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Seattle Mariners rally from seven runs down to sweep Blue Jays, win, dance, and advance

Excerpt: In a game that will surely enter the annals of not only team but league history as one of the greatest comeback wins of all time, the Seattle Mariners prevailed 10-9 over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre to win the deciding game in a best of three wild card series, keeping their season going and setting up a second playoff series with their division rival, the Houston Astros. 
Published at:8:15 PM on Saturday, October 8th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Seattle Mariners end playoff drought, clinch postseason spot with walkoff win

Excerpt: The victory brought the longest ongoing drought in professional sports to an end in spectacular fashion, sending the very ready sold-out crowd at T-Mobile Park into a massive, raucous celebration. Mariners players donned October Rise shirts and caps and took a team photo out on the field as the display boards in the parks shimmered with the word "CLINCHED" repeated over and over.
Published at:10:33 PM on Friday, September 30th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Release The Kraken! Seattle’s NHL team gets a name at last, and it’s drawing attention

Excerpt: Through what Seattle NHL officials have called methodical process of elimination, the franchise settled on the mythical sea creature for the team name as opposed to alternatives like Sockeye, Steelhead, or Totems. 
Published at:2:37 PM on Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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MLS Cup returns to Cascadia as Seattle Sounders defeat Toronto FC at home

Excerpt: Our Sounders have done it again. They're champions for the second time in three years, having defeated Toronto to win the MLS Cup.
Published at:7:53 PM on Sunday, November 10th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Clippers owner Donald Sterling banned “for life” from the NBA, commissioner announces

Excerpt: Good­bye and good rid­dance, Don­ald Ster­ling: NBA Com­mis­sion­er Adam Sil­ver has banned Don­ald Ster­ling for life from any asso­ci­a­tion with the Clip­pers or the NBA, it was announced today at a press con­fer­ence in Manhattan. Com­mis­sion­er Sil­ver has also fined Mr. Ster­ling $2.5 mil­lion, the max­i­mum amount allowed under the NBA Constitution. The fine mon­ey […]
Published at:12:33 PM on Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Seattle Seahawks advance to Super Bowl, Pacific Northwest celebrates big playoff win

Excerpt: For only the sec­ond time in fran­chise his­to­ry, the Seat­tle Sea­hawks have found their way to the Super Bowl, the most watched sport­ing event in the world and the annu­al cham­pi­onship game of the Nation­al Foot­ball League. Seat­tle punched its tick­et by beat­ing its divi­sion rival, the San Fran­cis­co 49ers, for the sec­ond time this […]
Published at:8:20 PM on Sunday, January 19th, 2014
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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WOW! Félix Hernández pitches first perfect game in Mariners history at Safeco Field

Excerpt: All hail King Félix! The twen­ty-six year old Mariners pitch­ing phe­nom solid­i­fied his place in base­ball his­to­ry by becom­ing the first Seat­tle pitch­er to toss a per­fect game in front of 21,000+ cheer­ing fans on a sun­ny sum­mer day at Safe­co Field. The Mariners scored just one run against the Tam­pa Bay Rays, but that was […]
Published at:3:31 PM on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Good luck, Dad… go Mustangs!

Excerpt: We don’t usu­al­ly cov­er high school sports here on The Advo­cate, but I’d be remiss if I did­n’t men­tion that my alma mater’s cross coun­try team is com­pet­ing today in the State Cham­pi­onships, coached by my dad, Denis Villeneuve. The Red­mond Mus­tangs are mak­ing their nine­teenth trip to the state meet, but it’s the first […]
Published at:7:35 AM on Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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