Date archive: June 2015

No offense to Zunino, but the Mariners need a catcher with some offense

TERRY MOSHER     MIKE ZUNINO I about exploded listening to a couple sports shock jocks on Seattle radio today when they started talking about the Mariners’ woes, in particular about one ...

Chrissie has left the building, and the world has one less Angel to show us how to love

TERRY MOSHER   CHRISTINE MARIE “Chrissie” Mosher There is so much love that goes unused that I find it worth sharing when somebody uses love as a weapon of choice without being ...

Will the real Russell Wilson please stand up

TERRY MOSHER RUSSELL WILSON   You might think it’s crazy and simply greedy that Russell Wilson is apparently arguing in negotiations with the Seahawks for a huge amount of guaranteed money. Seahawks ...

Thoughts on Chambers Bay’s greens, Tiger and that stupid flag flying over capital building in South Carolina

TERRY MOSHER   A couple things are on my mind. Well, actually a lot of things are on my mind. My mind works like a blender. There is always something new being ...

The Westport Chinook season can be challenging, but when things are right it’s fantastic

This was the fourth year of the early June hatchery Chinook season at Westport. For two weeks anglers are allowed to keep two hatchery Chinook per day before going to one per day ...

Four share the U.S. Open lead heading into the last round Sunday at Chambers Bay

JASON DAY     2015 U.S. Open Championship  Leaders after Satuday’s third round at Chambers Bay are Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Jason Day and Branden Grace, all with four-under scores of 206. ...

Spieth, Reed top U.S. Open after two rounds

JORDAN SPIETH 015 U.S. Open Championship Second Round Notes Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed tied for second round lead with five-under scores The winner of the last six major championships has led ...

It’s all in the family for the Knowles boys

LUCAS KNOWLES LOGAN KNOWLES   By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper   We probably should not have expected less from Logan and Lucas Knowles once their backgrounds were considered. Both are very ...

ESPN comes calling to hear my thoughts on A-Rod, but I resist

        TERRY MOSHER ALEX RODRIGUEZ Maybe its reverse karma that ESPN called me Thursday to see if I was interested in doing a 15-minute segment on Sports Center. The ...

Johnson and Stenson lead and Tiger stumbles badly in first round of U.S. Open at Chambers Bay

  DUSTIN JOHNSON 115th U.S. Open Chambers Bay, University Place First Round Scores Position Player Today Thru Total Rounds Total T1 STENSON, Henrik SWE -5 F -5 65 65 T1 JOHNSON, Dustin ...

While grown men hit a little ball with a stick, the world around us collapses in weirdness and ugliness

TERRY MOSHER   So while the multitudes gather along the shores of Puget Sound to watch grown men hit a little white ball and the Orcas invade coastal waters looking for food, ...

Is A-Rod being nice to polish his image among Hall of Fame voters?

TERRY MOSHER   ALEX RODRIGUEZ Just a thought: Is Alex Rodriguez deliberately being nice this baseball season to enhance his position with Hall of Fame voters? What do you think? My view ...

It’s about time we fought back against the ruling class in America

TERRY MOSHER BARACK OBAMA Maybe I must be dumb – stupid – because I believe we are put on this Earth to do some good. And there are many of us who ...

Who can tell if LeBron James is the best ever

                LEBRON JAMES TERRY MOSHER I know that LeBron James is considered by most, especially the young crowd, as the greatest basketball player to ever ...

Kitsap Pumas and Sounders U-23 stage battle of unbeatens Friday in Sumner

    By Julie Diefendorf MICHAEL  CHAMBERLAIN The Kitsap Pumas, who currently sit atop the highly touted Northwest Division of the Premier Development League (PDL) with a perfect record of 4-0-0, will ...

Paul Hill becomes interim president of Kitsap Alliance FC

Kitsap Alliance FC announced on its Website that it has a new interim president. Paul Hill, who was the soccer organization’s vice president, was appointed to the interim position upon the resignation ...

What is wrong with Mr. Cool and other Mariner hitters who can’t hit?

TERRY MOSHER   ROBINSON “MR. COOL” CANO Is there a curse against the Seattle Mariners, or what? This was supposed to be the baseball season where the Mariners would contend for a ...

Chamberlain again saves Pumas with late goal against the Gunners

  By Julie Diefendorf   BREMERTON – The Kitsap Pumas scored a 92nd minute game-winner against the Puget Sound Gunners in front of about 500 fans at Gordon Field in Silverdale on Sunday (May ...

Mariner hitters flirting with the Mendoza Line

CLAY MOYLE AND SON CALEB   MARIO MENDOZA It has occurred to me for many weeks now that whenever I glance at the Seattle Mariners box score their lineup often includes as ...