Best Seat in the HousePhotography, sports and life as seen through the lens of Seattle Times photographer Rod Mar.Seahawks: Is the Devil Collecting His Due- September 16, 2008 Did the Seahawks sell their souls to the Devil in order to get to a Super Bowl Did Mike Holmgren, Tim Ruskell and Tod Leiweke secretly meet with Beelzebub outside of a Kirkland bar in the fall of 2005, asking for a monster year by Shaun Alexander and a trip to Detroit for Super Bowl XL I looked through my archives and I don't have any photographic proof that such a meeting took place. But if it had, might it have gone like this Devil: Let's get this straight -- you want to go to the...http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/bestseatinthehouse/2008/09/15/seahawks_is_the_devil_... Huskies: Beheaded for Disaster- September 15, 2008 At our son's soccer game on Saturday morning, my old buddy Dave and I were talking about that afternoon's Husky football game, in which Washington would face third-ranked Oklahoma. "Whaddya think", he asked. Knowing he is a lifelong, dyed-in-the-wool Dawg fan, I knew he sensed more optimism than I did. Before he could start imagining reasons why the Huskies could possibly beat the Sooners, I piped up, "I'd give you Washington and 30 points and you'd still lose". Now, betting is not allowed..http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/bestseatinthehouse/2008/09/14/huskies_beheaded_for_d... 10 Reasons Why You Should Hang Out With Me On Sunday.- September 12, 2008 Happy Friday, everyone. Among the most popular requests I get (besides "Can I have your cameras") is folks wondering if they can ever assist me on a shoot. Well, here's a great opportunity. My friends Mike Gastineau and Dave Grosby (a.k.a. "Groz and Gas") over at KJR-AM sports radio are having their annual "Groz-with-Gas-athon" to raise money for charity. They spend the day doing a radio marathon of sorts, talking sports and interviewing celebrities while having an online auction at the...http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/bestseatinthehouse/2008/09/12/10_reasons_why_you_sho... Seahawks: Nothing Special About This One.- September 8, 2008 You'd think after shooting sports for 17 straight days at the Olympics, I'd be ready for the opening of football season. Think again. Maybe it was all the Buffalo Wings. Maybe it was being kidnapped by fellow Times' staffer Danny O'Neil and forced to watch Ultimate Fighting at a sports bar last night. Whatever it was, I felt like it was a struggle to make good pictures today in Buffalo, as the Seahawks were dominated by the Bills, 34-10, in the season opener. I CAN say, without much...http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/bestseatinthehouse/2008/09/07/seahawks_nothing_speci... |