Seattle, Washington always has been a city with a rich sports tradition whether at the high school, college, or professional level. In a town best known as The Kid’s playground after Ken Griffey Jr. during his stint in Seattle from 1989 to 1999, where he captured an MVP award in 19 97. Other athletes that…
Matt Hasselbeck began his tenure with the Seattle Seahawks back in 2001. He would spend nine seasons in the Emerald City as the man under center even helped lead the franchise to its first Superbowl in 2005. Unfortunately, for Hasselbeck and the Seahawks, they came up a little short against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super…
This past summer the Milwaukee Bucks were in search of a new head coach after letting newly inducted Hall of Famer Jason Kidd go. The Bucks would ultimately decide to hire Mike Budenholzer, but before they made their decision. They announced that Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon was among the candidates they would be bringing in for…
On January 20th, 2015, Jenny Boucek returned to Seattle Storm as their head coach after nine seasons. During her first go around with the franchise, she helped the team win their first championship as a part of Anne Donovan’s coaching staff in 2004 against the Connecticut Sun. In 2006, Boucek decided to step away from the team…
The Seattle SuperSonics made their debut in the NBA‘s Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions in 1967. Los Angeles based businessman Sam Schulman and Eugene V. Klein headed a group of minority partners was awarded the NBA franchise. Sam Schulman was heavily involved with them as he served as team president and head of operations. He would run the…
This past summer, the NBA returned to Seattle for the first time in ten years. Seattle hosted a preseason game between the Golden State and Sacramento Kings at Key Arena, where the Seattle Supersonics used to call home. This game was very significant to Seattle because they drafted Warriors All-Star Kevin Durant with the second…
Three-time WNBA champion and the league’s all-time assist leader Sue Bird was introduced Friday as a basketball operations associate with Denver Nuggets. Bird was not looking to get into NBA management when Nuggets president of basketball operations, Tim Connelly, reached out this fall, which she stated was a “perfect match” that aligned with her future goals.…
We are a day away from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony on September 7th. The celebration will feature the class of 18, which will include Ray Allen, Grant Hill, Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Mo Cheeks, Tina Thompson, and Katie Smith to name a few. Former Seattle Storm teammates Katie Smith and Tina…
Diana Taurasi is one of the most decorated basketball players in the history of the game male or female. The White Mamba a nickname given to her by NBA legend Kobe Bryant is a scoring machine. She is currently the All-time Leading Scorer (8082) and three-pointers (1028) made in WNBA HIstory. Other awards that she collected over…
Maya Moore Takes Home Her Second Consecutive All-Star MVP Trophy On Saturday afternoon the city of Seattle hosted its very first WNBA- All Star Game, which put the spotlight on the Seattle Storms two All-Stars Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart. During the game 10 time, All-Star and Future First Ballot Famer Sue Bird set the record for…