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Matt Calkins

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Sports Columnist at Seattle Times

Sports columnist for the Seattle Times.

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  • 4 days ago | seattletimes.com | Matt Calkins

    “But hasn’t it been like 10 years since they left?” my friend asked. “Seventeen,” I said. “And they still hate that team?” “More than you can possibly imagine.” This was a conversation I had Friday night while watching the Nuggets-Thunder game at a Bellevue bar. Not everyone in this area is aware of the contempt so many Puget Sounders have toward that team in Oklahoma City, but it certainly hasn’t faded in time.

  • 6 days ago | spokesman.com | Matt Calkins

    There has been no Logan Gilbert and George Kirby on the active roster, leaving the team notably vulnerable on a good chunk of their starts. There were no big-name additions to the club in the offseason, leaving frustrated fans vexed once again. The pitching staff that had the second-best earned-run average in baseball last season has been just a morsel above mediocrity, with its ERA now 13th in MLB.

  • 1 week ago | theolympian.com | Matt Calkins

    May 7-There has been no Logan Gilbert and George Kirby on the active roster, leaving the team notably vulnerable on a good chunk of their starts. There were no big-name additions to the club in the offseason, leaving frustrated fans vexed once again. The pitching staff that had the second-best earned-run average in baseball last season has been just a morsel above mediocrity, with its ERA now 13th in MLB.

  • 2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Matt Calkins

    One benefit of wearing that Nintendo patch? You start putting up video-game numbers. Well, at least by Mariners standards. The team whose offense was once considered anemic is now atomic — with bombs blasting out of T-Mobile Park and any other stadium the M’s visit. The story going into the season was that Seattle’s star-studded pitching staff was going to have to carry a low-production lineup.

  • 2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Matt Calkins |Bob Condotta

    It seems almost obligatory for television networks to cut to fans attending the draft live after their favorite team makes a pick. And let’s face it — in the later rounds, most of these fans hoot and holler despite having no idea who the recently selected player was. But Friday was different for the Seahawks die-hards. When Seattle snagged Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe with the 92nd overall pick, the reaction was distinct: A QB in the third round?! Let the fervor begin.

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Matt Calkins
Matt Calkins @Matt_Calkins
23 Mar 25

My pleasure. TESnation makes a lot more sense now.

Coach Shelton
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@SeaTimesSports @Matt_Calkins Thank you Matt, on behalf of myself and my family for sharing this story. Honored to be back in the NCAA tourney with the Rams and competing in a place that feels like hometown soil. Go Rams!

Matt Calkins
Matt Calkins @Matt_Calkins
8 Aug 24

RT @SeaTimesSports: DK Metcalf eliminated his propensity for 15-yard penalties last season, but a skirmish during Wednesday's Seahawks prac…

Matt Calkins
Matt Calkins @Matt_Calkins
24 Dec 23

Should Drew Lock start the second half?