Spike Friedman
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The Olympics Are Coming To Tokyo, And So Is The Movement To Kill The Games Forever
TOKYO, JAPAN — In the lobby of the Marunouchi Nijubashi Building, which is undergoing final preparations to host the 2020 Olympics, a robot is on patrol. A combination of information kiosk and surveillance camera, the robot stops directly in front of me. It has the word ALSOK plastered across its neck, or at least what I consider to be its neck. Its face is a screen filled with Japanese text; it… → Read More
And Now It's Time to Say Goodbye to Some Former Seahawks
The Seahawks had a pretty good season last year, all told. Despite low expectations coming in, they won 10 games and made the playoffs. But now that last season is just a flickering shadow, the NFL is reconfiguring itself through trades and free agency. And thus, we must say goodbye to many of the Seahawks that made last year so weirdly fun. *cues up in memoriam montage music*... → Read More
Why It Matters That Edgar Martinez Is in the Hall of Fame
Let me lay my cards on the table: Edgar Martinez is my all-time favorite baseball player. I love Edgar Martinez in a way that grown men should have grown out of loving baseball players. My dog’s name? Edgar Martinez Friedman. I’ll admit to being utterly blinded by my admiration for Edgar, but there is simply no greater Mariner; there is a pretty solid argument that he is the greatest athlete to… → Read More
The Seahawks, Who Lost, Will Spend Off-Season Reaping Benefits Of Establishing the Run
The Seahawks season is over after a 24-22 loss to the Cowboys. → Read More
Seahawks Finish Fun Year With Dumb Win
This was the most fun Seahawks team of the Russell Wilson era. → Read More
Merry Christmas, the Seahawks Are in the Playoffs
What a time to be a Seahawks fan! → Read More
Seahawks Win By Unprecedented Score… Again.
The strangest thing about Pete Carroll’s nine-year tenure as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks is that every season he has managed to put up a score that is unprecedented in the history of the NFL. This phenomenon—coined as Scorigami by SB Nation writer Jon Bois—is rare; at this point there have been a lot of different weird scores put together by NFL teams at some point in league history. To… → Read More
Seahawks Win a Football Game Because They Still Employ Earl Thomas
The Seahawks had their first win of the season after handing the Cowboys 24-13 in a fairly comfortable home opener at CenturyLink Field. It was a nice win, in which the Seahawks outperformed the Cowboys in all three phases of the game. Chris Carson looked good in the run game, Russ did not make any big mistakes, the defense was humming, turning the ball over and limiting big plays… it was all… → Read More
The Seahawks Offense Sucks so Much, Y'all, They’re so Bad and I Hate Them
I mean for Pete's sake, at least stop rolling Russell Wilson into the gaping maw of the league’s best defensive ends!!! → Read More
The Seahawks Are Back and Kinda Bad :(
The Seahawks lost to the Broncos last night. It didn't look good. → Read More
I'm Afraid This Seahawks Season Could Be a Real Nightmare
NFL training camp is back, and with it comes the healthy preseason optimism. “Maybe this is our team’s year!” folks are exclaiming, even in such strange places as Cleveland and Chicago. And here in Seattle, Russell Wilson and the Seahawks are back, and it has been fun—after a really rough offseason for the NFL—to watch a simulacrum of Seahawks football. So I want to get out in front of all of… → Read More
Hey, Seahawks! Bring In Colin Kaepernick!
We need a good backup quarterback. → Read More
Seahawks No Longer What They Have Been, Mariners Again What They Once Were
I’m pissed as hell Bennett is leaving, and stoked Ichiro is coming. → Read More
Eagles Claim Victory in an Excellent Super Bowl LII, While the Memory of Tom Brady and Prince Come Away Sullied
The Patriots were vanquished by a non-Manning foe, and it was at the hands of the Eagles! → Read More
Should Seattle Host the World Cup? Consider Grass, Corruption and Immigration Policy
And should the U.S. even host the World Cup? → Read More
Seahawks Ring In the New Year and End the Season with a 26-24 Loss Against the Cardinals
The Seahawks lost on New Years Eve, ending their first playoff-free campaign since 2011 with a dispiriting 26-24 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. The game had all the hallmarks of a 2017 Seahawks defeat: penalties, drops, missed kicks, bad punts, ludicrous attempts to run the ball, a resilient defensive effort, a second half surge from the offense, and finally a heartbreaking screw-up late to cost… → Read More
Seahawks Top the Cowboys, Find Themselves Knee-Deep in Implications
Before we dive into the implications of the Seahawks 21-12 Christmas Eve win over the Dallas Cowboys, let’s take a quick second to recognize a few items of note: • The Seahawks beat the damn Cowboys! That’s always delightful. • The Seahawks will have a winning record this year, despite playing most of the season without defensive superstars Richard Sherman, Cliff Avril, and Kam Chancellor, and… → Read More
Seahawks Take A While To Get To Work Getting Workmanlike Win
It was a boring-ass win over a trash-ass team. → Read More
Seahawks Win, But Lose Richard Sherman
Sherman represents the best possible manifestation of the often false promises made by our football institutions. → Read More
In Week of Separation in the NFC, Seahawks Needlessly Kick Themselves in Metaphorical Groin
Three missed field goals! → Read More