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The Seattle Mariners have been shuffling the deck, but it looks like they’ll keep their ace.

On the eve of exchanging salary figures for arbitration, right-hander Felix Hernandez has agreed to a multiyear contract with the team, pending a physical, a source with direct knowledge of the talks told ESPN.com’s Keith Law on Monday.

If the final parts of the negotiations continue as expected, Hernandez will sign a five-year deal in the neighborhood of $80 million, sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney.

Hernandez made a case for a big payday with a 19-5 record and a 2.46 ERA in 2009. He had earned $3.8 million in his first year of arbitration eligibility.

Click here to read the full article – By of ESPN.com

Pete Carroll pumped his fist. He talked excitedly and forcefully. He chopped the air with his hands, commanding his new audience.

Even though he had stepped back up into the NFL, he was still in charge — which is exactly why he’s in Seattle now instead of Southern California.


The charismatic Carroll took over as the new coach and executive vice president of the Seahawks on Tuesday, enthusiastically seizing an authority that he says mirrors the latitude USC gave him to restore its dynasty.

“They have embraced my approach … in a manner in which they want to wipe the path clear and give me the clearest opportunity to bring everything that I have to offer. That’s really what I was looking for, the trust and belief from the top of the organization,” Carroll said a day after his public farewell from USC.

“They don’t have an agenda of how they want their football played. They want me to do that. That’s exactly and precisely what I was looking for.”


Click here to read the full article – By of ESPN.com

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Hawaii center Douglas Kurtz must sit out the Rainbow Warriors’ first six games because he played three games in a professional league in his native Brazil in 2007.


Coach Bob Nash said on Wednesday that he decided against appealing the NCAA ruling so that Kurtz and the rest of the team won’t have to deal with the uncertainty of his status.

The 7-footer transferred to Hawaii from Marshalltown Community College in Iowa.

Hawaii opens its season Friday at its own Rainbow Classic against Southern Utah. Kurtz will be eligible to play for the Warriors against Lamar on Dec. 6.


Click here to read the full article – By Associated Press of ESPN.com

Andre Miller scored 21 points, and LaMarcus Aldridge and Travis Outlaw each had 19 as Portland built a big first-half lead and beat Minnesota 116-93 Sunday night.


Miller, acquired last summer by Portland, scored 12 points during the third quarter. Aldridge, who had only 12 free throw attempts during the Trail Blazers’ first six games, was 9-for-9, and also grabbed 10 rebounds. Outlaw scored 12 of his 19 points during the second half.

Portland (4-3) won its second consecutive game and moved to within a game of first-place Denver in the Pacific Division. Minnesota (1-6) dropped its sixth consecutive game. The Timberwolves have lost nine straight games to the Blazers, and eight consecutive in Portland.


Click here to read the full article – By Associated Press of wgntv.com

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By any standard, Chip Kelly’s rise to a national darling has been accomplished with racehorse speed. Just three years ago, he was the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire, not exactly a typical laboratory for high-tech football.

The Wildcats didn’t have a fullback one year, so he conjured up his version of the spread offense. That decision and the precision that Kelly attaches to his coaching landed him in the Pac-10 catbird’s seat.

Hired as offensive coordinator by Oregon coach Mike Bellotti in 2007, Kelly instantly created a vaunted, chain-moving option attack. The Ducks’ quest for a national championship was scuttled that year when quarterback Dennis Dixon blew out his knee, but they’re back in the national picture now in Kelly’s first year as head coach.


Click here to read the full article – By Tom FitzGerald of San Francisco Chronicle

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Battered with broken ribs and humbled by a 2-4 start, Matt Hasselbeck sure could use some good news right now.

This season has been so ragged for the Seahawks, the quarterback nodded and joked of last weekend’s bye: “That’s a good matchup for us.”

Hasselbeck went to the Pro Bowl three times and the Super Bowl once with Bobby Engram as his wide receiver for most of this decade. They spent summer vacations together in Central Washington working out as their families played.

Then Engram left for Kansas City in free agency last spring.


Click here to read the full article – By The Associated Press of oregonlive.com

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Brandon Roy scored 22 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 113-93 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night in the final preseason game for both teams.


LaMarcus Aldridge, whose 5-year contract extension was announced earlier in the day, and Travis Outlaw both added 17 points for the Trail Blazers (4-4).

Steve Nash paced Phoenix (4-4) with 14 points and seven assists while Amare Stoudemire and reserve Jared Dudley both added 13 points.

Nash, who grew up in Victoria, drew the loudest cheers from the crowd of 19,700, many of whom wore Suns jerseys. He tossed an autographed shoe into the crowd when the game was out of reach in the fourth quarter.

Click here to read the full article – By The Associated Press of The Washington Post

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Seahawks have seven first downs, rush for franchise record-low 14 yards

One week after a near-flawless offensive display, the Seattle Seahawks were historic in their haplessness.

In Sunday’s 27-3 loss to the Arizona Cardinals at Qwest Field, the Seahawks managed a mere 14 rushing yards. It was the lowest single-game rushing total in the team’s 34-year history.

Seattle had just 128 yards of total offense, and 42 of those yards came on one play — a fake-punt pass completion from punter Jon Ryan to tight end John Carlson. The 128 yards matched the seventh-lowest total in franchise history.

The Seahawks finished with seven first downs, tying for the sixth fewest in team history. And Seattle failed to get a rushing first down, the fourth time that has ever happened.

All this offensive futility came one week after the Seahawks routed Jacksonville 41-0 with 379 yards of offense. On that day, Seattle looked like a probable contender in the NFC West.

On Sunday, the Seahawks simply looked feeble, particularly on offense.

Click here to read the full article – By Rich Myhre of Heraldnet.com

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Woke up Sunday never expecting to see the Angels on television right after sunrise services, or these unexpected college football story lines:


Oregon is 3-0 and leading the Pacific 10 Conference. That’s right, the program you switched off after LeGarrette Blount’s punch the Thursday before Labor Day has won five consecutive games and suddenly controls its fate in the race for at least one of this year’s Rose Bowls.

The Ducks came to Los Angeles without their starting quarterback and two starting cornerbacks and dumped UCLA’s Bruins, 24-10. Oregon is more resilient than Flubber, yet the Ducks get no bounce? USC, which had a bye, moved up one spot to No. 6 Sunday in the Associated Press rankings. Oregon stayed stuck on No. 13.


Click here to read the full article – By Chris Dufresne of Los Angeles Times

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