The Cougs are still missing that killer instinct. Up 20 points and closing in on half time, Wazzu let the Oregon Ducks whittle away at the lead. With the 75-70 victory, Washington State will seek revenge against the Stanford Cardinal, who beat Arizona last night to advance to the semi-finals of the Pac-10 tournament. The Cardinal swept the Cougars in the regular season, an OT win in the Palouse and a 7-point win just two......

Today Seattlest welcomes our new sports correspondent to the fold. Drew Milam is a longtime Seattle resident who recently returned to the Emerald City after some time in the Bay Area, and claims to be super tight with fellow Santa Clara alum Steve Nash, Brandi Chastain and NFL referee Mike Carey. No word on if he got the gig because he is a Hillary supporter (pleasing Editor Kim) and a Garfield alum (pleasing Seattlest David).......

Now that all votes are in, all caucuses adjourned, CNN declaring it all for Obama, here's how the day fared for our Seattlest contributors: Charles: "In my precinct we gave four delegates to Obama and two to Hillary -- and yours truly is a delegate for his district and county caucuses! I heard that a few other precincts at my site went 4-1 Obama. In Shoreline a friend said it was roughly 70-30 and......

We here at Seattlest really wanted to go out and caucus on Saturday, however, HBO is showing Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. So we made some calls, and the DNC gave us permission to hold a special caucus today. They even threw in a couple delegates that Utah wasn’t going to use: Courtney: I'm caucusing for Obama even though it kills me not to be an active part of trying to put the first......

For the second year in a row, a legendary coach has ended his career with a loss at Qwest Field. Last year, it was Bill Parcells who, though he's taken over as a GM in Miami, claims his final game as coach was last year's Cowboys playoff loss at Seattle. This year, it's Joe Gibbs, who resigned this morning, three days after his Redskins lost to the Hawks at Qwest. Other coaching legends who saw......

We don't claim to be an expert on male attractiveness, but if forced to rank television personalities by hotness or notness--well, let's just say that Bill Nye, "The Science Guy", would be closer to Willard Scott than to Matt Lauer. Nevertheless, women--even intelligent, attractive ones--are not immune to Nye's charms (whatever they may be). Take the case of Grammy-nominated oboist, former Stanford professor, and author Blair Tindall (at right). Tindall and Nye were married in......

All of Seattlest will be struggling to remember that Sunday is the day we turn our clocks back one hour. We hope you remember too. Kim is so much of a puppy-lover, that she’s donating her Saturday to the folks at Pasado Safe Haven. She’ll spend Saturday night helping her mandolin player and his girlfriend celebrate their new wood floors. Sunday is dedicated solely to NaNoWriMo. The Cinerama is showing the super-extra-ultra-final cut of Blade......

Where to begin? Morning news & inbox full of depressing stuff.Wall Street Journal reports on a study showing convenience foods don't really save time. Maybe not, but they'll turn you and your family into fat, lazy slobs. Stanford study reported in Seattle Times shows that kids will eat anything if they think it comes from McDonald's, even carrot sticks. Conclusion: Mickey D does a fantastic job! Wanna sell more carrots? Hire Ronald McDonald. Times also......

The Pac-10 media pre-season football poll is out--saw it first on the Husky football wonderland that is Bob Condotta's blog--and the Huskies are ninth. USC is a unanimous pick for first. Only Stanford will suck worse than the Huskies, according to the fourth estate. Here's the full list: 1. USC 2. Cal 3. UCLA 4. Arizona State 5. Oregon State 6. Oregon 7. Arizona 8. Washington State 9. Washington 10. Stanford The thing that jumps......

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried......

There are going to be some angry PR people in sports media land. The Storm have one big off-season story, who they will draft. That draft is today. But the Huskies completely stole their thunder by announcing picking their new women's coach. Weird...anyway, here's the scoop, courtesy of the Times. Story 1: The Huskies' new coach is Tia Jackson (at right), formerly an assistant at Duke.Jackson, a 1995 graduate of Iowa where she played for......

Tonight at 6:45pm the 10th-seeded Zags will tip off their 9th consecutive NCAA Tournament against 7th-seeded Indiana. Zag faithful from all around Seattle are set to gather at Spitfire and other quality drinking establishments to witness the start of yet another tournament run. Earlier this week the Gonzaga equipment manager was likely instructed to pack both the white uniforms and the road blues for the Zags trip to Sacramento. In the tournament, the lower seeded......

No, we can't root for the Huskies, but there are plenty of former kids who a few short years ago were playing in front of sparse crowds at some smelly high school gym, but in the next two days will play ball on a national stage: Thursday --Mitch Johnson (O'Dea) of Stanford, vs. Terrance Williams (Rainier Beach) of Louisville, 9:40am --Micah Downs (Juanita) of Gonzaga vs. Indiana, 6:45pm Friday --Marcelus Kemp (Garfield) and Lyndale Burleson......

Stanford coach Trent Johnson, not happy after Kenny Brown committed the ultimate bailout foul, hacking the Dawgs' Adrian Oliver as Oliver shot a desperation three with the shot clock at 1. Oliver hit all three free throws, giving Washington an eleven-point lead. The Huskies won 64-52 [Times], [P-I], [San Francisco Chronicle] Next game is Valentine's Day vs. the Cougars at Hec Ed.......

