At long last, the Boeing 787 has been cleared for commercial flights. Meanwhile, the PDC gets a new director and the Sounders get a new teammate. Oh, and some people argue about bike lanes. more ›

619 tenants forced to evacuate early, more developments in last week's shooting of a pregnant woman, our sports teams sucking. Plus, a video of a happy, sleepy baby, just to keep things positive. more ›

Watch out, Seattle: the Timbers have officially hexed us. Assuming a voodoo donut wearing a Sounders jersey and filled with pretzel "pins" can be considered threatening. more ›

Well that was fun while it lasted. Of all people to pop this little Bronx balloon ride the Mariners were on, of course it had to be A-Rod. After another set of back-to-back complete game wins by Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez, this time over the league-leading Yankees, suddenly we thought the M's could pull this thing out. Then A-Rod slapped a 2-run home run in the eight inning of today's game to beat the M's 4-2, prevent a sweep, and destroy our soul. What an asshole. more ›

This weekend, the Sounders lost at home again, and so did the Mariners. The UW softball team continued to be awesome. This trio of plotlines has repeated itself enough that it’s starting to feel like that movie Groundhog Day. As we see it, the only way out of this endless cycle is for Bill Murray to sleep with Andie MacDowell, at which time it will become February 3, 1993, and we will be forced to relive puberty. more ›

On Saturday the Sounders got absolutely spanked 4-0 by the Los Angeles Galaxy. It was their worst home loss ever, in front of their biggest crowd ever. So, taking a page from the Nordstrom playbook, the Sounders front office announced Sunday it is giving all 32,000 season ticket holders their money back for having to watch the team essentially take a 90-minute crap on the XBOX pitch. more ›

Today is a huge sports day in our corner of the world, and we can't really stand it, having to keep our energy somewhat bottled in at the office. As noted earlier this week, tonight the Huskies look to make history and advance to the Elite Eight in the NCAA basketball tournament for the first time ever. Then the Sounders FC take the Qwest Field pitch to officially kick off the MLS in 2010, and build on last year's phenomenal season. more ›

Weekend One of March Madness is over, and already our bracket is gone, murdered by a fusillade of upsets. But we don’t care! The Huskies are on their way to Syracuse, NY and the Sweet 16, having barreled Prius-style through the New Mexico Lobos on Saturday, 82-64. more ›

Earlier, we asked if anyone outside the MLS bubble thought the idea of a players’ strike was a good idea, based on the fact that much of America hasn’t latched on to the sport quite like Seattle has. As next week’s strike deadline approaches with no sign of a deal between the players’ union and the league, Sounders FC majority owner Joe Roth - very much inside the bubble - has chimed in, and he agrees. more ›

The NCAA Selection Committee, who'll pick the 65-team bracket Sunday, can be a bitch if they're not sufficiently impressed, kind of like the girl in biology class who snubbed us for that taller upperclassman before Sadie Hawkins. (We're not still bitter.) The good news is the Huskies took a step towards an invitation last night, coming from behind to beat Oregon State 59-52 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Tournament. more ›

Regardless of the cause, the Huskies (16-7, 6-5 Pac-10) need to win tonight, not only to prove to themselves they can do so outside city limits, but because Cal (15-8, 7-4) holds first place in the Pac-10. A UW victory pulls them into a tie atop the standings; a loss drops them into the murky middle of a conference that may send two teams to the NCAA tournament if it’s lucky. Consider that the final three games on the Husky schedule are on the road, and the monkey becomes a full-on gorilla with a loss tonight. more ›

Back to the tie though, which Times' columnist Steve Kelley accurately describes as more of a loss. With three straight wins leading into the game, another revved-up record crowd at their backs, and an opponent they'd beaten twice before, the Sounders should have won. more ›

That'll be a game for this kid to remember. Thanks for sharing the photo, sprizee. more ›

On Mother’s Day, while you’re waiting for a table to open up at the Outback, the Sounders will be at Qwest Field for their first match against two-time MLS Champion LA Galaxy. more ›

This should explain why Drew Carey bought a soccer team in Seattle. more ›

Sounders FC (now with 100 percent less accused rapists!) faces undefeated Chivas USA Saturday night in Carson, CA. If the Sounders win, they will retake first place in the MLS Western Conference. They will also strike a blow for all that is good in the world, by taking out a team filled with and supported by TRAITORS! more ›

Sounders FC hosts Real Salt Lake Saturday night at Qwest Field. We thought you might want to know a little about the team our local 11 (?) will be facing. more ›

"Sounders FC vs Red Bulls — 13" by Scott Engelhardt (ntisocl) , from the Seattlest Flickr pool more ›

Yeah, we know, the NBA left, and it’s being replaced with soccer. We’re all just going to have to deal with that. more ›

It was 28 years ago last night when Howard Cosell broke the news to the world during a Monday Night Football game that John Lennon was gone. Our mom cried. more ›

Long-time voice of the Sonics Kevin Calabro has been named play-by-play voice of Seattle Sounders FC, which begins MLS play in March 2009. Calabro called Sonics games for 21 years, and also worked NBA games nationally with TNT, TBS, NBA TV and ESPN Radio. Calabro declined to move with the Sonics when the team relocated to Oklahoma City earlier this year. Sounders FC also announced KING-5 and KONG-6/16 will telecast all Sounders FC games, except those aired nationally. We can hear it now: "BOOM-shaka-laka! DAY-VID Beckham...with a nasty cross to the RACK!"
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