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A Christmas tale from 1952 that signaled the end of the light and took me into darkness

TERRY MOSHER Before I married and before my dark years began, I had my really last good Christmas. That would have been 1952 when our family was still intact, although starting to ...

Could Seahawks lose to 49ers on Sunday? Yes, it’s very possible

TERRY MOSHER   I know I’m in dangerous waters here, but I really believe the San Francisco 49ers are going to beat the Seattle Seahawks Sunday in Santa Clara. So boo me, ...

It’s been an exciting time for regional sports this year, and it’s not done yet.

TERRY MOSHER We are in a good place when it comes to our regional sports. The Seahawks are inching closer to making the playoffs with four regular season games left and very ...

Trader Jerry is close to making Trader Lane look like a piker

TERRY MOSHER Our cat made do this. Sorry. But I don’t get Seattle Mariners’ general manager Jerry Dipoto trading off key pieces of the team’s roster. What is going on? Dipoto has ...

Why is it that houses get names?

TERRY MOSHER I didn’t know whether to smile or to be sarcastic when I discovered that homes in my hometown village of Portville had names. That information came to me via Sharon ...

Washington is No. 1, but has a tough task ahead in Utah in the Pac-12 championship game

TERRY MOSHER   Mosher’s Pac-12 football poll   Washington Washington State Utah California Oregon Stanford Arizona State Arizona USC UCLA Oregon State Colorado   It took most of the season, but Washington ...

How many times do we have to sit through another Mariners’ retool?

TERRY MOSHER   JAMES PAXTON I’m tired of the wacky-whack ways the Seattle Mariners can change course so often. Make up my mind. You are building a contender or not? Make up ...

Surprising Cougars are no surprise anymore, and expect them to whip Huskies in Apple Cup

TERRY MOSHER   GARDNER MINSHEW II   Mosher’s Pac-12 Football Poll:   Washington State Washington Utah California Oregon Arizona State Stanford UCLA USC Oregon State Arizona Colorado   It’s been a crazy ...

Pac-12 football is a bit crazy this year with rise of the Cougars, the Bears and the Utes

TERRY MOSHER Mosher’s Pac-12 football poll for November 11, 2018   Washington State California Washington Utah Stanford Oregon Arizona State USC Arizona Oregon State UCLA Colorado   This is a crazy conference ...

Cougars hang on to No. 1 in Pac-12 poll

TERRY MOSHER   Mosher’s Pac-12 football poll Washington State. Oregon Washington Stanford USC ASU California Utah Arizona Oregon State Colorado UCLA   Any given Saturday is truer this football season than any ...

Earl Thomas would have been better off if he would have just shut up, but his emotions got the better of him

TERRY MOSHER   EARL THOMAS I find it kind of amusing that we aren’t talking much at all now about Earl Thomas. Well, maybe amusing isn’t the right word. Maybe I should ...

Battle the rise of white nationalism with a Blue vote

TERRY MOSHER There is alarming danger in the rise of white nationalism under the current President. It’s a turn–back-the-clock to our past, which was a time when the larger world was still ...

Crazy week in the Pac-12 sends Dawgs, Ducks, Buffs and Trojans down to stunning defeats

TERRY MOSHER   Mosher’s Pac-12 football poll:   Washington State Utah Stanford Arizona State USC California Washington Arizona Oregon Oregon State Colorado UCLA It was a crazy week in college football, especially ...

Boston’s Porcello, Dodgers’ Muncy have roots back to my home town

  TERRY MOSHER   MAX MUNCY This is hard for me to believe. It’s almost like too good to be true, except it is. What I’m talking about here is that my ...

Mosher Pac-12 football poll: Minshew leads the Cougars to the top

TERRY MOSHER My Pac-12 Poll for football: Washington State. Washington Oregon Utah Stanford USC Colorado Arizona State UCLA California Arizona Oregon State GARDNER MINSHEW II Winners of games this week are pretty ...

Can Washington slow down Oregon’s Justin Herbert?

TERRY MOSHER   JUSTIN HERBERT Washington football started the season as one of the favorites to make the college playoff system. I have learned over nearly 50 years writing sports to be ...

One more round, simpler sports times, Roy Rogers and Trigger and Old Hoss

  TERRY MOSHER ROY ROGERS AND TRIGGER Hank Thompson had a great voice, deep baritone and lyrics to his country songs were so smooth, almost like the beer he drank.    “Hey, ...

Mariners go from contender to pretender and the Seahawks show their rebuilt status

TERRY MOSHER It’s been a downer so far for Seattle’s two major sports teams. The Mariners got off to a hot start to the 2018 baseball season and actually held the lead ...