Art Thiel

If 10 consecutive seasons of 200-plus hits means anything, Ichiro found a balance better than anyone. Ichiro was a master of himself. That allowed him to find balance, persistence and endurance to be so good for so long.

Offensive-line failures in pass protection and the run game rippled through everything all season, compromising the skill-positions players' above-average talent.

Dimes, beers and beans are not the coins of this realm. Especially after the news of last week.

The Seahawks owe a debt of gratitude to the New York Yankees. In the fifth inning of game five of the World Series last month, the most fabled team...

For Fisch to follow a non-competitive conference loss with the suggestion that UW's financial position is somehow complicit is outlandish. Does that condition help explain how UW lost the Apple Cup to a Washington State program that was orphaned after the Pac-12's demise?

After the game, Geno Smith demonstrated a keener eye for the arched brows of reporters than the alignments of 49ers' defensive backs. "How many games we lose today?" the Seahawks...

Let's reduce the mystery to an analogy many Seattle-area shoppers can understand: The Mariners are trying to make a tasty meal exclusively from the free-sample stations at Costco. Lingering around the chicken-mint ice cream wagon does not make a worthy dinner.

The Huskies had the easier task. The Cougars Saturday established that they are making better progress.

In terms of pressure on a leader to fix wayward local institutions such as Boeing, Seattle Police or the Mariners, Mike Macdonald was down the list a bit. Then...

The Seahawks under new coach Mike Macdonald open Sunday at home against the Denver Broncos, aka the Russell Wilson Survivors Bowl. Participants are expected to share stories and photos and show scars. The more dramatic story is over at Montlake, where the Huskies opened Saturday with a 35-3 thumping of Weber State of the Big Sky Conference.