1. Not technically in Seattle, but you don't have to cast a wide net to get this one:
2. Check out these crowds below. Here's a team made mostly famous from Jim Bouton's stories of drugs and debauchery in Ball Four:
3. This courtesy of James Cooke:
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With an upcoming game versus Seattle on the horizon, I decided to pull this 2008 article from The Onion.

SEATTLE—After witnessing its baseball team finish in last place, its NFL team break its streak of five straight playoff appearances, and its NBA team leave for Oklahoma City, Seattle received another blow with the addition of a new Major League Soccer franchise, the Sounders FC.

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A dozen colleges were not interested in being considered as potential venues for the 2018 or 2022 World Cups, in an update to the list of 70 stadiums released by the United States Soccer Federation. Alabama, Auburn, BYU, LSU, Michigan State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, and Virginia Tech turned down the opportunity to host games. Click to continue reading...

I hear some crazy dude on an airplane was running around naked and trying to open the emergency escape doors.
Things could've gotten bad if not for some guys on the Revolution staff.

Oklahoma City FBI agent Gary Johnson praised the officials of the Foxboro-based Major League Soccer squad, saying, "Certainly, a potentially dangerous situation was averted by their actions.

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Who: New England Revolution at Chivas USA
What: SuperLiga Group Stages
Where: Titan Stadium at Cal-State Fullerton, Fullerton, Calif.
When: Sunday, 8:00 p.m. (Telefutura, MLSNet.com)

The New England Revolution had a delayed arrival in Los Angeles Friday after General Manager Craig Tornberg, VP of Player Personnel Mike Burns, and assistant coach Gwynne Williams had to restrain a man trying to open an emergency exit on the team's American Airlines flight at an altitude of 30,000 feet.

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From the Yahoo/the AP:

OKLAHOMA CITY - An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said.

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According to an FBI statement, an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger got naked and tried to open an emergency exit door.
None other than Major League Soccer's New England Revolution were on board traveling to LA to face Chivas USA in their final group match. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes you just have to copy and quote an entire article to get the full effect of what's in the report. Today is one of those days I suppose but I just read this bit of news off of Soccernet about some New England Revolution players who helped subdue a man on a flight. OKLAHOMA CITY [...] Click to continue reading...

The Seattle Supersonics are no more as the NBA club is moving to Oklahoma City effective immediately. After 41 years of operations, Seattle no longer has a professional basketball team.
Now, the fact that the Sonics are toast isn't quite the reason for this post. I'm not much of an NBA fan these days, though I followed the recent playoffs more closely than I had in the last decade or so. Click to continue reading...

Hey all, for any of you Wizards fans out there in southern Kansas, Oklahoma or Arkansas, we're coming a little closer to you. Saturday, March 22 at 6 p.m., we will play a match against Real Salt Lake on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman. This will be the final tune-up before the regular season kicks of Saturday, March 29 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in KCK. Click to continue reading...