After the Huskies' played the last five minutes of last night's game [Times, P-I, S.F. Chronicle] as if they'd been inhabited by the spirit of Mike Jensen, we got a little chippy with our Kenmore dryer and kicked the inanimate-ing shit out of it. The Dawgs are a young team, and psychological meltdowns happen. We're not too worried about the team, they actually played terrific for 35 minutes, especially the first half when they stayed......

Coach Romar changed his lineup tonight (bringing Quincy Pondexter and Justin Dentmon off the bench), and tightened his rotation (eliminating minutes for Hans Gasser, Artem Wallace and Brandon Burmeister). Still, a third straight loss for the Dawgs, 96-87 to Arizona. Since they're unable to beat anyone in the Pac-10, Romar announced a few changes to the Dawgs' remaining home schedule: Sat, Jan 6: Arizona St. Sarasota St. Thu, Jan 25: Oregon Eragon Sat, Jan 27:......

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......

--Husky QB Johnny DuRocher won't play football again after an examination following his concussion in the Stanford game revealed he has a brain tumor. --A naked Steve Ballmer has been spotted at Pro Sports Club Gym in Bellevue. --Ryan Anderson, star of last year's terrific Rainier Beach team, is now a freshman at the University of Nebraska, and led all Husker scorers in an upset of #25 Creighton on Saturday. Seattle ballers represent. --The......

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......

Last week, Tyrone Willingham told two seniors with a year of football eligibility remaining, kicker Michael Braunstein and DB Chris Hemphill, that they won't be on the team next year. Not a popular move. Braunstein's father bellyached to the local papers. Hemphill wondered if the distraction caused Saturday's horrid performance vs. Stanford. And now, players are engaged in some virtual mutiny. A UW student set up a Facebook group called "I support Braunstein and Hemphill"......

New on the Seattle Weekly's website--a page for the Weekly's "Street Team." What the shit is a street team? We didn't know either, so we consulted the Seattlest staff. "A street team is a group of youngsters who give out the free movie passes and souvenirs and promote whatever it is they are hired to promote. In other words they are whores. check the escort section for more info." and "Uh, i think I know.......

In honor of Veterans Day, the Huskies played like the French army in today's loss to Stanford. No. In honor of Veterans Day, the Huskies let a World War I vet play quarterback. No. In honor of Veterans Day, the Huskies let WWII vet Donald Rumsfeld call plays. Ugh--three and out. Just like the Huskies, all day. For you, the reader, we walked through the cold to the Husky game today. We bargained a scalper......

As an occasional Husky-watcher, we'll defer to Seattlest Seth on post-game analysis. But we can say that this was the single most boringly awful game we've ever seen at Husky Stadium. The Huskies assured us they weren't looking past the 0-9 Stanford Cardinal team. This afternoon, they looked past the entire football field. The talk show guys on the radio said they couldn't recall a more inept performance. It was like WWI trench warfare,......

Wednesday, November 8 >>>UW Forum for Science and Ethics Policy, 5:30pm. Dr. Dennis Schatz, VP for Education at the Pacific Science Center, cheerleads for “Making Science as Pervasive as Sports in Society.” His ulterior motive? It can only be to pack the Sonics off to Oklahoma and build our very own Exploratorium right here in Seattle, to which we say “Be Aggressive, Be Be Aggressive!” Free. UW Health Sciences Building, T-478. >>>Pacific Science Center......

The Husky athletic department is doing great work--they've figured out how to televise tomorrow's Husky/Arizona game. No, it won't be on TV, but if you go to Hec Ed they will be showing the Arizona stadium feed there, mixed in with the Husky radio broadcast. Doors will open at 6pm, the game's at 7pm. There will be concessions for sale, but admission is free! The game can't be on TV because Fox is showing one......

We're going to have to disagree with this assertion by the good folks at subscription site Dawgman.com. They're talking about the PAT block that helped UW beat Fresno State on Saturday. That is what winning teams do – they make their own luck. No matter how many big returns or screw ups that happened prior to that, they make a big play when they had to and it turned out to be the difference. No,......

After M's centerfielder Jeremy Reed hurt his hand running into a wall last week, trainers x-rayed him and found a wrist fracture. He was to miss 6-8 weeks. Turns out that fracture is at least four years old, isn't serious, and all Reed really has is a sore hand. He should be ready for Opening Day. Unbroken wrists don't usually stop Stanford grads from attaining their career goals; usually it's something like a downturn in......

Huskies forward Brandon Roy became only the second Husky (and more importantly, the first Garfield Bulldog) to win Pac-10 Player of the Year honors, beating out Cal-Berkeley forward Leon Powe. Although Powe topped the conference in scoring and rebounding, Roy lead the Huskies down the stretch on both sides of the ball, putting up big numbers and in many games literally carrying the team to victory. Roy said of the honor, "These things are hard......

Rainier Beach, Seattlest's favorite high school hoops team, got upset in the state quarterfinals last night, by Lynden High. But, really, what chance did they stand against a team that has players with names like Dirk Dallas and Brady Bomber. Dallas had 19 points, Bomber had 15. Is this a high school basketball team or a 30's detective novel? The Seahawks released two defensive starters and a no-name, possibly to free up the money they'll......

On consecutive nights, Seattle basketball teams got stymied by events at the free throw line. On Sunday night, the Husky men lost a heartbreaker to Stanford after Stanford's Chris Hernandez hit three free throws to tie the game and send it into overtime. Monday night, the Sonics were down 106-101, late, with the Blazers' Jarrett Jack at the free throw line. He missed them both--but the Blazers' Theo Ratliff snared the rebound over the......