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A daily look at the top sports stories in this morning's edition of The Herald:
1. Three down … fifty to go
The 2-5 Seahawks started the purging on Tuesday, letting go of long-time running back and short-time Seahawk Edgerrin James. In a span of 24 hours, the Seahawks have released three veteran players. That's a start. As long as the injured guys aren't on the chopping block, we say take an ax to everything but the kitchen sink (and maybe Aaron Curry).
2. It must not be the cowbells
The road has turned out to be a pretty good place for the Everett Silvertips, who won their fourth consecutive game Tuesday night. Coach Craig Hartsburg is looking into making the team bus a full-time living facility.
3. Maybe they should've tried snow tires
The Sedro-Woolley High School football team didn't have much success running the ball against Everett High on Tuesday night. The Seagulls' defense held S-W to 31 yards on 27 carries, which roughly translates to about a millimeter per carry, en route to a 41-6 victory in a postseason play-in game.
4. Next, they'll sign someone named Roberta Bonds to a letter of intent
The World Series resumes tonight, which means the Impatient-ation Highway will have to put off its who-will-start-Game-7-for-Philly debate for a couple of hours. Actually, they might as well bag it once and for all. With Andy Pettitte taking the mound in The Big Apple, Game 6 is about as big a lock as the one on the front of Fort Knox.
Meanwhile, in the league known as No Basketball Anymore …
The Celtics, Nuggets and Suns are the only remaining unbeatens in the NBA, and Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki went off for an incredible 29 points in the fourth quarter. But The Closer is more concerned with what's going on in the city of kidnapped franchises. Don't look now, but the Oklahoma City Stolen Thunder are looking like contenders. A 2-2 record includes Tuesday night's overtime loss to the defending champions, a game in which OKC's Kevin Durant may well have outplayed the Kobe One.
Does this mean they're already on the bubble?
The good news in Central New York is that the Syracuse men's basketball team typically peaks at the right time. The bad news? The Orange ain't got no place to go but up. After losing to Division II school LeMoyne on Tuesday night, Jim Boeheim's bunch isn't even the best basketball squad in the 315 Area Code. When is Rony Seikaly's son going to be eligible?
But now he has to play with Larry Johnson
The Kansas City Chiefs made a successful waiver claim on San Diego castoff Chris Chambers, who wasn't unemployed long. If the 1-6 Chiefs could only make successful waiver claims on DeSean Jackson, Larry Fitzgerald and Matt Ryan, they might be on to something.
Now he knows how millions of Native Americans feel about the nickname
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder said he was “disappointed and embarrassed” by his team's performance this season. Funny, that's what 2 million Washington fans have been saying about Snyder for years.
CURVE BALLS
The wild and wacky news from the world of sports ...
It's hard to see the replays with all those fingernail shavings in my eyes
The Georgia running back who clearly had his eyes gouged out by Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes has no ill will toward the clawed Gator. Then he climbed up on turnbuckle, opened his cape, and did a Triple-Flying-Bulldog Knee Slam on top of Spikes' head.
At least he's broken out of his hit-less slump, which is more than she can say
Gossip girl Kate Hudson may or may not be engaged to A-Rod. What's certain is that she knows how to keep her name in the news no matter how long it's been since she made a good movie (that was 2000's “Almost Famous” for those of you scoring at home).
In 20 years, maybe they'll get running water, too
Ole Miss is trying to become New Miss. The University of Mississippi has started discouraging fans from celebrating the state's racist past. The Closer thinks it's a step in the right direction, except the rest of the country already ran this marathon years ago.
What every Cameron Crazy dreams when his eyes close at night
Archbishop Murphy graduate Brendan Sherrer has gone from the stands to the center of the action after emerging from a tryout and earning a spot as a walk-on for the UW basketball team. No word yet on whether he'll officially change his name to Rudy.
And Terrell Owens has a few suggestions for the Cowboys, too
As if Tom Cable didn't have enough troubles. Now he's getting support from an unwelcome source. Former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is giving Al Davis unsolicited advice. If Cable had to make a list of people he wants commenting on his job status right about now, Kiffin probably would rank somewhere behind Randy Hanson.
THE RUNDOWN
In honor of Edgerrin “We Hardly Knew Ya” James, The Closer got to thinking about some of the past Seahawks whose previous stops were a bit more memorable than their quick trot through the Emerald City. Here are a few former champions who, remember it or not, played for the Seahawks:
5. Ryan Leaf: Before he was an NFL bust, he was a Pac-10 champion. After he was an NFL bust, he was a Seahawk … for about a month. The Wazzu legend signed with the Seahawks, then retired on the eve of his first Eastern Washington University training camp (can't blame him for not wanting to spend a summer in Cheney, can you?).
4. Carl Eller: OK, he wasn't technically a champion — unless you count his four NFC titles as a Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman. Eller made one last stop on his way to the Hall of Fame, and during his short tenure in Seattle he abused enough substances to make Jimi Hendrix step away from his fire.
3. Mark Rypien: Desperate for quarterback help one training camp, the Seahawks sent a car from their EWU dorms to Rypien's Spokane-area home. The former Super Bowl MVP was all too eager to come out of retirement, but he was so out of shape that the Seahawks politely requested that he go back into it.
2. Jerry Rice: Steve Largent wasn't even the best receiver to play for the Seahawks. But the Jerry Rice that Seattle got in 2004 was so spent that he was about as nimble as Jeri Rice, the downtown Seattle clothing shop.
1. Franco Harris: The former Pittsburgh Steelers star barely had enough time for a cup of Seattle's Best Coffee. After just four games with the Seahawks, Harris went back into the immaculate retirement.
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