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: 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!
Mid-Week Sports Roundup: Holy Crap, the Mariners Win!
Because there is simply too much going on in Seattle sports to wait for the weekend, here's a Mid-Week Sports Roundup to fill you in on the comings, goings, wins, and losses over the past few days.
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: Bring Out Your Brooms Edition
Several Seattle sports teams suffered defeats over the weekend, but one squad showed that we know what winning streaks look like, too.
AM Video: Storming the Castle with the Seattle Storm
In case you missed it yesterday, the 2010 WNBA Championship Seattle Storm, one of our city's most skilled and least-watched teams, were hosted at the White House. Even if you're not a sports fan, the video is pretty cool.
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.
Weekend Sports Roundup: Shutout Edition
What's the latest from the Sounders, Storm and Mariners? Annie's got all the scores and stats to keep you in the know.
Don't Drop the Ball: Make This the Year You Actually Support the Seattle Storm
Like a kid whose first love went away to college and never came back, Seattle will never get over the Sonics. But there is, it turns out, another professional basketball team in town. And they're awesome. They were champs last year, and their season opener is this weekend. Let's make this the year we get behind the Storm.
Hornets Fans Not Swarming; Follow the Storm
There have been Seattle Hornets rumors buzzing about for months, but NBA columnist Fran Blinebury has restated the case for bringing an NBA to Seattle in terms of Sonics memories (beating MJ), the Seattle market (13th to New Orleans' 52nd), and poor attendance in the Big Easy (a season low of 10,823 barely beating out WNBA attendance for some teams). Blinebury sums up the case for moving from New Orleans as a question of money and local support, noting that even if a temporary injection of funds saves the team for now:
Storm Look for Game 2 Victory Vs. Atlanta's Dream
Someone give Sue Bird the key to the city. How about a seat at the top of the Space Needle? Or maybe we should name a ferry in her honor, seeing as the Seattle Storm are riding her clutch shooting all the way home.
Storm Clinch Playoff Berth
Your Seattle Storm clinched a spot in next month's WNBA playoffs with a home win over Connecticut last night. If the playoffs started today, the Storm would be the Western Conference's #2-seed and face their longtime nemeses, the Los Angeles Sparks. The Storm have six regular season games left, including a home game Saturday vs. Atlanta. Tickets!
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!
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.
The Weekend in Sports
M's Serve Baseball's Best Team; Lose Beltre: The Mariners started their road trip with a surprising 2-1 series win over the Dodgers, who have baseball's best record. The highlight was Felix Hernandez's nine-K performance on Saturday night, with homers by Griffey and Branyan providing the offense. Bad news came that night as well: Adrian Beltre will miss 6-8 weeks, he's getting surgery to remove painful bone spurs in his shoulder.
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.)
Indiana 73, Storm 66
How do you lose a game when you shoot 49%? You turn the ball over 20 times. Playing three games in four days, plus a long flight to Indianapolis = icky hoops. Note: Former Storm Yolanda Griffith, now with Indiana, suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury in the first half. Box score. Next game Fri. @ Minnesota.
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.

