Online extras: Silvertips video, speech excerpts, controversial e-mails

Here’s a roundup of things you’ll find exclusively online from The Herald this week:

  • Video of the punch that knocked out the Silvertips’ Kyle Beach in Spokane. Can’t make out the punch? For another angle, try this video on YouTube.
  • Audio clips from NAACP chairman Julian Bond’s speech in Everett on Wednesday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
  • E-mails from former Everett mayor Ed Hansen to University of Washington President Mark Emmert about football coach Ty Willingham. The e-mails have prompted lots of letters to the editor after a column by Julie Muhlstein and an article in the sports section.
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