For the Newport Knights, it seems the 2008 football season will be all about answering questions.
Tomorrow marks the start of 23 weeks of madness.
How do you hit your long irons?
This is the third in a series of columns focusing on golfing opportunities for Bellevue residents from the eyes of a true amateur. Previously reviewed courses include the Golf Club at Newcastle and Willows Run. This week’s course: Tam O’Shanter Golf and Country Club.
Despite a torrential downpour that soaked the Interlake High School opening football practice, head coach Sheldon Cross could only smile while talking about his team’s chances at a playoff berth this season.
Two Bellevue-area football players will spend a year at an East Coast prep school to try and enhance their chances to land a scholarship at a Division 1 college football program.
Anna Cummins made her final Olympics her best yet.
It took less than a second for Usain Bolt to go from gold medal champion and world record-holder to world-class jerk.
Reece Anderson should have died eight months ago.
After a trip to Pullman in December for the graduation of a friend’s sister, the driver of the car in which Anderson was riding fell asleep at the wheel. The car flipped eight times as a result.
“The doctors told me that I should be dead,” Anderson said.
They can rack ‘em up and sink them in the pocket like few pool players can and still rock the high heels and lipstick.
The Sammamish Rowing Association will host an open house from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23 at their boathouse.
Before we get to the lesson this week I want to congratulate Scott Piercy on his win last weekend at the Wichita Open a Nationwide Tour event. I have spent many hours working with Scott on his swing and he is a great kid.
A pair of Eastside baseball players recently returned from a prestigious baseball tournament with eyes towards competing in another this weekend.
Note: this is the second of a series of columns reviewing local golf courses available to Bellevue golfers from the eyes of a true amateur. The first column covered Newcastle Golf Course and appeared in the Bellevue Reporter on July 30.
The following is a listing of players with Bellevue ties playing professional baseball. If you know a player who should be added to the list, please call Joel Willits at 425-453-5045 or e-mail him at jwillits@reporternewspapers.com.
Taylor Cundiff was one of the youngest participants in the PCC Natural Market Kids Triathlon that took place during Seafair last Sunday at Seward Park. Taylor, 6, competed in the Splashers event, which involved swimming 50 yards, biking one mile, and running one-fifth of a mile.
It was one of those magical events. One of those Olympic moments where the result simply shocks, where the brain screams, that the eyes simply cannot believe what they just saw.
Competition is heating up at the Seahawks training camp in Kirkland. I spoke with starting cornerback Marcus Trufant about camp, the new facility in Renton, and a few other things.
Women of all ages, backgrounds and life experiences have been coming together for generations to discuss their book club’s latest selection. But just as book clubs are no longer just for women, hockey clubs are no longer just for men.
Many women like Bellevue resident Daniella Moreano, 23, have opted out of book clubs for a more lively and interactive clubs such as the Seattle Women’s Hockey Club.
