Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Art Thiel

Read the latest from seattlepi.com sports columnist Art Thiel

Boase takes hard lesson from trials - (Found July 2, 2008 )

EUGENE, Ore. -- Mostly because the depth of talent stretches thin the line between heartwarming and heartbreaking, the U.S. Olympic track and field trials are known as the world's toughest track meet.
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'Mama power' results in Olympic bid - (Found July 2, 2008 )

EUGENE, Ore. -- On a day when wind helped create the fastest footrace in history, it nearly blew ex-Huskies pole vaulter Brad Walker out of a trip to Beijing.
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NBA, the real culprit, never called to the stand - (Found July 2, 2008 )

What can be said after both sides made persuasive arguments of mutual victimhood was that the real perpetrator of this foulness was never on trial: the NBA.
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Schultz, Bennett poisoned the well - (Found July 2, 2008 )

After a week in a federal courtroom watching the Sonics and the city swing away, it occurred that the dispute missed a point, which had less to do with the litigation and more to do with business phoniness in Seattle and Oklahoma City that has left pro basketball here gasping.
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Bigwigs spice up Sonics trial - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The fifth day of the Sonics trial was a rouser, mostly because it provided a window to Seattle's rich-guy world rarely glimpsed by those of us emptying the chamber pots.
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M's redefine futility as another head rolls - (Found July 2, 2008 )

After being called away from a trial Thursday for one pro sports franchise to attend the ordeal of another, I will suggest, aside from an absence of deaths, that this is probably the worst week ever for big-time sports around here.
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Bennett and pals either ignorant or sinister - (Found July 2, 2008 )

If Clay Bennett were candid, he'd probably admit that the biggest emotional impact on him during his early Seattle visits was the splendor of and enthusiasm around Qwest and Safeco fields.
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Sonics' 'good faith efforts' never materialized - (Found July 2, 2008 )

If Seattle were to prevail in its attempt to keep the Sonics in town two more years, Clay Bennett was asked Tuesday by a city attorney if his team would be operated without rancor or payback, perhaps including such goodwill gestures as inviting the mayor to some games.
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Owners sent Sonics down crooked path - (Found July 2, 2008 )

WITH NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS such as Bob Rule and Jack Sikma, the Sonics' history of big pivot players is dubious to the point of pathos.
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