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Established in 1977, the Seattle Mariners have competed in three complete decades: the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The Mariners have featured few true "franchise players," who could be instantly noticed as the face of the franchise. Edgar Martinez, Ken Griffey Jr., and Ichiro Suzuki have all had a turn, but other prominent players, such as Alex Rodriguez, Randy Johnson, and Tino Martinez, have come and gone. In the three tumultuous decades of ...
Established in 1977, the Seattle Mariners have competed in three complete decades: the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The Mariners have featured few true "franchise players," who could be instantly noticed as the face of the franchise. Edgar Martinez, Ken Griffey Jr., and Ichiro Suzuki have all had a turn, but other prominent players, such as Alex Rodriguez, Randy Johnson, and Tino Martinez, have come and gone. In the three tumultuous decades of ...
As a law student and a sports fan, the arena of sports law is a tempting, yetámysterious, field of law. On Thursday, March 4, the Sports and Entertainment Law Association at the University of Washington School of Law hosted a panel discussion on sports law. Members of the panel included sports attorney Jeff Miller, sports agent Noah Croom, and Seattle Seahawks teammates Justin Forsett and Brandon Mebane.á Moderated by Q13 Fox Sports ...

Breaking News: Seattle Mariners to Acquire 1B Casey Kotchman From Boston

Posted: 5th January 2010 by Scotty Kimberly in MLB
ESPN.com's Buster Olney is reporting that the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox are nearing a deal which will send 1B Casey Kotchman to Seattle in exchange for at least one minor league player. Kotchman, a career .269 hitter, has spent parts of six seasons in the Major Leagues with the Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves, and Boston Red Sox. His best year came with the Los Angeles Angels in 2007, when ...

2009 NFC West Featured Columnist Competition: Week 15 Results

Posted: 22nd December 2009 by Scotty Kimberly in NFL
Week 15 is in the books of the 2009 NFC West Featured-Columnist Competition. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the competition,áclick here for details, and please keep checking back for updates throughout the year. The NFC West may have had its worst week of the year on Sunday. Seattle was embarrassed at home by the miserable Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco was trounced by Philadelphia, St. Louis lost to Houston, ...

2009 NFC West Featured Columnist Competition: Week 14 Results

Posted: 15th December 2009 by Scotty Kimberly in NFL
Week 14 is in the books of the 2009 NFC West Featured-Columnist Competition. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the competition,áclick here for details, and please keep checking back for updates throughout the year. The NFC West went 1-3 in Week 14, with the usual caveat of the only win coming against each other . St. Louis and Seattle were beaten by a combined score of 81-14, while San Francisco ...

2009 NFC West Featured Columnist Competition: Week 13 Results

Posted: 9th December 2009 by Scotty Kimberly in NFL
Week 13 is in the books of the 2009 NFC West Featured-Columnist Competition. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the competition,áclick here for details, and please keep checking back for updates throughout the year!á The NFC West went 2-2 in Week 13. Arizona trounced Minnesota, St. Louis fell to Chicago, and Seattle beat San Francisco in the only inter-division game of the week. Here are the results and honors from Week ...

Lost at Sea: Whether To Cheer for a Good Record or a Good Draft Pick

Posted: 2nd December 2009 by Scotty Kimberly in NFL
For every team that misses the NFL Playoffs, there are two miserable points during the season. The second, and most depressing, is when the team is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. For most teams, this occurs down the stretch run of the regular season, as the team ahead of them pulls away or their own play degenerates into a Lions-esque decline. The first, however, is the controversial ...

2009 NFC West Featured Columnist Competition: Week Twelve Picks

Posted: 29th November 2009 by Scotty Kimberly in NFL
Time for round 12 (it's getting LATE!)áof this year's NFC West featured columnist competition! For those of you who are unfamiliar with this competition, pleaseáclick here for a brief outline of the rules, as well as a small bio of each contestant. In short, this is a pick 'em competition. Contestants are in teams of two, each representing the team they write for on Bleacher Report. Each week, I will publish an article ...

2009 NFC West Featured Columnist Competition: Week 11 Results

Posted: 24th November 2009 by Scotty Kimberly in NFL
Week 11 is in the books of the 2009 NFC West Featured-Columnist Competition. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the competition,áclick hereáfor details, and please keep checking back for updates throughout the year!á The NFC West went 1-3 in Week 11, and once againáthe only victory for this division came against themselves...This is becoming a sad trend in the NFL...Seattle was butchered by Minnesota, San Francisco fell short in a ...