Washington Sports

Yakima will be full of true 12th Man spirit this Sunday (May 29), when Seattle Seahawks tackle Justin Britt will be in town to help put on a football camp for kids. He is also doing a meet-and-greet with the public at the River Road McDonald's. He'll be at the restaurant, 3907 River Road, from 4:30-6 p.m. I cannot wait!

SEATTLE (AP) Seattle's City Council has voted not to vacate a stretch of road where an investor hopes to eventually build an arena that could house an NBA and NHL team. The council on Monday chose not to give up a small section of Occidental Avenue South in the city's Sodo District, throwing a wrench in Chris Hansen's arena project by a 5-4 vote...

HOUSTON (AP) — Chad Marshall scored in the 94th minute to give the Seattle Sounders a 1-1 tie with the Houston Dynamo on Sunday. Marshall buried the finish from a behind the 6-yard box after Oalex Anderson's cross deflected off goalkeeper Joe Willis and defender Raul Rodriguez...

Gonzaga is part of the NCAA Tournament field for the 18th straight season, this time by winning the West Coast Conference tournament. And it was clear from the decisions of the NCAA committee on Sunday that the Bulldogs may have seen their streak end if they had lost the WCC tourney final...

Having spent significant time in Seattle and living here I've come to a conclusion... there are more Seahawks fans in Yakima per capita than there are in Seattle. Fans here are so crazy they can't seem to find enough cool merchandise with logos that they have to make their own...

The regular tenants for six months out of the year at Seattle's Safeco Field, Major League Baseball's Mariners, have rarely let the ballpark be used for anything other than, well, baseball. That is going to change later this spring when the diamond is replaced by a rock-and-roll stage.

Like most Seattle Seahawks fans today, I woke up this morning hoping that TODAY was game day and yesterday's 31-24 loss to the Carolina Panthers was just a bad dream. Checks calendar. Nope. Damn. To make it worse, QB Cam Newton rubbed a little salt in the wound of the 12s...

SEATTLE (AP) — After making a habit of giving Russell Wilson fits in St. Louis, the Rams ended a decade-long drought in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time since the 2004 playoffs, the Rams left Seattle on Sunday as winners. "We've come up here the last three years and we've come up short...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Washington State's defense saved the Cougars in the snowy Sun Bowl. The pass-happy Cougars led 20-7 after three quarters, then were shut out in the second half and had to rely on the defense to hold off Miami 20-14 on Saturday...

DALLAS (AP) — Chris Petersen's young Washington team grew up late this season, closing with a victory Saturday in the Heart of Dallas Bowl for a winning record. Myles Gaskin broke a third-quarter tie with an 86-yard run and finished with a season-high 181 yards and four touchdowns to help Washington beat Southern Mississippi 44-31 at the Cotton Bowl...