SEATTLE — Ever since local writer Daniel James Brown’s megabestselling nonfiction book “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics” came out in 2013, there’s been a constant question: What about the movie? T…
Larry Stone: Sue Bird brightens another dreary Seattle winter day by announcing she will play for Storm in 2022
SEATTLE — One of these years — theoretically — Sue Bird is going to decide her body can no longer withstand the rigors of a WNBA season. Or it may be that she will grow weary of having to summon the mental strength through the grind that has made her a…
Sue Bird announces she’s returning to Storm for 19th WNBA season
SEATTLE — The first offseason domino for the Storm fell when Sue Bird announced she’s returning to Seattle next season. In an Instagram post Friday morning, the 41-year-old veteran point guard put an end to months of speculation on whether the WNBA’s a…
Sideline Chatter: There’s more than one way to make Santa’s bad list
Santa Claus didn’t visit the Jacksonville Jaguars this year. For some reason the reindeer couldn’t touch down. Headlines— At TheOnion.com: “Star high-school quarterback blissfully unaware he’ll be Jets starter 4 years from now.” — At Fark.com: “Hockey …
Snow has arrived in the Seattle area, with more to come as temperatures sink
SEATTLE — A long-anticipated snowfall that started in many locations in the Seattle area Saturday was expected to pick up overnight, and drop between 2 and 7 inches over Puget Sound and Western Washington by Monday. The flakes will fall as showers, cre…
Why the NHL is having a huge COVID-19 outbreak despite high vaccination numbers
A recent COVID-19 breakout across the NHL has forced the league to implement stricter policies through Jan. 7 that are reminiscent of last season. The Calgary Flames, who are currently scheduled to host the Seattle Kraken next Thursday, added 16 names …
Larry Stone: The story of Mariners manager Scott Servais’ career and life is rooted in small-town Wisconsin
COON VALLEY, Wis. — Scott Servais is telling one of his favorite Coon Valley stories — and he’s got a million to choose from. He’s standing near the spot it happened: A baseball field, naturally, though residual mud from the latest in a series of recen…
Sideline Chatter: But first the team tried cutting antler holes in the helmets
And you thought trying to tackle Derrick Henry is a scary proposition? Officials in Brookings, S.D., had to take on a young moose that got into Dana J. Stadium and wandered about the field the day before the South Dakota State-North Dakota State game. …
There are a lot of factors in considering Seattle as a 2026 men’s World Cup city. The biggest might just be the surface of Lumen Field.
SEATTLE — In campaigning for the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup to select Seattle as one of its host cities, an executive committee wove together three things — soccer history, ingenuity and inclusiveness. But for FIFA, the sport’s global governing body, th…
Hall of Famer Cammi Granato blazes another trail, this time as a scout with the Kraken
History follows Cammi Granato. Being part of the Kraken’s inaugural season is just one item on her list of firsts. Granato, the first woman hired as an NHL scout, has been a builder of this first Kraken team. From the time she was hired in 2019, she ha…