Jim helped launch Seattle Sports in 2009. He was previously a reporter and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for 26 years. Follow Jim: @cougsgo
It's time for the circus to end with Earl Thomas and the Seahawks, writes Jim Moore. "I don't care how great he is – and in his case, Thomas is Hall of Fame great – you can't act like he's acting and get away with it."
Playing at CenturyLink should give a huge lift to Pete Carroll's Seahawks, but will that support compensate for what appears to be the coach's least-talented team since he took over in 2010?
Jim Moore makes his predictions for two of the week's biggest Pac-12 Conference games: WSU at USC on Friday night and Arizona State at Washington on Saturday.
With the Seattle Mariners possibly about to win 90 games but definitely headed to a 17th straight season of missing the playoffs, Jim Moore writes that he is ready for Jerry Dipoto to start from scratch.
If the Seahawks commit more to running the ball and blitzing on defense, Jim Moore likes their chances in Chicago. He explains his reasoning in his weekly predictions of the Seahawks, Huskies and Cougars games.
The Seahawks look less like a contender for the Super Bowl and more like a candidate for the next season of "Hard Knocks." But not all was bad from their season-opening loss in Denver, writes Jim Moore.
Jim Moore doesn't want the Seahawks to lose their opener Sunday in Denver, but when he considers all of the factors objectively, he writes that everything points to an Orange Crushing.
Even though the Mariners were swept in San Diego, they get to play the A's with two of Oakland's starters on the DL, and their schedule looks much easier than the Athletics' coming up.
Jim Moore doesn't see a No. 2 wide receiver when he looks at Tyler Lockett, and that has the co-host of Danny, Dave and Moore shaking his head at the Seahawks' new deal with Lockett.
While the Mariners were winning two of three in Arizona, they still lost ground as their competition in the American League Wild Card chase swept. That's a big part of why Jim Moore writes that he can't see the playoff drought ending this year.
There are a lot of "ifs" with the Seahawks this year, and while some players are showing promise in the preseason, Jim Moore isn't confident that Seattle will be a playoff contender.
Jim Moore took his kids to see Robinson Canó play with Single-A Everett on Friday because, as one of them said: "I really miss Robbie." It's a sentiment shared by many Mariners fans.
After watching the Mariners drop five straight before Sunday's win due to a struggling offense, Jim Moore has changed his tune on Robinson Canó, who will return next week.
Jim Moore learned to love Robinson Canó after not being excited about his big contract, but it will be harder to get back on board with Canó after he returns from his PED suspension next month.
Earl Thomas is no longer one of the most beloved Seahawks thanks to his threat to hold out this season. His trade "demand" last week secured the transformation, writes Jim Moore.
How many races have you seen where the front-running horse builds a huge lead only to fade miserably in the stretch and is overtaken by a horse with a lot more left? The baseball version of this could play out with the Mariners and A's.
Some have spoken out against the MLB's rule of each team getting at least one representative in the All-Star Game, but as a longtime Mariners fan, Jim Moore can appreciate it -- even if it means a player like Jean Segura gets snubbed each year.
"We've been pretty positive they're using some things to get an advantage," Marco Gonzales said of the Mariners' recent trip to Boston while visiting with Danny, Dave and Moore on Friday.
Jim Moore normally rolls his eyes at words "camaraderie" and "chemistry," but he admits those traits appear to be two reasons why the Mariners are baseball's most odds-defying team.
The Mariners have benefited from a league that has a few "haves" and a bunch of "have nots," writes Jim Moore, and he can't remember a year like this where it's been so clear-cut.
"I'm still having a hard time making sense of what's happening with the Mariners," Jim Moore writes. "But at this point it would be more foolish to think this standard of play will suddenly stop than to think it will continue."
Even with losing Robinson Canó to a suspension, playing 10 days without Dee Gordon and missing Jean Segura for a couple of games, the Mariners have rolled right into to first place in the AL West.
Can the Mariners keep rolling towards the playoffs without Robinson Canó just like the 1995 team did while Ken Griffey Jr. was injured? It's possible, but the state of the starting rotation still worries Jim Moore.
