This Week In Sports

Now that the Kansas City  Chiefs beat

the Philadelphia  Eagles  in the Super 

Bowl now we look at college basketball 

and baseball  over the next t couple 

months. There is spring football coming

soon for those who are desperate for

more football.  The XFL comes alive

again then there the UFL. 

This week  the Washington Huskies and

the Washington  State  Cougars are both

home against the Oregon  schools. Huskies 

play the Ducks on Wednesday  and  the Beavers

on Saturday  while the Cougars play Beavers

on Thursday and Ducks on Sunday. 

The Huskies  are currently  5-10 in Pac-12 

conference play and are in 10th place. The

Huskies have five games remaining including 

this week. They have to win all five to break

even which is unlikely.  With this disappointing 

season it is time to  move on from Coach Hopkins.

The Cougars are not having a great season either. 

They are tied with  Colorado at 6-9 and 7th place. 

The Cougars likely  won't  make  a  coaching change.

Players will be reporting  to  Mariners camp on Monday.

Workouts won't  start until Thursday  though players

will do some anyway.  The first training  camp game 

will be on Friday March 24 against the San Diego Padres.

The  stories this spring  will be interesting. The players

will want to take down the Astros.  Most experts figure

the Mariners will finish second place and be closer to

the Astros. The schedule will  be different as they won't 

play division foes as often  from 19 to 13. They now

will play against every team including all those in the

National League.  There will be teams like Cleveland 

they will play a few more times than the other American 

League teams outside their division. In the division they

play 52 games so 90 games for the remaining teams.

The Mariners  don't  have  a  lot of spots in the bullpen 

or on the bench. So the last spot on both will be interesting 

to see who gets them. The 5th man in the starting rotation 

be interesting  to. Marco Gonzales  is the favorite  with

some youngsters contending. Wonder whether Gonzales 

or Chris Flexen  be traded during camp. Gonzales being a

lefty could be valuable  for  another to pick up. Injuries 

could make a difference  what the roster will look like

to. Stay tuned. Go M's!