Timeline

An Incomplete History of Pro Sports in Seattle

From the Sounders (1970s) to the Sounders (2000s); hydroplanes, the Kingdome, and more.

06/26/2026 By Eric Nusbaum

Creature Feature

Inside the Chaotic World of Seattle Sports Mascots

What are Buoy, Doppler, and other beloved characters like? We found out.

06/09/2026 By Eric Nusbaum Photography by David Jaewon Oh

Big Fan

Seattle Is Truly a Great Sports City

It’s time for us to get the respect we deserve for our teams, our fans, and how much fun we’re having on the field.

06/08/2026 By Eric Nusbaum

Runners up

The Top Seattle Athletes That Didn't Make the Cut

They're good, but they didn't make our list of the greatest—for one reason or another.

06/02/2026 By Allison Williams

Sports Town

The 25 Greatest Seattle Athletes

A totally objective, impossible-to-dispute ranking.

06/01/2026 By Brittney Bush Bollay, Christian Caple, Eric Nusbaum, and Naomi Tomky

Longshots

How Angie Mentink Made It Back After an Offseason Stroke

The Mariners broadcaster refuses to stay sidelined.

03/27/2026 By Aspen Anderson

Dinner, Goals

Eat like a Champion with a Pregame Meal in the Chinatown–International District

Sushi scores points and wontons win.

03/23/2026 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

Ferry Boatloads of French Fries at Mariners Games, Itsumono Is Back, and a Bunch of Restaurant Openings

Moto Pizza comes to Pioneer Square, Tacos Cometa moves inside, and Hakka House returns.

03/13/2026 By Naomi Tomky

ICYMI

Weird Seattle News of Late

The last season at Wild Waves, eagle fights, clues left in Goodwill dressing rooms, and how ’bout dem apples?

02/16/2026 By Seattle Met Staff

Silver Linings Playbook

We're Living in the Best Seattle Sports Year Ever

And it might just be about to get better.

02/03/2026 By Christopher Crawford

Almost

A Beautiful, Heartbreaking Mariners Season

We commissioned some baseball cards to remember the good parts.

10/21/2025 By Eric Nusbaum Illustrations by Adam Villacin

Refuse to Lose

This Is the Most Mariners Mariners Team Ever

And that’s a good thing.

09/29/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Seattle Centered

Things to Do in Seattle Before You Die (or Move Away)

Our bucket list of local activities.

08/25/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Dingers

Cal Raleigh Is Our Goofy Home Run King

The Big Dumper is reminding Mariners fans that good things can actually happen.

07/15/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Represent

The World’s Greatest Ichiro Memorabilia Collector Lives in Florida

Ray Gerkey thought his hobby needed a focus.

07/09/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Coaxing Canucks

Seattle Businesses Are Embracing Reluctant Canadian Tourists

This year's Mariners–Blue Jays series is gonna be a strange one.

05/02/2025 By Allison Williams

Play Ball

Dan Wilson Is All Caught Up

Twenty years after he retired as a Mariners catcher, he’s calling the shots as manager and eyeing a World Series.

03/04/2025 By Allison Williams

Cooperstown Bound

Ichiro Suzuki Is Going to the Hall of Fame

Let's be grateful we got to watch him for so long.

01/21/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

ICYMI

The Weirdest Seattle News of 2024

A Sue Bird Barbie, escaped zebras, and the end of both Bartell's and the Pac 12.

11/18/2024 By Eric Nusbaum and Seattle Met Staff

SODO MOJO

You Should Believe in the 2024 Seattle Mariners

They've trained you to expect the worst. Don't.

07/15/2024 By Christopher Crawford