I've been to a number of NFL stadiums throughout the league but I have to say the Seahawks "Touchdown City" is the best of them all. Trying to follow your fantasy players but going to a game on the same day? Every game is on a mammoth screen somewhere...
According to Forbes Magazine the annual revenue generated from Fantasy Football has reached $70 Billion. Yes, that's billion with a b. Fantasy Football has existed for a few decades but it really took off with the proliferation of the internet...
I fly out of Yakima every six weeks or so on average, and like everyone else, I have to catch a connecting flight in Seattle. What's cool is that on the way back the flight path takes you right past downtown Seattle, CenturyLink Field and Safeco Field so you can always get some great shots like the one I took above a couple of months ago...
Todd and I went to the Seattle Seahawks training camp on Tuesday along with about 1,500 fans. Then there is this kid, who is obviously a very dedicated Richard Sherman fan. If we're to believe his sign, he traveled (converting metric to the English system for you) 3,682 miles which means he's either from the most northern reaches of Canada or San Jose, Costa Rica...
I've never attended an NFL training camp... until yesterday. With about 1500 fans in attendance Todd and I got to interview and rub elbows with Seahawks players and coaching staff. The toughest part about being in the media is you have to curb your natural tendency to be a fan boy and geek out but I was definitely doing that on the inside...
The Moxee Hop Festival is always fun, but this year it had a little added star power -- Seattle Seahawks cheerleaders Christian and Melanie hung out with us all afternoon to sign autographs and pose for pictures.
We got some pictures of our own (see gallery above) before after Moxee's Stan Fortier introduced the Sea Gals to the crowd (see video below)...
I was still here at work waiting to see who the Los Angeles Rams would pick at #1, who the top 10 would be and who the Seahawks would pick at #26 in the 2016 NFL Draft. Prior to the trade that landed the Rams the top pick there was wide speculation that Ole Miss Offensive Tackle Laremy Tunsil could be the top pick in the draft...
The NFL doesn't waste any time when it comes to taking your money. With the announcement of all 32 teams exhibition and regular season schedules announced Thursday afternoon, tickets for those games are set to go on sale this morning at 10:00 a.m.
First off, full disclosure, for those who don't know I'm a Los Angeles Rams fan and have been since I was 5. That said I've never been more impressed with a fan base than I have with the Seahawks fans here in Yakima. In fact I'll bet per capita there are more Seahawks fans here than Seattle...
It's a reaction to a feeling that Seahawks fans know all to well and is still fresh in their minds, following the disastrous end to Super Bowl 49 last February. For Washington State Cougars fans, it's simply a way of life. Having a seemingly sure victory in hand, only to have it yanked out at the last moment, in spectacularly unbelievable fashion.
This time, the football gods were smiling on Seatt