Monthly Archives: September 2010
Nate McMillan’s Still A Star In Seattle
Nate McMillan found a fun way to spend the final day before the start of training camp. McMillan raised the 12th Man flag Sunday at the Seahawks’ game against the Chargers. Immediately prior to kickoff for each home game, the Seahawks have somebody with Seattle ties raise the flag to fire up the crowd. It […]
Nate McMillan's Still A Star In Seattle
Nate McMillan found a fun way to spend the final day before the start of training camp. McMillan raised the 12th Man flag Sunday at the Seahawks’ game against the Chargers. Immediately prior to kickoff for each home game, the Seahawks have somebody with Seattle ties raise the flag to fire up the crowd. It […]
Seahawks Thoughts, With A Little Kevin Durant Thrown In
A couple weeks ago, sitting at Qwest Field during the Seahawks’ opener, I mentioned to a colleague that Seattle just might win its division. Not that the Seahawks are good or anything, but the NFC West stinks. I thought somebody might win this division with an 8-8 record. This week, Bill Simmons lowered the bar […]
Can Oregon State Derail Boise State?
In order to get you ready for the Boise State-Oregon State game, here’s a column we had in Friday’s paper. It’s about how an undefeated Boise State team would deserve to be ranked ahead of any one-loss team come season’s end. That’s a long way away, and Oregon State could put an end to the […]
What’s Wrong With Michael Vick? As A Quarterback, I Mean
We’ll try to write a quick post about Michael Vick without resorting to any trite dog comments. Unlike these people. Anyway, I have never understood the public perception of Michael Vick as a quarterback. Not as a person, just as a quarterback. Vick always has been viewed as a thrilling player and a great runner, […]
What's Wrong With Michael Vick? As A Quarterback, I Mean
We’ll try to write a quick post about Michael Vick without resorting to any trite dog comments. Unlike these people. Anyway, I have never understood the public perception of Michael Vick as a quarterback. Not as a person, just as a quarterback. Vick always has been viewed as a thrilling player and a great runner, […]
The Potential — And Shortcomings — Of Greg Oden
Ben Golliver of BlazersEdge.com recently had an insightful post about the potential of Greg Oden. Ben talked with Kevin Pelton, stats guru of Basketball Prospectus, who provided some giddy projections for Oden. Things such as averaging 19 points and 12 rebounds per 40 minutes. Things that, at this age, would make him comparable to Dwight […]
What Happened To Pac-10 Quarterbacks?
Sunday’s column was about Jake Locker and how, to this point, he hasn’t really done anything to warrant all the hype. No. 1 overall pick? First-round pick? I just don’t see it. Great player, but I can’t picture him as the top draft pick. But that got me to thinking about Pac-10 quarterbacks in general, […]
Catching Up With Ryan Leaf
What’s Ryan Leaf up to these days? He’s living with his parents and selling resort packages. “I would like to be able to walk into a room . . . introduce myself and be the person I am now and have people make their judgments from that,” Leaf says. “That’s all I can do.” Betsey […]
Inside Baseball: Felix For Cy Young?
For the By the Numbers column a couple weeks ago, I wrote that Felix Hernandez should be considered for the Cy Young Award despite his mediocre record. And that was before he turned into Walter Johnson. Over his past six starts, Hernandez is 4-1 with a 0.20 ERA. In 45 innings, he has allowed 26 […]