Time for Mariners to Waive Figgins
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Jerry Brewer, Seattle Times
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Steve Kelley, Seattle Times
Who Will Roll the Dice on Tannehill?
Clifton Brown, Sporting News
Humber's Perfect Numbers: 27 Up, 27 Down
Jon Paul Morosi, Fox Sports
The Mariners, for all their offensive fits and lack of hits, sure are good at one thing. Humanizing Yu Darvish. Some dude named Philip Humber can throw a perfect game against them....(full article)
You want to take something meaningful away from Andy Pettitte’s first time back on a major-league mound in a year and a half? Then you go right ahead. Go ahead and break do...(full article)
Unless you were inside the VMAC war room or inside Seahawks coach Pete Carroll's head, or some other place where you weren't invited on Thursday, you couldn't have seen this one ...(full article)
Ryan Tannehill’s draft night will be intriguing. So will his NFL career. Nobody near the top of the draft board is sparking debate like Tannehill, who made just 19 starts at...(full article)
For years, the description most closely associated with Philip Humber was “first-round bust.” Now and forever, his name will appear beside the most hallowed term in baseball: ...(full article)
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