Liberal Talk Radio

With the Sonics’ potential move to Renton showing signs of life, I got to thinking: what about the Tacoma Dome? The venerable Dome has been hosting lots of arena shows that are a little too,um, blue-collar for Seattle, from Justin Timberlake to monster truck rallies to RV shows.
It’s been clear for a while [...]

Ah, Pravda.
In an article discussing the record-setting deal sending U.S. international goal keeper Tim Howard from Manchester United to Everton, CNN erroneously posts a picture of former U.S. keeper (and Washington State native) Kasey Keller.

Sad … but at least they’re covering the story.

On yesterday’s podcast, I talked about the pending transfer of American soccer star Oguchi Onyewu to French team Olympic Marseilles.  I pointed out that in Marseilles “Gooch” would be playing in front of fans composed largely of Arab and other African immigrants to France (native French are generally nonplussed by soccer, so in France it [...]

Enjoy watching the NFL? Better prepare yourself for lots of unavailable games, or for an increase to your cable prices.
For the first time this year, the NFL’s fledgling, eponymous network will offer a selection of live games in prime time on Thursday nights. The problem? Less than half of America’s cable systems [...]

After the overwhelming passage of Initiative 91, you might think Seattle is not much of a sports town. That may be true, but don’t make up your mind until you’ve red this Sherman Alexie article on the Sonics. It’s funny, poignant, and incredibly well-written.
I’d quote it, but no one excerpt does it [...]

Well, folks… you may not have known this, but the Prof and I were this close to having our two teams, the Mets and the Tigers, face off in the World Series. Alas, the Tigers held up their end of the bargain, but the Mets sucked it up big time tonight, stranding more men [...]

God came down decisively on the side of the New York Mets tonight, sending enough rain to St. Louis to cancel game 5 of the NLCS and finally putting to rest any questions about His loyalties in the World Series. The soon-to-be World Champion Mets’ key starter, Tommy Glavine, will get an extra day of [...]

They’ve clinched the N.L. East for the first time since ‘88. Boo-yah!
A few weeks after I arrived in Seattle from my hometown of New York, the Mets and Yankees faced off in the 2000 subway series. I watched the games from a bar stool at the Summit Pub near my friend Dave’s apartment [...]

The P-I is reporting that Bellevue uber-developer Kemper Freeman is still optimistic about getting the team, just sold to Oklahoma owners, to move across the lake to Bellevue. Why?
The new owners’ lead negotiator, G. Edward Evans, told Freeman in a phone conversation Wednesday that the Puget Sound market offered better profit potential than Oklahoma [...]

Here’s a story about some Italians being racist. I know, I know. You’re shocked, right?
I know this crap still goes on in Germany (and the U.S., and the Netherlands, and …), too, but I sort of feel like the Germans were at least forced to confront their past and their attitudes about this [...]