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The Mariners predictably declined 2014 options Friday on OF Franklin Gutierrez and LHP Joe Saunders, making both free agents. RHP Stephen Pryor (torn right latissimus) has been reinstated from the 60-day disabled list and added back to the team’s 40-man roster, which now includes 34 players.

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On a night when the Halloween costumes worn by Washington State students were more entertaining than their football team, the Cougars were walloped 55-21 by Arizona State Thursday on the first ESPN main channel telecast from Pullman in 23 years at half-filled Martin Stadium.

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Still basking in Seattle’s 2-0 win Wednesday night over Colorado, Sounders coach Sigi Schmid offered a joke Thursday on a teleconference that was funny only because his club managed to avoid falling in the loser-out round of the 2013 MLS playoffs. “First off, I want to apologize for being a little late,” he said in

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The Mariners Thursday announced that five players, per MLB rule, have become free agents, including DH Kendrys Morales, who led Seattle with a .277 average and 80 RBIs, and Raul Ibanez, who matched Ted Williams’ 1960 record for most home runs in a season by a 41-year-old with 29. Ibanez also ranked third on the

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Brad Evans rocketed in a wide-open shot in the 28th minute, Eddie Johnson struck in stoppage time and the Sounders survived an injury to DeAndre Yedlin and a red card to goalkeeper Michael Gspurning to defeat the Colorado Rapids 2-0 at CenturyLink Field Wednesday night. Having survived the knockout round of the MLS Cup playoffs,

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The depth of the Seahawks receivers took a substantial hit Tuesday when Pro Football Talk first reported that Sidney Rice tore his ACL Monday night in the 14-9 win against the Rams, and will miss the remainder of the season. Since signing a five-year contract in 2011 that was scheduled to earn him up to

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About 12 hours after a bewildering win in St. Louis Monday, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll still sounded baffled:  “I don’t remember having that much trouble offensively in any time since we’ve been here. For whatever reason, that was the night that they were on it and we couldn’t do anything about it.”

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The Seahawks are 7-1 after an ugly 14-9 victory over the St. Louis Rams Monday at the Edward Jones Dome, and extremely fortunate to have finished the first half on a positive note. Seattle needed a goal line stand on the game’s last possession to close out a night when its offense was almost non-existent.

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