Michael Grey

Arizona’s Jonathan Dwyer became the latest NFL player to be implicated in a domestic-violence...

Grey Area: A week to forget — and learn from — for the NFL

It's not a stretch to say this was the worst week ever for the league with domestic-violence incidents continuing to pile up.

10 years ago

No team looked better in Week 1 of the NFL season than the defending Super Bowl champions. (AP)...

Michael Grey

Seahawks still look like the class of the NFL after Week 1

The Seahawks kicked off the year by dominating the Packers, and after the dust had settled on Week 1 of the NFL season, Seattle still looked like the league's best team.

10 years ago

While history shows it’s hard for Super Bowl winners to repeat the next year, the Seahawks ar...

Michael Grey

Why so much doubt about the Seahawks’ chances of repeating?

The preseason NFL predictions are hitting the shelves and it seems as though the national powers that be have some sort of collective amnesia about the defending Super Bowl champs.

10 years ago

A failed suicide-squeeze bunt contributed to the Mariners losing two of three to the last-place Phi...

Michael Grey

Mariners have no more margin for error after letdown against Phillies

If the Mariners had any room to err in a razor-thin American League postseason race, they used it up by losing two of three against the Phillies this week.

10 years ago

Lloyd McClendon (left) took his cues from Jim Leyland (right), and their similarities don’t e...

Michael Grey

Grey Area: Lloyd McClendon, Mariners following Tigers’ blueprint

Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon has taken plenty of cues from his mentor, Jim Leyland. In fact, McClendon's first season in Seattle is strikingly similar to Leyland's debut campain with the Tigers in 2006, when Detroit advanced to the World Series.

10 years ago

The league leader in ERA and WHIP, Felix Hernandez is having a stellar season even by his lofty sta...

Michael Grey

Grey Area: Felix Hernandez is treating Mariners fans to history

Superlatives get overused in sports media. But in the case of Felix Hernandez's 2014 season, only one word really seems to fit: historic.

10 years ago

Michael Grey

July 31, 2014: A day to remember in Seattle sports

Between the Blue Angels flying over Seahawks practice, a visit from a Hall of Famer, the Mariners' deadline moves and Marshawn Lynch's return, Thursday was a memorable day for Michael Grey.

10 years ago

Michael Grey

Grey Area: Seahawks learn that mo’ money is mo’ problems

Big contracts went out to players like Earl Thomas, Richard Sherman and Michael Bennett, but Marshawn Lynch's hold out proves that even the Seahawks aren't immune to the issues money creates.

10 years ago

Michael Grey

Grey Area: Mariners are relevant and equipped for a run

Added experience has paid off for the Mariners, who enter the second half of the season in the thick of the playoff race and looking to improve even more with expected deadline deals.

10 years ago

Michael Grey

Grey Area: Richard Sherman and ‘The Birth of No’

Richard Sherman has always embraced the spotlight, but it might be time for the Seahawks cornerback to unplug from the media machine.

10 years ago

Grey Area: U.S. has cleared major hurdle at World Cup

By advancing to the knockout stage twice in a row, Clint Dempsey and the Americans have proven they can compete with anyone at the World Cup, writes Michael Grey.

10 years ago

Grey Area: New deal for Lynch? Unwise and unlikely

If the Seahawks were to give in to running back Marshawn Lynch's reported desire for a new contract, it would go against everything we know about coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider.

10 years ago

5 takes: Doug Baldwin gets paid through hard work

Michael Grey shares five thoughts on the week that was in sports, including his take on one-time undrafted free agent Doug Baldwin's new contract with the Seahawks.

10 years ago

5 takes: Sounders adjusting without Dempsey, Yedlin

Michael Grey shares five thoughts on the week that was in sports, including his take on how the Sounders are adjusting without Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin.

10 years ago

5 takes: Mariners’ ace, manager show some fire

Michael Grey shares his five takes on the week that was in Seattle sports and beyond, including the fire that Mariners ace Felix Hernandez and manager Lloyd McClendon showed while losing two of three to Tampa Bay.

10 years ago

5 takes: Sherman, Thomas and Seahawks’ success

Michael Grey shares his five takes on the week that was in Seattle sports and beyond, including his takes on the extensions the Seahawks have given Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas and how the success of their secondary has influenced the rest of the league.

10 years ago

5 takes: All eyes on Sherman with Thomas’ deal done

Michael Grey shares five thoughts on the week that was in Seattle sports and beyond, including his takes on the Seahawks' new deal with Earl Thomas and the one that's reportedly close with Richard Sherman.