Last time we checked in on Shawn Kemp, Jr., he was a 6-7 wingman considered a fairly decent prospect in Georgia. Now, Kemp is considered one of the top prospects in the nation, and, according to Glenn LaFollette of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a recruiting target of Lorenzo Romar. As you might expect, Kemp is a pretty good basketball player--a 6-9 dunk machine who Rivals rates as the #9 center in the class of '09. (Yes,......

When we lived in LA we had no problem watching the Huskies play at Pauley Pavilion. We could just get in our car, hop on the 10, and presto, eight hours later we were in the building. The first time we went, in 2003, the Dawgs needed to win in order to have a chance at the eighth seed in the Pac 10 Tournament. The last time we went in 2005 the fans were chanting......

National dining correspondent Kyle Anderson has the scoop on a great place to stuff yourself this afternoon While Seattlest long ago gave up hope that the Sonics will stick around, who doesn’t want to see Detlef Schrempf serve up some pizza?! Sport Restaurant and Bar had the marketing savvy to combine everyone’s favorite holiday, National Pizza Day (evidently the brainchild of Papa John, the Godfather, and Little Caesar) with a “Save Our Sonics and Storm”......

With the Dawgs and Cougs out of the running, we're bummed that we won't get to watch a late-round tourney game in a bar packed with partisans who cheer with every shot. But we can replicate it, thanks to transplanted Kansas and Ohio State fans who are gathering tonight for their schools' respective 3rd-round games. Kansas fans--including some very attractive girls (who knew?)--met in Spitfire's back room for the first round game last Friday, and......

After routinely destroying our alma mater, unleashing the obscenity that is Kenny G, and sending their best-ever athlete to rival Arizona, Franklin High is finally doing something for us. Franklin's Venoy Overton, ranked the 26th-best point guard among the nation's high school seniors, rescinded his commitment to USC today and will be a Husky. Bob Condotta has the scoop on how the Huskies will fit him in to their crowded scholarship roster. We've seen Overton......

Clarence Trent (at right, via Scout.com) is unstoppable in the high post. This is not the only reason that Gig Harbor is destined for a deep run in the state 4A tourney. There's also their skilled post men, Ryan Stanley and Mathias Ward, and a dangerous long-range shooter, Geoff McIntire. But, mostly, it's because Clarence Trent is unstoppable in the high post. Trent (rated the 6th best small forward in the Class of '08 by......

As has been pointed out in the local media, in the same old boring and un-imaginative way (Ugh, we don't even know what this guy was trying to say), Saturday is the annual cross state match-up between Washington and Washington State. This is the week when graduates of U-Dub and Wazzu annoy their co-workers with jokes, bets, and occasional violence. Although we didn't graduate from either university, we still love Husky football more than most......

The Huskies have apparently stunk up their digs in North Seattle to such a degree that the athletic department has started working towards renovating the stadium. It is important, of course, that there be shiny new luxury boxes to view the triumph from when (and if) the team gets back on track. HOK Sport is currently discussing new designs with the university. From the UW Daily: An 11,475-seat upper deck to encompass the west......

It has come to this. Today Seattlest will decend into the time-tested and approved depths of pointing and laughing at Craigslist posts. Welcome to the latest Seattlest feature where we click through thousands and thousands of Craigslist for-sale items and highlight a few incredible buys for you. These will be items that no Seattleite can pass on, so be prepared to act quickly and contact the sellers as soon as possible. Tibetan Brass Bell and......

Horse racing is known as "The Sport of Kings." Once, perhaps, its fans were mostly royalty. But based on our visits to the track, it seems that the current audience is primarily discontented middle-aged men in pleated pants. Do not mourn the downmarket trend in horse racing. It's one of the great things about visiting Emerald Downs, which begins its six-month season tonight. Just like any gambling venue, it's one place where you can......

As expected, the Huskies won their first-round NCAA tournament game yesterday. They advance to the second round against Pacific. The game is Saturday at 12:20. Seattlest will be watching at Sport, a new restaurant near Seattle Center that is reputed to have an excellent chef. Lost in the sports news among the NCAA tournament and the Congressional steroid hearings, was some drama among the flagging Sonics. For most of the season, Sonics players have gushed......

This year the first day of the NCAA tournament occurs on St. Patrick's Day, so if there was ever a time to watch the games in a bar, this is it. Unfortunately, neither the Notre Dame Fighting Irish nor the Tulane Green Wave made the tourney. But our hometown Huskies did. In fact, they are one of the favorites. Their first-round game is today at noon. The tournament's first games begin at 9 am,......

If Seattle Prep's Martell Webster had played for the U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball team this summer, they would have won gold, according to an anonymous pro scout. "They didn't have anybody who could shoot like he can," the Seattle Times quoted the scout as saying. Webster, a 6'6" senior, is rated the sixth-best high school basketball player in the nation, and may enter this year's NBA draft. Seattlest recently saw him effortlessly drop 35 points......