a confrontation with his blackmailing adultress, where, with a smile, he seductively slides his hand up her dress, then grabs her by her girly-bits (yeah, those girly-bits), and curtly tells her to cut the shit, all the while flashing that dreamboat smile. Powerful, very un-PC, and certainly unexpected. more ›

The Storm dropped Game 1 of the best-of-three series last night 77-69 in a game that was not as close as the score would seem to indicate. The Storm trailed the LA Sparks the entire game, and were behind by 17 points at the half. Sue Bird had a playoff-best 23 points in the loss. The team returns to action at Key Arena Sunday, where the Storm were 16-1 during the regular season. more ›

Since our teams remain winless this season, Seattlest has decided to do the only logical thing to get us out of this funk...Eat! During Sunday home games, over 67,000 people flood into Qwest Field, and many of those fans stop for lunch along the way. Seattlest gets tired of bar food and $8 stadium dogs, so we asked the guys at MSG150, the International District lunch blog, to help us out with some new suggestions. We sat down with MSG150 last week while they reviewed a new restaurant in the ID. more ›

This Seattlest has never been the world's biggest sports fan, as we've mentioned before. But Storm guard Sue Bird has made us care about women's basketball this season. more ›

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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. more ›

Sue Bird is on a mission. With WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson nursing a bad ankle, Bird scored 13 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Seattle Storm to a 70-62 win over the Chicago Sky. The win seals a playoff spot for the fifth year in a row. more ›

The Seattle Storm downed host Atlanta Dream Tuesday night 83-69 behind Sue Bird's 21 points and 9 assists. Camille Little and Yolanda Griffith each added 16 points in a win which moved the Storm into a first-place tie with San Antonio for the best record in the Western Conference at 19-10. The Storm resume their road trip in Chicago on Thursday night. more ›

The Seahawks dispatched with the Oakland Raiders 23-16 in the final preseason game. In recent years, preseason games have become little more than an exercise in injury avoidance, and the Hawks emerged relatively unscathed, although the receiving corps has taken a hit with losses of Engram and Obomanu for extended periods. The Hawks were 3-1 in preseason action andwill begin regular season play on Sunday as they visit the Buffalo Bills. more ›

The Seattle Storm had good news on and off the court last night. At Key Arena, the Storm downed the Houston Comets 66-49, behind Sue Bird's 22 points, who before the game promised to pick up her offensive play with the loss of Lauren Jackson. Earlier in the day, Jackson had successful ankle surgery and walked out of the hospital. Team officials hope she might be ready for the second round of the WNBA playoffs. (However, those Aussies sure have a strange way of breaking good news.) more ›