Seahawks Expected Two Big Signings

Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Devon

Whitherspoon are expected to

sign two the largest contracts 

in NFL history. 

Both players had great seasons

going into the fifth year of their 

rookie contracts. Doesn't hurt

that both were instrumental in

getting the Seahawks to win

the Super Bowl. 

Smith-Njigba was  NFL offensive 

player of the year. He is expected 

to sign a four year deal over $168

million. Whitherspoon is expected 

to be a three year deal around 

$86 million.  Both will be after

their fifth year is concluded. 

A question will the Seahawks sign

another running back or wait and

draft one. Stay tuned. 

Mariners Win Sunday Night

The Mariners beat the Chicago 

White Sox 4-2 Sunday night. 

Nothing official yet however Mitch

Garver hit a home run in his  first

at bat of the night and then drove 

in the second run as well the word

is that he has made the ball club

as the backup catcher. 

No one was really impressive 

as far as hitting the ball among

the candidates. Being familiar 

with the pitching staff likely 

made the difference. You have

go figure that Garver will play

once a week at catcher. If he 

does bring along his offense 

than we could see him behind

the plate twice a week at times.

The Mariners are hoping to get

Cal some relief behind the plate

and things work out will make 

the difference.

The first couple weeks at least

the Mariners will have a couple 

days off so that gives Cal some

rest. 

Bryan Woo started Sunday night

and he went six innings. He gave 

up  three hits including a double 

that  scored a run. He walked zero 

and  struck out four. If he pitches 

this way much of the season he

will win a lot of games.  

Andre Munoz came in the 7th

and gave up no hits or runs.

He did walk a batter and struck

out one too.  Luis Castillo will

start Monday afternoon in the

final spring game. Thursday 

will be the season opener at

home against the Cleveland 

Guardians. 

We will see whether shortstop 

JP Crawford will be on the

opening roster and the same 

goes for starting pitcher Bryce

Miller. If Miller does start the

season he won't have to pitch

for a week from tomorrow.

We will give you the details on

 both and who will take both

players spot if they go on the

injured list.  Go M'S. 

The Washington Huskies Men's Basketball 2025-26

The recent season of the Washington Huskies was a difficult one.  I am sure everyone 

in the program wanted more success than

what happened. 

The Huskies were riddled with injuries 

and they played in the tough Big Ten

Conference.  The conference ended up 

with nine teams going to the NCAA tournament. Michigan who won the

regular season was a number one 

seed in the tournament. Nebraska was

the unsung team in the conference 

now going to the sweet sixteen. They

had never won a game in the tournament 

in the history of their program. 

German born freshman Hannes Steinbach 

led the Huskies in scoring and rebounding.

Without him the Huskies would have had

less wins. The Huskies had conference 

record of 7-13 tied with USC for 12th 

place. The Huskies actually beat USC

twice in the regular season and again 

in the Big Ten Tournament. They lost

to Wisconsin who made the  NCAA tournament however only by three points

in the  Big Ten Tournament. 

When the Big Ten Tournament happened 

the Huskies had only seven healthy  scholarship players.  The Huskies likely 

lose Steinbach to the NBA and Quimari Peterson who is a senior.  Peterson 

started the season coming off the bench 

however with injuries he had to go into 

the starting lineup. Both of these guys

the Huskies will have to look into the

transfer portal to replace.

Zoom Diallo and Wesley Yates are

the two next important players next

to Steinbach. They both will be juniors

next season so they likely take another

step forward.  

My grade for the Huskies would be 

incomplete since injuries were not 

allowed to see how good the team was.

In the months ahead we will hear 

about at least two new new players 

coming in for significant playing 

times and a freshman or two as

well. Go Dawgs!

Cubs Beat the Mariners Saturday Night

The Cubs beat the Mariners 7-1.

George Kirby started and pitched

well. Likely he will pitch game 

two the regular season.

