Chris Cooper

RENTON — At a recent offseason workout, Seattle Seahawks defensive back Marcus Trufant quickly broke on a pass out in the flat, swatting it away from rookie receiver Jermaine Kearse before he could haul it in. That's the feeling Trufant longed ...  

With Kent Bazemore, Chris Cooper, Trian Iliadis and Marquel De Lancey all graduating, there are plenty of minutes available for next season. Key's departure opens a scholarship for incoming freshman Ambrose Mosley, a guard from Jacksonville ...  

Brock Huard explains why he thinks a pair of Seahawks linemen, offensive guard Deuce Lutui and defensive tackle Alan Branch, will shine in 2012. Alan Branch was a part-time player in four years with the Cardinals before joining the Seahawks and enjoying a ...  

Craig here with this week’s Take Three. Today: Chris Cooper Take One: Adaptation. (2002)Cooper was up against a quartet of big names in the 2003 Best Supporting Actor Oscar race: Christopher Walken (Catch Me if You Can), Ed Harris (The Hours), John C. Reilly (Chicago) and Paul Newman (Road to Perdition). As the then least weighty name, his nomination didn’t necessarily guarantee success. But, conversely, his fifteen prior award wins and a...  

The biochemist author of Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat on his motives for writing the book and what he expects to see at the 2012 GamesWhy did you write the book?I think sports fans should be engaged with the science underpinning human performance and doping. I've been going to festivals and we have these debates: should this person be banned for life or not? And people vote without knowing the fact that caffeine is as performance-enhancing as...  

Joey is really gathering steam now. His recent blog post about threadsafe mkdir comes complete with the motivation behind making this change, some of the problems he encountered while trying to make this fix, and a whole bunch of code examples. I botched the initial landing of his code, but all of the relevant bits are in the tree as of bug 746151. Replacing rampant unnecessary shell calls is something that can potentially get us some build...  

RENTON – The Seattle Seahawks took a flyer on veteran offensive tackle Alex Barron after he played well over the weekend at the team’s rookie minicamp. The former first-round draft pick was one of four players the Seahawks said they agreed ...  

Rob’s rationale: A high-motor pass rusher who posted an eye-popping 22 tackles for loss, 11 sacks and seven forced fumbles in 2011, Curry would be an ideal Leo (floating pass-rush specialist). Rob’s rationale: A short, powerful run defender ...  

RENTON, Wash. (AP) Just because Red Bryant is comfortable doesn't mean the Seahawks defensive end is satisfied. With a four-month-old son at home, Bryant is happy to have the security of the new five-year contract he agreed to with Seattle in March.  

As for Howard, the University of Florida product, he was one of the two remaining draftee's to sign with the club, now leaving running back Robert Turbin as the lone unsigned holdout. As a Gator Howard worked with former Seahawks Defensive ...  

Phil McCarthy (0-3, 6.00 ERA) goes for the Monarchs and Jordan Ramsey (2-1, 2.30, .220 BA) starts for the Seahawks (14-12, 9-2 CAA). Here is the UNCW lineup: Matt Campbell, 3b, Tyler Molinaro, rf,  Andrew Cain, cf, Hunter Ridge, 1b, Thomas Pope ...  

The versatility and completeness shown in his pro day workout will push Wagner into the top half of the second round. Ruud's health figures to be the biggest question mark going into training camp. If it is an issue that is still ingering ...  

With the Monarchs losing four players to graduation — including star wing Kent Bazemore and center Chris Cooper — and bringing in a five-man recruiting class, Taylor is going to need some veteran leadership. Painter, if he is eligible ...  

Hands up: Hawk Cyril Rioli and Roo Brady Rawlings battle for the ball at Aurora Stadium last year. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo IT SAYS enough about how much AFL football has broadened its horizons over the past couple of decades that today we get our first ...  

Freshman guard Breon Key has been dismissed from Old Dominion's basketball team ... Mosley announced that he had committed to the Monarchs a couple of weeks ago, and he signed scholarship papers Wednesday. Mosley chose ODU over Wofford and ...