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Category Archives: Sports
College Football is in Full Conflagration: We Need a New National Model
By Art Thiel in Post Alley (thanks to Ed M.) Did the University of Washington just move to Oklahoma City? No. UW did not replicate the stunt that cost Seattle the Sonics 15 years ago, and counting. The university and … Continue reading
Gig Harbor Sailor: A Second Solo Circumnavigation Around the World
By Ted Olinger Once you become the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone under your own power — 41,196 miles of rowing solo across the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans, then pedaling a bicycle across and scaling mountains over … Continue reading
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Mitch Albom: Coach Lloyd Carr goes to Haiti; a minicamp unlike any other
Thanks to Mary Jane F. Detroit Free Press, Sunday June 25, 2023 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The old football coach had a new team. They were young. They were skinny. Many were small. And they had never played the game before. … Continue reading
Camp Lewis 91st Division football team plays the Mare Island Marines in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1918.
Thanks to Bob P. This article was published on History Link by Duane Colt Denfeld, Ph.D. On January 1, 1918, two armed-services football teams, composed largely of former star college players now on active duty, meet in the 1918 Rose … Continue reading
The soccer fans turn out in Argentina
Thanks to Mike C. Note: It’s reported that Trump stated that his crowds were “at least 10 time greater.”
Mariner’s game in Sky Lounge at 1 PM tomorrow (Thursday the 13th)
Come watch the Mariner’s game for a few hours before going the the quarterly SRA meeting at 3:30 PM. It’s a chance to meet and greet and cheer for the M’s. BYOB and snacks (and please clean up!).
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October baseball is here!
Thanks to Mike C.
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Hey Mariners, check your rear view mirror!
Thanks to Mike C.
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Corporate deliberations with Russell Wilson gone
Thanks to Pam P.
Amazing competition in badminton and ping pong
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
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Tobacco Road Prepares for Basketball Nirvana — or Apocalypse
There are rivalries, then rivalries. This is one of the best in basketball. Read the commentary in the NYT here. Thanks to Mike C.
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Abbott and Costello on Baseball
Ed note: I tried to perform this skit once with a friend when in school and it didn’t come out well. A&C though were terrific in this classic piece.
A daughter remembers her father’s brush with baseball greatness
By Pam Peterson in the Seattle Times’ Don Shelton’s column Ed Note: Thanks to Skyline resident Pam Peterson for sharing this memory. As a 10 year old my dad frequently took me to the Lakefront Stadium in Cleveland to watch … Continue reading
Never say “can’t”
An inspiration from Donna D.
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UW expert: Kraken are undefeatable; few who see the beast live to tell the tale
Lauren Poyer is an assistant teaching professor in Scandinavian studies. She teaches courses in Scandinavian mythology and Vikings in contemporary culture, among other topics, and she is well steeped in all kinds of Nordic and Icelandic lore. Lauren PoyerUniversity of Washington … Continue reading
Scully’s call of Gibson’s famous at bat – baseball remembered
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Baseball history from 2020
From historian Heather Cox Richardson (thanks to Mary Jane F) …..Major League Baseball reopened with the Washington Nationals playing the New York Yankees on their home field. Before the game, every player and every coach in the playing area held … Continue reading
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My Oh My – do we miss watching Ichiro – take 1
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Oh, take me out to the ballgame
While with the Dodgers, Gibson was named the National LeagueMVP in 1988. During his career, he hit two dramatic home runs in the World Series, off of two eventual Hall of Fame relief pitchers. With the Tigers, he clinched the 1984 World Series with a three-run … Continue reading
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Coco defeats Venus – again – in the Australian Open!
MELBOURNE, Australia in the NYT — Coco Gauff was a qualifier and Grand Slam rookie when she played Venus Williams for the first time. That was at Wimbledon in July, and Gauff’s first-round, 6-4, 6-4 victory over the five-time Wimbledon … Continue reading
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