Danny O'Neil

The Mariners' trade of Kendall Graveman is an example of the team's goal to build a squad that’s capable of winning a championship, not just to be relevant this year.

Week 10, Nov. 14: Seattle at Green Bay Packers, Lambeau Field, 1:25 p.m. Pacific SPONSORED – I’ve made this trip any number of ways. I’ve flown in the day of the game and driven up from Chicago. I’ve driven back to Milwaukee through a snowstorm after a playoff loss. I’ve flown into Appleton, and I’ve […]

Week 6, Oct. 17: Seattle at Pittsburgh Steelers, Heinz Field 5:20 p.m. Pacific SPONSORED – The first time I visited Pittsburgh it was January 1998, and I laughed when a football fan tried to explain to me that this weekend with playoff football felt like Mardi Gras. Nope. It felt like Pittsburgh. Freezing cold, snow-on-the-ground […]

MLB has a credibility problem, the latest example being the rules they're making up as they go that led to Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago's suspension.

Game 4: Seattle at San Francisco, Oct. 3, 1:05 p.m. SPONSORED CONTENT – Ever had a friend’s house that seemed so comfortable that you felt like you were at home? That’s how Seattle feels about San Francisco. Well, Santa Clara. Because in the seven years since Levi’s Stadium opened, Seattle has won six of the […]

Regular season, Week 3, Sept. 26: Seattle at Minnesota, U.S. Bank Stadium, 1:25 p.m. Pacific SPONSORED – The site of the coldest football game in Seattle’s history is also where I got the hottest burger I’ve ever tasted. Not the spiciest, mind you. The hottest. I’m talking molten cheese that is cooked into the middle […]

I saw Jesus before I went to Indianapolis. Wait. I should be more specific. Touchdown Jesus. You know, the painting overlooking Notre Dame’s field. I watched Washington play at Notre Dame in 2009 and afterward drove a couple of hours to Indianapolis to watch Seattle play some pro-football the very next day. Turned out to […]

Sports have been a staple for Las Vegas. They just haven’t been a staple in Las Vegas. Oh, there were prize fights. Some big-time college basketball games, too. A basketball All-Star Game was played here a few years back. Then hockey came to town and now there’s a pro-football team that relocated there last year, […]

Does Stephon Gilmore, the star Patriots CB sitting out mandatory minicamp, make sense for the Seahawks? Danny O'Neil has three reasons why not.

Of all the possible responses, gratitude seems an utterly inappropriate one to the NFL’s decision to stop contesting financial settlements to former players based on a presumption that Black players start out with lower cognitive functioning than their white counterparts.