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Blazers Decide to Skip Exhibition Game in Seattle

July 30, 2009

You can go back to sucking your thumb in the fetal position, Sonics fans. It was all just a bad dream. The Blazers announced that the October 14th exhibition game against the Suns at Key Arena – the NBA’s first scheduled return to Seattle – has been scrapped and moved to Portland. The game, which [...]

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John Rohde Also Suggests OKC Arena Should Have a Section for Taking Candy From Underprivileged Kids

July 23, 2008

John Rohde, from NewsOK.com (slogan: “now featuring an American flag as our URL icon!”), makes a suggestion that the Oklahoma City NBA team should also bring Squatch, the mascot of the team formerly known as the Sonics, to the mountainous woods of Oklahoma. Squatch was a very talented mascot. He was Bud Light Daredevil acrobatic, [...]

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More Sonics, a Personal View

July 3, 2008

I know that Conor wrote about Seattle losing the Sonics, but I also wanted to write something, and it is probably too long to be a considered a comment. I was a sophomore at the U of W when the Sonics played their first game in Seattle. Their arrival here gave the people of the Pacific Northwest a sense [...]

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Sad Day in Seattle

July 3, 2008

The Seattle Sonics are gone. July Second, 2008, will go down as one of the saddest days in the history of Seattle. Please take a moment of silence to mourn Seattle’s loss. *image source: checkinginsports.com

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Save the Sonics

June 17, 2008

The battle for the Sonics begins. Being from Seattle, I am probably biased in my opinion on this issue, however I still think it is a tragedy if the city of Seattle loses the Sonics. I also think it is incredibly short-sighted by the NBA and David Stern to allow the move. As the NBA continues to expand internationally and as interest [...]