Whoa, what a rough weekend for Seattle sports teams. Although one managed to pull out a win. Can you guess who?
Weekend Sports Roundup: Only One Can Win Edition
Weekend Sports Roundup: Win, Lose, and No Draw Edition
There were no ties this weekend in Seattle sports. Find out about the big wins and some not-so-unexpected losses.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Between Seasons Edition
Over the long weekend, one Seattle team prepared for the postseason, one kicked off their new season, one braced for the regular season, and one wished they could put this season behind them.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Bad House Guest Edition
Sounders win big, Mariners lose bad, Seahawks raise questions, and the Storm ekes one out. Here are the highs and lows of Seattle sports this weekend.
Weekend Sports Roundup: All Teams Are Go Edition
The highs and lows of the weekend in Seattle sports.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Oh Boy! Edition
Whether on the water, on the court, on the diamond, or on the pitch, Seattle sports had a wild and generally victorious weekend.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Trading Places Edition
A quick look back at the wild weekend in Seattle sports. And what a week it was!
Weekend Sports Roundup: Sad Slump Edition
Storm players reaped accolades over the weekend, while the Mariners made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Big League Debut Edition
Even on a holiday, Annie's got all the sporting news that's fit to publish.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Winning Ways Edition
Seattle's sports teams had a wild ride this weekend. Catch up on everything you may have missed, or you'll be sorely out of the loop when everyone else at work is talking stats.
Return of Lingerie Football Rounds Out Decent Sports Tuesday
Tuesday, the Mariners’ bats awoke for a solid 7-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nice work, gentlemen. But yesterday belonged to the ladies.
How Not To Celebrate Winning, and Other Weekend Sports Notes
Well, the long weekend is over, and incase you missed any of the local sports action nursing burns from the sun or an ill-fated barbecue, here’s a quick recap
Mariners Win, Storm Lose, MLS All-Star Game Wednesday
The M's win 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth on Ichiro's two-out walk-off single -- Ich's 148th hit of the season, which puts him exactly at the pace of his record-setting 262-hit season in 2004. Washburn allowed just 1 run in 7 IP in what may have been his last start as a Mariner, but didn't get the win due to a bullpen collapse. M's 52-48, 7.5 GB. Box score. Next game Weds. vs. TOR, 1:40 p.m.; Rowland-Smith vs. Halladay.
The Weekend in Sportsball: Bye-Bye, M's Playoff Hopes
In every non-playoffs sports season, you can date the moment when your team's hopes collapsed. For the last place 2008 Mariners, it was approximately mid-April. This year's Mariners lasted far longer in the playoff hunt. Nevertheless, July 24-26 was their undoing.
Boy Howdy Did We Miss a Doozy of a Storm Game Last Night!
All we missed was perhaps the most dramatic local sports event of the year, a three-overtime classic that included a team-record seven three pointers from Sue Bird, an ejection for Lauren Jackson, and twelve lead changes.
The Weekend in Sportsball
What team can get thoroughly outclassed, yet consider their game a success? The Sounders, if they draw 65,000 fans to Qwest Field -- most of them in Sounders green -- for a game against international powerhouse Chelsea FC.
Storm 66, Sacramento 55
Swin Cash led the team in scoring for the third straight game, getting 18 points as the Storm jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. Lauren Jackson made her impact on the defensive end, getting four blocks. Props also to Tanisha Wright, who had 7 assists. Storm 8-4, 2nd place, .5 GB. Box score. Next game Sunday vs. Chicago, 6 p.m.
Tuesday Sportsball: Sounders and Storm Win, M's Lose
Phew! What a day!
Oh My Geez So Much Sports Today!
As we write this, your Storm are taking on the San Antonio Silver Stars, in a special matinee game. (Go Storm!) But if you're thinking, "Aw, hell, there goes my chance to watch professional sports tonight"...well, first of all, no need to curse. Do you talk to your mother with that mouth? Second of all, no, it's not your only chance. The Gods of Professional Sports Scheduling (Ballimus and Fanina) offer three further opportunities tonight along the I-5 corridor.
