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Category: Sports

Don’t look now, but the Seattle Mariners are on top of the American League West

April 25th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

The Seattle Mariners notched their tenth win of the season tonight, having won eight of their last eleven games. They now lead the American League

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Wordmark of the St. Louis Rams

NFL owners decide Rams will return to Los Angeles, leaving St. Louis in the lurch

January 12th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

The City of St. Louis no longer has a professional gridiron franchise following the National Football League’s decision to approve the Rams’ bid to relocate

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Hisashi Iwakuma

Mariners re-sign Hisashi Iwakuma to a one-year contract with vesting options for 2017 and 2018

December 17th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

We said from the start that Kuma was a priority for us… Obviously, the developments from the last few days allowed us to get back

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Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Matt Stonie beats Joey Chestnut to win 2015 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

July 4th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays, Sports

If you like watching men stuff hot dogs into their mouths, this is the video for you! William Foster: “Matt “Megatoad” Stonie upset eight-time defending

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Seattle Sounders FC v Toronto FC, 4/30/2011

The myth that America doesn’t like soccer

June 1st, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Announcements, Sports, Unscheduled Programming

The Seattle Sounders, America’s most-watched team, attracts larger crowds for home games than Everton, Tottenham, Aston Villa or even Chelsea.The strength of the game in

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FIFA charges instantly earn Loretta Lynch global recognition

May 29th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Sports, World Community

It was interesting, from this side, that there’s a woman calling the shots for the U.S., and a black woman at that. In particular, going

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Baseball player

Cruisin! How a Mariners fan learned to love Nelson Cruz

April 19th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

Hated Texas Ranger to Player I’m glad we didn’t sign last year to Player I’m annoyed we overpaid for this year to Player I’m reconciled

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With three NFL teams and two stadiums at play for L.A., here are nine possible outcomes

April 9th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports

With three NFL teams and two stadiums at play for L.A., here are nine possible outcomes The Los Angeles Times reviews the National Football League’s

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After Kentucky’s loss, fires, fights and arrests on State Street

April 4th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning, Sports, Unscheduled Programming

After Kentucky’s loss, fires, fights and arrests on State Street Some University of Kentucky fans are taking the team’s Final Four loss to Wisconsin pretty

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Baseball player

ESPN commentators pick Mariners and Dodgers for 2015 World Series

April 4th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports

ESPN commentators pick Mariners and Dodgers for 2015 World Series ESPN’s Adnan Virk and Doug Glanville explain why they believe we may see a World

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Congratulations, Gonzaga!

March 27th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

Big congratulations are in order to tonight Gonzaga University’s men’s basketball team, which defeated UCLA 74-62 to reach the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament

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Marshawn Lynch of Seattle Seahawks offers statement to media, but still doesn’t answer questions

January 30th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

I don’t know what story y’all trying to get out of me. I don’t know what image y’all trying to portray of me. But it

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Dave Boling: Seahawks rally shows historic competitiveness

January 19th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

There was only one way that was appropriate for this group to win the game in overtime, only one set of circumstances that could capture

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Forty-ninth Super Bowl will pit an NFL dynasty against league’s defending champs

January 18th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

When the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Green Bay Packers in an overtime thriller to punch their ticket to Super Bowl XLIX, they knew they would

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Carroll: “I was only thinking about finding a way to get back”

January 18th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

I was only thinking about finding a way to get back. — Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, speaking after his team defeated the Green Bay

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Congratulations, Seahawks!

January 10th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

The Seattle Seahawks have done it again, beating the Carolina Panthers 31-17 in convincing fashion to win their eighth straight playoff game and earn a

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Newest NFL-in-L.A. story would be groundbreaking, if ground was broken

January 5th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning, Sports

Show us the football. Show us that an existing NFL team will actually jump through all the flaming hoops to move here. Numerous teams have

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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell: NFL doesn’t deserve tax-exempt status

December 2nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Sports, World Community

My constituents are just flabbergasted that the NFL continues to enjoy a tax exempt status… On these issues of having a hateful name for a

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49ers CEO Jerry York apologizes to fans in wake of team’s awful performance

November 28th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

When you make [Richard] Sherman a happy man, you have failed in the worst way… Sherman had more fun Thursday night, by official measurement, than

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Royals head to World Series after sweeping Orioles in ALCS

October 15th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Sports

Royals head to World Series after sweeping Orioles in ALCS The Kansas City Royals have done something remarkable: They have won eleven straight games –

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Royals’ manager: We can hit home runs, we don’t live and die by them

October 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

Well, we can hit home runs… We don’t live and die by them. We have other things that we can use to help us win

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