Chad Barrett scored 30 seconds into second-half stoppage time on a soft touch from Clint Dempsey, lifting the Sounders to a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls Sunday in front of 40,194 at CenturyLink Field. The game-winning goal was originally credited to Dempsey but finally assigned to Barrett, who got his right toe
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After a big win in the varsity eight Sunday in New Jeraey, Washington became the first school to win the IRA championship regatta five times in a row.
Takeaway Getting above .500 is becoming a hair-pulling exercise for the Mariners, who failed once again Saturday night in a 4-3 loss to Cleveland (box score). Seattle (24-25) hasn’t had a winning record since coming out of Opening Day 1-0.
Mark Rodgers, agent for Russell Wilson, put a positive spin on his contract talks with the Seahawks, saying 95 percent of the speculation about the talks is “off-point.”
Marco Pappa’s nearly unmarked shot in the 16th minute was the difference Wednesday night at the Clink as the Sounders climbed atop the Western Conference table with a 1-0 win over Colorado. Winning for the fifth time in seven games, the Sounders (7-3-2) passed Dallas with a 23-21 points lead.
Takeaway If the Baseball Writers Association of America voted today, the Mariners might feature the Cy Young winner and Most Valuable Player. Felix Hernandez (8-1, 1.91) tossed the 11th complete-game shutout of his career and Nelson Cruz bashed his AL-leading 18th home run, a ninth-inning jolt that broke a tie for a 3-0 victory and
Takeaway Kyle Seager swatted a pair of dramatic home runs — a grand slam in the eighth and a solo shot in the 10th — as the Mariners twice rallied to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. Closer Fernando Rodney frittered away Seager’s slam and a 6-3 lead in the
The beginning of organized team activities phase of the NFL offseason, all voluntary, opened for the Seahawks without QB Russell Wilson, mynorthwest.com reported. He is attending to a personal matter with new TE Jimmy Graham.
Takeaway Robinson Cano drove in two runs with singles and Roenis Elias gave up one run in six innings as the Mariners opened a three-game series Monday night at Tropicana Field with a 3-1 win (box score) over AL East-leading Tampa Bay (24-22). Cano had his first multi-RBI game since April 21, driving home Seth
Takeaway The Mariners (20-23) not only botched a shot at sweeping Toronto at Rogers Centre for the first time since May 11-13, 2001, they fell another game back (eight) of Houston in the AL West (Astros beat Detroit 10-8) Sunday by falling to the Blue Jays 8-2 (box score). Seattle starter Taijuan Walker breezed through