The Weekend in Sportsball
No doubting it: The Seattle Mariners are legitimate pennant contenders. The Seattle Mariners are legitimate pennant contenders. THE SEATTLE MARINERS ARE LEGITIMATE PENNANT CONTENDERS!!! Sorry, we like writing that so much we had to do it thrice.
Phoenix 93, Storm 81
The Storm usually hold Cappie Pondexter in check, but not tonight as she nearly had a triple-double. They had issues with the refs, too, as LJ and Swin Cash both got technical fouls. Once again, the Storm got next to no production from their bench, which managed just 8 points. All starters finished in double figures. Storm 6-4, 1 GB. Box score. Next game Tues. vs. San Antonio at KeyArena, Noon.
Storm 93, Phoenix 84
The Storm tie Phoenix atop the Western Conference in an entertaining, fast-paced game reminiscent of last year's Pac-10 men's UW/Arizona battles. The Storm jumped ahead early behind Swin Cash's ten first quarter points, but the Mercury came back to grab the lead in the second half. Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson took over in the fourth, with Bird scoring 7 unanswered to open the quarter, and Jackson hitting a game-clinching three. Storm 5-2, T1st. Box score. Next game Friday vs. LA Sparks.
Chicago 64, Storm 57
Another slow start by the Storm costs them a game against an inferior team. After falling behind 15-1, Seattle rallied to take the lead in the 4th, but coughed it up late. The Storm missed a ton of easy buckets, shooting only 36%. Tanisha Wright continues to confound; after a career night on Friday, she went 1-7 and fouled out today. Box score. Next game Friday vs. Minnesota, it's Dads & Daughters night. Tickets from $15-160.
Storm 88, Minnesota 71
Lauren Jackson was her usual brilliant self, recording a double-double; but how about Tanisha Wright! The much-maligned fifth-year guard scored 17 points on 9 shots, and had 7 assists to just 1 turnover. Plus she held Candace Wiggins to just 7 pts. Storm 3-1, T1st. Box score. Next game Sunday @ Chicago.
This Weekend in Sportsball
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.)
Sue Bird Stays Aggressive, Storm Start 2-0
By establishing herself as an offensive threat, Bird's forcing teams to guard her and opening up the floor for her teammates. As a result, she leads the league in assists with 16 in two games.
Bunch of Rain About to Dump on Just, Unjust
Cliff Mass says we got us a real frog-strangler bearing down on us. The storm should arrive in western Washington this afternoon, with winds and anywhere from a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rainfall. The southwest side of the Olympics could get 2-4 inches, so if you want to play blue-tarp camper, this is your moment!
Someone Left the Snoqualmie Falls Tap Turned on All the Way
This is video from yesterday at the Falls. Snoqualmie Pass is closed all day as crews try to dig out and repair after avalanches and slides. WSDOT closed I-5 down by Chehalis, from milepost 68 to milepost 88, yesterday evening. The word today is that they won't have a firm ETA on reopening until after the river crests there tonight. Cliff Mass has the rainfall recap for you, broken out in radar images and chart form. After the jump, a Centralian looks at her flooding streets last night, just a year and a month since the last major flood, and even more Snoqualmie falling.
Curse You, Winter Warlock!
It was freezing rain at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday night. We walked home from the grocery store fairly pleased at having dodged a snowy bullet. But by 7 p.m. there were two inches on the ground and more on the way. So we laced up the snow boots and headed out for a look around Capitol Hill. Our major takeaway is that snow remains slippery stuff. Seattle DOT had 16 snow plows out by about 9 p.m., with a total of 24 expected to hit the streets tonight. We're still expecting rising temperatures and rain overnight, so at the very least it should be a wet Monday morning.
Metro's Desmond: "Heckuva Job, Metro!"
We realize plenty of people are still steamed about the loss of our public transportation system during the recent snow and, currently, during the widely celebrated "It's almost New Year's Eve" holidays. Most of you are probably at home right now, sipping hot cocoa. Enjoy it! It's the holidays!

