Matt Calkins joined The Seattle Times in August 2015 as a sports columnist after three years at the San Diego Union Tribune. Never afraid to take a stand or go off the beaten path, Matt enjoys writing about the human condition every bit as much as walk-offs or buzzer-beaters. His mom reads the comments so take it easy on him.
Winning streaks happen in baseball. Laws of probability will say the Mariners will have one. But it's hard to believe when they haven't had back-to-back...
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It might not be a surprise to long-suffering Mariners fans accustomed to the team's failure to build off winning seasons — but it's still a...
By not taking a QB in the first 3 rounds of the NFL draft, the Seahawks could be setting themselves up to make their big...
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