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Triple Crown Turning Point: Seattle Slew, a Great Horse with Humble Beginnings
In a plain brown wrapper, the yearling colt did not leave the same impression that struck those closest to Secretariat when he was that age. With a fair pedigree and a front leg that toed out, he did not pass muster with one sales company and instead was relegated to the upstart alternative. But this would not deter fate. Neigh. Instead, the long-legged colt with an awkward stride was available for a price far below what he would eventually be worth.
Seattle Kraken move games to over-the-air broadcaster with streaming on Amazon's Prime Video
The Seattle Kraken will move their games to an over-the-air broadcaster and have a streaming partnership with Amazon’s Prime Video beginning with the 2024-25 season, the team announced Thursday.The Kraken will be the first NHL team to have a streaming deal with Prime Video for all non-nationally televised games and will be available to Amazon Prime members in Washington, Oregon and Alaska.Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has a minority stake in the ownership group of the Kraken.Seattle will partner with TENGA for the over-the-air component, with most of the broadcasts airing on KONG-TV in Seattle. Some of the games will...
Garage to Gonzaga: North Kitsap basketball star Cade Orness commits to his dream school
As a young basketball player, North Kitsap senior Cade Orness made a habit of creating practice plans focusing on personal improvement. He'd tape these plans, handwritten on notebook paper, onto the refrigerator inside his garage. This didn't begin three or four years ago. This was when Orness was in the first grade...
Washington sprint canoe duo qualify for 2024 Olympics
SEATTLE — At the USA canoe and kayak trials in March, seven of the eight athletes who qualified for the continental qualifiers were from the Pacific Northwest. Six of them train on the same lake. Jonas Ecker from Bellingham and Aaron Small from Seattle qualified for a spot on...
Kingston's Castillo, North Mason's Lopes voted Kitsap Sun athletes of the week
Kingston's Joey Castillo and North Mason's Leland Lopes are this week's Kitsap Sun athletes of the week, as selected by readers in an online poll between April 23-25. Athletes are nominated by their respective high school coaches. Castillo, who plays softball for the Buccaneers, batted .625 with a .700 OBP...
Zoom Diallo Renews His Commitment To The Washington Huskies
Prolific Prep (Napa, Ca.) guard Zoom Diallo, a Washington native, committed to the Huskies back in December before former coach Mike Hopkins was let go. Moments ago he renewed his commitment to new head coach Danny Sprinkle, becoming the fourth pledge to the first-year head coach. From an early age,...
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