The comparison between birthday presents is quite striking this year. One present, which a friend of mine graciously got for me, was to have the Seahawks wish me happy birthday on the big screen during the Seahawks-Jets game on December…

ESPN’s current homepage says it all (Sporting News also recently had a front page article on this topic as well).

Let’s count the ways:

• Football - Seahawks (4-11, after being favored to win the division, and of course, us having season tickets), Huskies…

The Seattle Seahawks finally won a game yesterday (too bad my Lions can’t say the same); a  lot of the credit can likely go to their new practice facility in Renton that opened this year. Joelle and I were lucky enough…

Back in 1997, as I left school for the summer, I ended up with a pretty acute case of mono, which forced me to have a couple of stints in the hospital. During the first case, the Detroit Red Wings won…

Yeah, yeah the Division I men’s tournament is still going on (and my bracket is in shambles; that is what happens when you have both USC and Duke in your final four and they’ve already dropped out. My championship game is…