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That freaking old guy (LeBron) keeps pushing the Lakers closer to NBA championship

TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN­‑ That old (bleep), LeBron James, is giving everything he’s got left as he surprisingly, leads the Los Angeles Lakers closer and closer to playing for ...

Kraken are crackin’, take a 2-1 lead over the Stars

  TERRY MOSHER TOP OF THE TOWN – You have to be excited about the Seattle Kraken, don’t you? I mean this is a second-year franchise that has battled into the second ...

It may not be perfect, but Seahawks come close in the NFL draft

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN – There is no such thing as a perfect world, but if there were the Seahawks entered it during the annual NFL draft. They ...

We humans are good at finding the loopholes, as the NFL salary cap proves

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN ‑  We humans are funny no matter what restrictions and laws and regulations we impose on ourselves, we always find the loopholes to get ...

A basketball player stomps on an opponent and that gets more media attention than kids being mowed down in schools

TERRY  MOSHER TOP OF THETOWN – A basketball player stomps on the stomach of an opponent and it fills up social media and sports shock jocks discuss it endlessly on network TV ...

Sports world was a little crazy lately

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN ‑ It is a crazy time in the sports world. We had Connecticut blow through the men’s Mad Madness like the tornadoes that have ...

Some sports shock jocks make millions yelling through the TV screen

TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN – I’m on the wrong side of the sports business. Many of these sports shock jocks you hear on radio and TV make upwards of ...

NFL salary cap is one strange thing

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN – I’ve said this before, but the salary cap in the NFL is strange. Teams have to leave room for additions to the roster, ...

I survived my dark years thanks to Hank Williams

TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN – I turned on American Routes, as I usually do when I write, and went to its archives until I found October, 2010 and Hank ...

Aaron Rodgers comes out of Oregon woods and the sports world is breathlessly waiting to hear what he has to say

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN – So Aaron Rodgers has come out of the Oregon Wilderness after two days (not the four days originally intended) and the sports world ...

Three major NFL quarterbacks on the move, where will they go?

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN ‑                There could be three major quarterback shifts in the NFL this off-season. So let’s look at them. Derek Carr, who Las Vegas ...

Except for UCLA, Arizona and USC, Pac-12 basketball is riddled with non-threats to power

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN ‑ Hey, I don’t like to say this, but when I look around at college basketball there is a night and day difference between ...

Blockbuster trades shake up the NBA

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN – Boy, has the NBA been given a huge jolt, especially in the West. All of a sudden, the shift in power has the ...

LeBron may be the scoring leader, but Wilt was the best

TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN ‑ LeBron James soon will be the all-time scorer in NBA history, and I don’t like it. LeBron is a good business man, a good ...

Storm loses the great Breanna Stewart to the Liberty

TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN ‑  The Seattle Storm’s Breanna Stewart rocked the region when she announced she would sign with the New York Liberty of the WNBA. It makes ...

Things I learned from last weekend’s NFL playoffs

TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN ‑  Things I learned from last weekend’s NFL playoffs: Don’t  ride with the Giants, Philadelphia is much better than so-called shock jocks on TV believe, ...

Huskies and Seahawks look to toughen up on defense

TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE TOWN ‑                 Our region’s two major football teams – Seahawks and Huskies – are bent on improving the defensive end of things this off-season. For ...

Brady and Rodgers should retire, and Geno shouldn’t be paid $35 million

  TERRY MOSHER   TOP OF THE OWN – Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers both should retire and Geno Smith deserves a raise, but not the $35 million a year I saw ...