A rundown of the top sports stories in today's Herald:
Bad start, good finish
For the Seahawks, Sunday's game began with a flood of turnovers and ended with a game-clinching one. Cornerback Josh Wilson picked off Detroit's Matthew Stafford with 22 seconds to play to secure Seattle's third win of the season. There were a number of bright spots in the win, including the play of linebacker David Hawthorne and QB Matt Hasselbeck, but The Closer wants to see this team to beat a team that doesn't have fans wearing paper bags over their heads.
Dynamo-a-go-go home
It's was more of the same as the Sounders FC battled Houston to a scoreless draw in regulation again Sunday, a week after doing the same in Seattle in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal. But this time Houston cashed in during the overtime, beating Seattle and sending the Sounders home for good. Fox Sports is replaying the game tomorrow, but The Closer would rather peel his fingernails with pliers before "rewatching" 90 minutes of scoreless soccer. Good luck, FSN.
A silver lining for the Purple and Gold
Herald writer Scott M. Johnson writes that even though the Washington Huskies football team has been mired in a 1-5 stretch, with a number of the losses being of the breaking-of-the-heart variety, there are a number of good things to take away from this season, including the maturation of a number of young pups and the experience the coaching staff has gained. Of course a large part of that silver lining could go walking out the door if these stupid NFL draftniks keep talking up Jake Locker.
WEEKEND REWIND
A look at the stories you missed while raking leaves in a driving rainstorm
Cardinal wins
The Stanford football team did what all Huskies and Trojans fans wished their teams could do: beat Oregon. Toby Gerhart ran for a school-record 223 yards in a 51-42 win over the Ducks Saturday that had fans smiling from Los Angeles to Seattle.
Praying for Best
Cal running back Jahvid Best was taken off the field on a stretcher after catapulting over a pair of Oregon State defenders on Saturday and landing hard on his head. Best was released from the hospital Sunday and will miss the remainder of the season. Golden Bears fans prepared for the ... worst. You knew it was coming.
BCS movement
Alabama leapfrogged Texas to No. 2 after beating LSU on Saturday and the TCU Horned Frogs moved up two spots to No. 4 in the BCS standings released Sunday. Basically if Texas wins out it'll earn a date with the SEC championship game winner in the National Championship game. And all the fans of mid-major teams will commense the pulling of their own hair and the picking up of their pitchforks.
Sunday's best
New Orleans and Indianapolis remained unbeaten with come-from-behind wins on Sunday and Tampa Bay joined the land of the winning with a victory over stumbling Green Bay. San Diego shocked the New York Giants with a last-second pass for a touchdown and the Arizona Cardinals destroyed the Chicago Bears and brought out the worst in one Bear in particular (see video below). All Seahawks fans can relate; they've wanted to take a swing at the back of a Cardinals helmet for some time now.
Cowboy up!
Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys took over first place in the NFC East with a stirring victory over the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday night. Poor Philly fans. First the Phillies lose to the Yankees in the World Series and now this. All The Closer can say is watch out Kris Kringle. It may be a car battery you get beaned with this year.
And the young men will lead them ...
Tyreke Evans scored 23 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Golden State Warriors Sunday night, improving to 3-4 on the season. The King of Snohomish County, i.e. Jon Brockman, collected three rebounds in five minutes of play. Hey Kings coach Paul Westphal, don't make me extrapolate that over an entire season again.
Browns want Big Show
Apparently the Cleveland Browns want Mike Holmgren to run their team. It's funny because a lot of Seahawks fans want the same thing.
CURVE BALLS
Governor Duds
Former Trail Blazer Chris Dudley is running for governor of the state of Oregon. Whoever is running against Dudley may want to contact Shaquille O'Neal and see if he can get some advice.
A parade down Identity Theft Street
During Friday's parade to celebrate the Yankees' 27th World Series championship, confetti rained down on spectators out to cheer on the glory that is A-Rod and Derek Jeter. Well, confetti and a bit more. Apparently when office workers in the surrounding building ran out of confetti, they started showering the streets with confidential documents. Because nothing says Yankees championship like stealing money.
THE RUNDOWN
There's a number of low-post threats that The Closer would love to see dunk on the ninnies in Olympia, but here's his list of the top five former Seattle athletes he'd like to see running this ship.
1. Jay Buhner. Governor Bone has a nice ring to it.
2. Shawn Kemp. No Child Left Behind would undoubtedly be his top priority once in office.
3. Gary Payton. If he didn't run as Kemp's "assist"ant, The Glove would assuredly steal the election
4. Brian Bosworth. The Boz would make sure that the sciences were well funded.
5. Steve Largent. This could actually happen (Dave Krieg of course as special council).
|Contact Us
|Advertiser Services
|Home Delivery
|Newsstand Locations
|Classifieds
|Feedback
|About the Company
|Work@the Herald
|Site Map