Bellevue makes an attempt at a decent night but ultimately fails miserably. Meanwhile, the feds take down a drug ring (not a medical marijuana clinic!), Terminator vision is more possible than it was before, and toll-geddon approcheth.
Friday Morning Headlines
Weekend Sports Roundup: Apple Cup Aftermath Edition
It was a mixed bag on the Seattle sports scoreboard this weekend. Basketball fans fared better than football fanatics.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Consecutive Wins Edition
The Seahawks strung two wins together, but PAC-12 football took a beating. Also, college basketball season is now in full swing.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Happy to be Wrong Edition
Plenty of football and basketball action over the weekend, including a surprising win for the Seahawks.
Busy Saturday for UW Sports
UW football faces a tough matchup with USC and the men's basketball team is looking to start their season with a win.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Lessons in Losing Edition
This wasn't easy to write. Everybody came up short this weekend.
Weekend Sports Roundup: 3, 6, 12 Edition
With one team fighting to stay in the playoffs, one team guaranteeing a spot in the postseason, and one team leaving us wondering how they'll even make it through this season, it was an up-and-down weekend in Seattle sports.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Mix of Emotions Edition
The Sounders finished out the regular season with a win, but the other football teams around town didn't fare as well.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Back in the Polls Edition
While the quantity of Seattle sports was low this weekend, the quality was high.
Are the Huskies PAC-12 Contenders?
Half way into the season, the Huskies are one game away from bowl eligibility. Do they have what it takes to be a serious PAC-12 contender this season?
Wednesday Morning Headlines
Seattle cyclists are steadily increasing, as is support for I-1125. The $60 car tab fee lands a big (and surprising) endorsement, while a Seattle lawyer is tackling some dairy farms who have done some allegedly despicable acts. King County and Seattle are looking at changing the way they deal with prostitution, and state universities get some positive financial news, for which they are long overdue.
Weekend Sports Roundups: Everyone's a Winner
It was a good weekend to be a Seattle sports fan as the Sounders, Seahawks, and Huskies all won over the weekend.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Only One Can Win Edition
Whoa, what a rough weekend for Seattle sports teams. Although one managed to pull out a win. Can you guess who?
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.
Pre-Game: Pac-12 Power Rankings
A recent poll takes a look at how the newly-expanded Pac-12 Conference stacks up in the 2011 season. How did UW and WSU fare?
Friday Morning Headlines
Quite a busy news night. We've got UW jacking tuition sky high, Wild Waves ownership coming full circle, good news and bad news for the 520 floating bridge, and the Mariners taking part in heart-warming acts of goodwill. Somewhere, Dave Niehaus is smiling.
UW Board of Regents Names New President, No One Is Surprised
The UW announces news that isn't really news, but we all listen anyway. Welcome to Washington, Michael Young.
Extra, Extra
Money, money, money in today's news. Check in on the budget, 520 bridge, and the "Bad Hair Bank Robber."
Washington Finally Playing Up To Its Potential, Just in Time for the NCAA Tournament
Well now--that's more like it. During this past weekend's Pac-10 tournament, UW finally played as well as Husky fans have been expecting them to for the past five months. The result was a second straight conference tournament title, won on an absolutely thrilling last-second shot by Isaiah Thomas. And now the Huskies prepare to face the Georgia Bulldogs in their first NCAA tourney game this Friday (6:45 p.m., CBS).
OMJake Locker! You Can Own His Jersey!
The University of Washington is auctioning off a jersey worn by hometown hero and heartthrob Jake Locker!
Huskies Softball Season May Not End Well
Well, this isn't exactly how this was supposed to go. The all-powerful UW softball team was supposed to go to Oklahoma City, tear up some other teams, and come back to Seattle with the national championship trophy for the second straight year because that shit is ours. Not so fast.
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
Seattle Sports Stuck In Inescapable Time Loop
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.
On Montlake, A Ray of Sun in a Troubled Sports World
We know that in general it's hard to be a Seattle sports fan, and the past few days have been a particularly rough patch in a perpetually dejected, "We'll get 'em next time" sort of existence.
In the Minds of Smug, Smart Kids, the Huskies are Winners
For those of us still feeling the sting of last week's tournament loss, via sports Web site Deadspin, we see that UW has indeed made the Final Four, at least on the shirts of anyone shopping at the Duke University store. Syracuse and Northern Iowa apparently made it too.
Prepping for Tonight's Sports '80s-style
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.
Dawgs Dance, and Why You Will Lose Your Office NCAA Pool
They did it. Praise whichever deity you believe told Husky QB Jake Locker to come back for his senior year. After a season of doubt and anxiety the UW Men’s basketball team scored an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, with a rollercoaster 79-75 win over the Cal Bears in Saturday’s Pac-10 championship game.

