Bob Hill

Star: George Gervin had 31 points, including the game-winner with five seconds left, and Mike Mitchell had 30 for the Spurs. Report: “A crowd of 14,457 fans saw Seattle lose the opening game of a playoff series for the first time in the team’s history.”  

I'm just going to say it. I miss Kevin Durant. There's no use lying or trying to hide it.  

it really does seem possible that we here in Seattle may be getting an NBA team back here within ... Settle down, Port of Seattle (or otherwise work out your backroom deal). We want our team back, AND we will take our banners and history AND Squatch ...  

The Swindon side battled their way back from a 20-0 deficit early on to claim victory, which was secured when Mike Thompson crossed in the corner late on after outpacing the full back. St George had to hold on with 12 men after Mike Keeley was sin-binned ...  

Their comments on Twitter make a point. "Seattle cry babies didn't even go to the games. That's why you lost your team morons," Sour Schultz writes on a blog comment. I don't think he's related to Howard Schultz. We're talking about this on Facebook too ...  

We all know Seattleites are usually passive aggressive — except, apparently, on Twitter when it comes to the Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma City Thunder. On Sunday, OKC-based T-shirt company Warpaint Clothing tweeted a photo of a shirt design ...  

Anyone completely cynical about the Bucks' intentions could stand atop a soapbox at 4th and State and scream, "Wake up and smell the coffee." It would be a smart-alecky reference to the brutal way Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz sold a beloved, solid franchise like the Sonics four years ago.  

A breakfast event Tuesday morning raised a lot of money for a youth program that mixes sports and education. With both Steve Ballmer & Chris Hansen in the room, the excitement level was a little higher, as the talk turned to pro basketball in Seattle  

Selkirk Sonics basketball coach Greg Kuz laid claim with this teammates for winning the first basketball championship banner for the Royals as a player at the Selkirk Comp in 1971 and he now has won a championship banner as a coach with the Sonics.[...]  

There are some records that we call Desert Island Discs - we can't get enough of them, they're coming with us wherever we go, and there are other albums that might not make the Desert Island Discs list but they mean just as much, maybe more. You might not want to listen to them for all eternity, all the time, but every time you listen to them they provide a joy, emotion, something personal to you - or maybe it's a universal experience, you...  

I received a Twitter message today that I had to think about. As a writer, covering the Oklahoma City Thunder, the individual asked me to cut Seattle Super Sonics fans a break. They lost their team and that team is now No. 1 in the Western Conference. That ...  

Why I like it: Because if there's one thing I've learned in my five years in the department (and 12 years in Portland) it's that you all like to talk college football ALL YEAR LONG. (Read Withers' piece to see where he picks the Ducks - and the ...  

SEATTLE (AP) — Adam Brown and Jason Reid weren't seeking critical acclaim or a national audience when they went about chronicling the steps that led the Seattle SuperSonics to become the Oklahoma City Thunder. They were fans simply trying to ...  

It’s sure to get any fan outraged (unless you live in Oklahoma City ... Chris Polk and Darron Thomas could have returned for one more season of college football. But both decided to enter the 2012 NFL Draft. Neither the Huskies’ running ...  

The Taite prize for New Zealand album of the year has gone to ex-Mint Chicks member Ruban Nielson's band. To mark Record Store Day a Flying Nun favourite is being released on vinyl. VIDEO: One Direction at the Kiwis Vs Kangaroos rugby league There were ...