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Trying something new this week--a little preview of the weekend in sports action, to help you not get sucked into brunch when there's a game to watch. (Or, allow you to get sucked into brunch so you can beg off later to watch a game.)

On Monday, sports fans around the city celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Seattle SuperSonic’s 1979 NBA championship. Many people called it Seattle’s only professional sports championship. They were wrong. This year marks the 90th anniversary of a strange and sad occurrence in the history of Seattle’s first professional sports franchise: the Seattle Metropolitans hockey team.

Not only does Detroit's last place baseball team sweep other last place teams (ours), they also have teams that make the postseason.

Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the Ist-A-Verse, and here's a smattering of what's been going on.

Last night, Alex Rodriguez, Seattle's most-hated former P-I Sports Star of the Year, came to the plate in the 9th inning of the Yankees' must-win game against the Angels. Derek Jeter, the anti A-Rod, had singled to lead off the inning.

Here's a piece of trivia that might win you a pint at the neighborhood bar someday: Who was the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup? It was, believe it or not, the Seattle Metropolitans. Our city's short-lived professional hockey team captured the Cup in 1917.