Art Thiel

The Sounders celebrated the retirement of Portland nemesis Roger Levesque with a Golden Scarf Sunday night at the Clink. Drew Sellers, Sportspress Northwest

David Stern, commission of the National Basketball Association

Higashi Iwakuma pitches in Tokyo for the Mariners.

Safeco Field: Mariners will be back next year.

This is coach Pete Carroll's first Super Bowl.

Many of the state's tax and trust challenges date back to the tax package for the construction of Safeco Field.

Site of the proposed new arena in SoDo. First Avenue South is the western boundary; the Safeco Field garage is to the north.

The Sounders celebrated the retirement of Portland nemesis Roger Levesque with a Golden Scarf Sunday night at the Clink. Drew Sellers, Sportspress Northwest

Crosscut contributor and Sportspress Northwest co-founder Art Thiel