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Thoughts On The New Seattle Arena | Kitsap Sun
With the possibility of the NBA returning to town, I started to reminisce about when the Sonics first came to town in 1967 – I was 10 years old and thrilled when the NBA put an expansion team here. The news of the arena plans brought back memories of Bob Rule, Walt Hazzard, Tom Meschery, Bob Weiss and other members of the original Sonics. Loved that team to death, and back then, play-by-play man Bob Blackburn was my hero too. Read my entire article, Who Will Fill Seattle’s New Arena, at the Kitsap...
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Cougs Crush Sun Devils; Huskies Next
Nice win by the Cougs last night in Pullman. It was an unbelievable first half, outscoring the Sun Devils 36-8 and pretty much coasting the rest of the way. I admit to being worried early in the second half when we couldn’t break Arizona State’s full-court press, allowing the Sun Devils to get within 43-31 with 13:07 to go. I didn’t think we were going to blow all of that 28-point lead, but I thought we might blow the pointspread – I had a small bet on the Cougs -8 ½ and figured ASU just might cover. Fortunately Patrick Simon hit a...
read moreAngela Rypien Interview #2
I recently sent the video below to my newsletter subscribers. They got first crack at questions for Angela Rypien, quarterback for the Seattle Myst (watch the video). The newsletter readers sent me some good questions and I’ll post the interview for everyone to see next week sometime.
read moreOptimistic Thoughts On The New Arena
Amid all of the excitement for a proposed arena in Seattle is this important tidbit from yesterday’s news conference – it won’t be built until an NBA AND NHL team are secured. I was working under the hopeful assumption that Chris Hansen, the private-investing hedge-fund hero dude, had plans to build the arena without a firm commitment from an NBA and/or an NHL team. That, of course, was naïve on my part. I was just thinking that Hanson would bet on the come, going ahead with the project regardless, knowing that financially strapped NBA...
read moreDamn If I Can Figure Out These Cougs
Raise your hand if you can figure out the Cougars. I can’t. For all the world, I figured we’d lose to the Beavers in Corvallis last night. We hadn’t won a Pac-12 game on the road. I assumed the Beavers were better than us, even though we beat them in Spokane earlier this year. But what a nice surprise it was to turn on the radio last night and have Bud Nameck telling us that the Cougs led by 15 early in the second half. Unbelievable. I don’t know where that came from, but it was good to hear. Brock Motum continued his incredible...
read moreIs Peyton A No-Brainer For Seattle?
Here’s yesterday’s column from the Kitsap Sun, weighing Peyton Manning’s chances of joining the Seahawks. After I wrote the column, news came out that Manning would be willing to sign an incentives-laden contract with a minimal base salary. That makes him even more attractive as a quarterback alternative in Seattle.
read moreHere’s Proof That Coach Sark’s Delusional
This morning in Jerry Brewer’s column in the Seattle Times, I read a comment from Steve Sarkisian that made me laugh and nearly made me sick. The U Dub football coach was talking about in-state blue-chippers who – EGADS!!!! – chose to leave and play for other schools such as Stanford, USC and Notre Dame. “There will come a day when every kid in the state of Washington dreams and hopes of playing for the Huskies,” Coach Sark said. “We’re just not quite there yet.” A few comments from the Go 2 Guy… As I mentioned on...
read moreCougs Lose Again
A friend of mine named Joe had too much to drink while tailgating before the Cougar football game at San Diego State this year. At some point, the booze overtook Joe’s ability to function, and Joe fell flat on his face. He was bloodied and bewildered. My sources tell me that Joe kept saying: “What the hell happened?” That’s how I felt watching last night’s game between the Cougs and the Wildcats in Tucson. Arizona won 85-61. I didn’t expect us to get blown out. I thought we’d keep it close and maybe even win. We had just beaten...
read moreNFL Playoffs | Pity The Goats
Billy Cundiff and Kyle Williams – they were the goats of the AFC and NFC championship games. This morning there are fans in Baltimore who are mad at Cundiff for missing a 32-yard field goal that would have sent their game with the Patriots into overtime. There are fans in San Francisco who are mad at Williams for losing two balls to the Giants on punt returns. They are both being singled out as the primary reason why their teams won’t be playing in the Super Bowl. I should be mad at Cundiff too, but I’m not. I would have won $240 if the...
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