Bob Stelton

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Bob Stelton is the co-host of "Wyman and Bob." He came to Seattle Sports in 2011 after working for the ESPN Radio affiliate in St. Louis and Sporting News Radio in Chicago and Santa Monica, Calif. A Seattle native, Bob made the switch from rock singer in 1997 to begin his radio career in his hometown. Follow Bob: @BobStelton

Stelton: The Mariners can make it through Robinson Cano’s suspension

Bob Stelton isn't panicking about the Mariners even though Robinson Cano will be out until August. He explains why in his latest video for 710Sports.com.
6 years ago

Stelton: How long until Mariners’ Scott Servais, Jerry Dipoto should get contract extensions?

The Mariners enter Friday with a 21-15 record and have seen several offseason moves work out well. Bob Stelton wonders if it's time for the manager and GM to get extensions.
6 years ago

Stelton: Mariners fans, it’s OK to ditch the cynicism now

Bob Stelton understands some Mariners fans may be harboring some cynicism 16 years removed from the team's last playoff appearance. But if there was a time to feel good about the M's, it's now.
6 years ago

Stelton: Seahawks are best suited trading down from No. 18 in NFL Draft

The Seahawks have all kinds of options with their No. 18 pick in the NFL Draft Thursday, but Bob Stelton says trading down is the best one.
6 years ago

Stelton: Nelson Cruz continues to pay off as best signing in Mariners history

For the 139th time in three-plus seasons with the Mariners, Nelson Cruz hit a home run on Monday night. That helped the M's beat the Astros 2-1 and further proved to Bob Stelton that Cruz is the best signing the Mariners have ever made.
6 years ago

Stelton: Mariners take much-needed momentum into big homestand

At 6-4 through the first 10 games and coming off a successful road trip, the Mariners now have a chance to build even more momentum at home against a pair of AL West division rivals.
6 years ago

Stelton: Did we underestimate what the Mariners could do this year?

The Mariners are off to a 3-1 start, and the starting rotation has had just as much of a hand in their early success as their lineup, says 710 ESPN Seattle's Bob Stelton.
6 years ago

Bob Stelton’s 2018 Mariners preview: How to make sense of this team

The 2018 Mariners squad enters the season with neither high nor low expectations. Bob Stelton of 710 ESPN Seattle's Bob, Groz and Tom makes sense of it all before Thursday's opener.
6 years ago

Bob Stelton: No, the Seahawks aren’t a bad team now

Even with the Seahawks' losses this offseason, 710 ESPN Seattle's Bob Stelton finds talk of Seattle struggling during the 2018 NFL season to be nonsense.
6 years ago

Stelton: No reason to be mad at Richard Sherman for bolting to 49ers

Richard Sherman is gone, having joined the 49ers after being released by the Seahawks. Bob Stelton says any anger over the move shouldn't be directed at Sherman himself.
6 years ago

Stelton: I don’t fear Seahawks’ D will be worse without Bennett, Sherman

Bob Stelton says what he saw from the Seahawks' defense in 2017 was enough to prove to him that Seattle needs to find new personnel on that side of the ball.
6 years ago

Stelton: Seattle showed it has strong appetite for both NHL and NBA

Bob Stelton of 710 ESPN Seattle's Bob, Groz and Tom explains what the big NHL Seattle ticket sales on Thursday said about the city's appetite for two new pro winter sports teams.
6 years ago

The hypocrisy in some HOF voters leaving Edgar Martinez off their ballots

Bob Stelton has heard enough from detractors claiming that Edgar Martinez's status as a DH should keep the Mariners great out of Cooperstown.
6 years ago

Coaching moves won’t fix Seahawks’ O-line issues alone

Even with Mike Solari back with the Seahawks, 710 ESPN Seattle’s Bob Stelton says personnel will be more important than who will be drawing up the scheme for the offensive line.
6 years ago

Stelton: Brian Schottenheimer hire doesn’t seem like what Seahawks need

Bob Stelton of 710 ESPN Seattle is skeptical of the Seahawks' reported hire of Brian Schottenheimer, whose track record as offensive coordinator doesn't exactly jump off the page.
6 years ago

Stelton: Jerry Dipoto’s optimism about Mariners’ rotation isn’t good enough

The Mariners' starting rotation looks the same as it did at the end of last season, and though Jerry Dipoto told Bob, Groz and Tom the Mariners are comfortable with that, Bob Stelton isn't.
6 years ago

Stelton: Seahawks need to be like Bill Belichick, cut stars before they decline

Bob Stelton of 710 ESPN Seattle doesn't like finding himself in agreement with Bill Belichick and the Patriots. But in the case of deciding when to move on from star players, he has done just that.
6 years ago

Top Seattle sports stories of 2017: Seahawks hammer Lions in playoffs but season ends in Atlanta

Bob Stelton of Bob, Groz and Tom looks at the No. 3 Seattle sports story of 2017: The Seahawks' playoff run that included an impressive 26-6 win over the Lions but also a 36-20 loss to the Falcons.
6 years ago

Stelton: End of Seahawks’ loss was embarrassing, unprofessional and unacceptable

Bob Stelton of 710 ESPN Seattle's Bob, Groz and Tom has a lot of words to describe the way the Seahawks ended their loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
6 years ago

Stelton: True team effort gave Seahawks the edge against Eagles

There were a lot of individual performances that stood out in the Seahawks' 24-10 win Sunday night over Philadelphia , but there was much more to the win than that, says 710 ESPN Seattle's Bob Stelton.
6 years ago

Stelton: The Seahawks will face a true test on Sunday vs Eagles

The Seahawks beat the 49ers in Week 12, but that was expected considering San Francisco has just one win this season. The real test? That's this Sunday.
6 years ago

Stelton: Seahawks get glimpse of their defense for rest of the season

Already without Cliff Avril, the Seahawks played their first game on Monday without Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor. Bob Stelton shares his views on Seattle's performance minus their defensive stalwarts.
6 years ago

Stelton: If the Seahawks can’t win without Richard Sherman, they were constructed poorly

Bob Stelton of 710 ESPN Seattle doesn't think Richard Sherman's injury will keep the Seahawks from winning, but if it does he says blame would belong to the front office.
6 years ago

Stelton: If ever there was a time the Seahawks could use a short turnaround, this is it

There wasn't a whole lot to like from the Seahawks' 17-14 loss to Washington on Sunday. But a silver lining is that they won't have much time to dwell on it, says 710 ESPN Seattle's Bob Stelton.
6 years ago