Kirby went five and one-third 

innings give up six hits and one

run in the first inning. Gabe Speier 

came in and struggled giving up

three runs on four hits including

a home run. Eduardo Bazardo 

pitched the seventh inning giving

up one hit and no runs. It was

minor leaguers who went the 

rest of the way.

News came out Saturday that

Colt Emerson is being sent

down  to start the season with

triple A Tacoma. At some 

some point of the season we

will see Emerson in a Mariners 

uniform. 

It will be interesting what other 

moved will be made. Will JP

start the season of go on the 

injury list. The Mariners likely

go with five infielders and

six outfielders/db. Go M's. 

Gonzaga's Season Ends

Texas who upset BYU on Thursday 

has now beaten the Zags 74-68.

The game was close all the way.

Texas now goes to the Sweet Sixteen.

The Zags were hoping to go to

the final four at least however Texas 

been hot recently. Had the Zags had

Braden Huff it might have been 

another story.

Graham Ike a seniored the Zags with

25 points making 10 of 22 from the

field. Texas did a good job on him

where he had only three rebounds.

Jalen Warley was the only other 

one to score in double figures. 

with ten points. 

Braden Huff will be a senior next

season and the main big man. 

The Zags will have to find another

one. They are good with returnees 

at guards however the front court

will need help. 

We will see in the months ahead 

who comes to the Zags. 

Mariners Crush Guardians

Friday night the Mariners best offense 

output of spring training against the

Cleveland Guardians who they open

against next Thursday of the regular 

season  winning 20-8.

The Guardians scored first with two

runs in the first inning. Jose Ramirez 

hit a two run homer off of minor 

league starter Gabe Mosser.  

The Mariners had ten runs scored in

the second inning beginning with

a home run by Cole Young.  Brendan 

Donovan hit a double scoring two 

more runs. Dominic Canzone who 

return from WBC playing for Italy 

hit a grand slam as well in the 

second inning.

At this moment we are not sure 

that JP Crawford will start the

season so the Mariners started 

Cole Young at shortstop and Leo

Rivas at second base. Young

had a great game hitting a double

and a second home run.  Young

and Canzone each had five this.

Young also scored four times.

The likelihood is if JP doesn't 

start the season Rivas would be

at short and Young at second but

the Mariners wanted to see how

Young look at short too.

Victor Robles who had struggled 

at the plate during spring had 

four hits including a home run

and driving in four runs. Julio

had three hits including a home

run.  Every player who started 

had at least one hit in the game.

The Mariners used four relievers 

who likely will be in the bullpen.

With three games left in spring

training they may get one more

appearance.  The last game will

be on Monday against the Padres

in Peoria. The game will start at

12:10 pm then the M's will fly

to Seattle.   

It was announced that  Logan 

Gilbert will start the opener 

on Thursday. The Mariners 

play Saturday night  against

the Chicago Cubs. It is a night

game because it is hot weather 

in the Phoenix Arizona area. 

Not known yet who will start 

the game though likely the

one who will follow Gilbert. 

By the way Gilbert did pitch 

on Friday in another game.

The Mariners didn't want to

see him against the Guardians 

in his final tuneup. Go M's. 

Look At the Washington State Cougars Men's Basketball

This last season for the Cougars wasn't 

a good one on men basketball. They

ended up with placing eighth in the

West Coast Conference with a record

of 7-11 and an overall 12-20 record. 

The worst was they had a 1-11 record 

on the road.

Next season the Cougars will be joined

up in the new Pac-12. Gonzaga should

be favored to win. News  came out that 

the Cougars have one of the worst 

budgets in the conference for men's 

basketball. I expect much of the athletic 

program budgets go to the football 

team. 

The world of NIL and the transfer portal 

it will be interesting to see how the 
Cougars end up doing.  Most of the

teams are coming over from the

Mountain West. Generally they do well

in college basketball so hopefully can

be a competitive conference with the

Cougars included. 

We will see over the months ahead 

who returns to the Cougars and who

makes up their squad. Go Cougs!