Sports
The University of Washington softball team won the World Series last month and captured the attention of the nation, and center fielder Alyson McWherter gives an inside look at the final game.
On June 2, around 6:55 p.m., I stood on the third-base foul line with 18 other teammates – all dreaming of the same thing. Read more...
Fister comes across as old school
Growing up in California’s Central Valley, Rainier pitcher Doug Fister followed the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants, but his favorite player was not a pitcher – and he was not on either team. He was the Iron Man, Cal Ripken, Jr. Read more...
Local skaters readying to compete in artistic skating championships
Figure roller skating, it is safe to say, is one of the more obscure sports around today; most people do not know it exists, unless they are a competitor themselves or know someone who is. Read more...
Rainiers’ Shelton has a knack for getting people across the plate
Imagine a player who starts out the year with a major league club by hitting two home runs on opening day, April 3, 2006. He would hit two more on April 6 and two again on June 18. In the team’s first 13 games, he hit nine home runs. In the first four games of the season, he hit five home runs – equaling an accomplishment done only twice before, by Lou Brock (1967) and Barry Bonds (2002). Read more...
Murray finds purpose back in Tacoma
Justin Murray’s overseas basketball season in Dubai came to an end three weeks ago, and then just three nights later and more than 7,000 miles away, he was once again suiting up – joining the Tacoma Tide for its stretch run in the IBL season. Read more...
Tacoma’s favorite boxer hangs up the gloves
Tacoma’s favorite native boxer, 38-year-old Emmett “Laser” Linton, climbed through ropes June 20 at the Emerald Queen Casino’s Battle at the Boat 72 for his first ring appearance since 2006. Read more...
Getting key hits, making big catches and throwing runners out from center field makes Becca Cable one of the better softball players in Tacoma. Being a skillful leader on her team makes her special.
As the Stadium High School softball team advanced through its season – beginning as a group of mostly young, talented players with a new coach and ending it one run shy of a trip to the state tournament – there was one player whose combination of softball skills and leadership ability was vital to the team’s performance. Read more...
A runner takes us inside the Sound to Narrows race
There are among us a handful of hearty souls who have run the Sound to Narrows race every year since its 1973 inception. While my own history with the 12K race is nothing close to that of these “Every-Timers,” I have managed to run the race 15 of the last 16 years, setting a personal best of 56:26 back in 1995. Read more...
Tacoma wrestler takes experience into the cage
Steve Hadsel isn’t your typical computer jockey. When this guy leaves his job at Forona Technologies, a web-hosting business, he heads straight off on his mission to conquer Strikeforce – no, not a computer game, but an all-out assault, mano y mano, full contact combat sport. Read more...
