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Matt Calkins: Bill Russell may have been team sports’ greatest winner, but that’s only part of why people are celebrating his life

Before he played under him as a forward with the Sonics, and before he forged a lifetime friendship with the legend, Spencer Haywood remembers meeting Bill Russell after the Celtics played against the Pistons in Detroit.

Tribune News Service · Jul 31, 2022

Larry Stone: NBA preseason game keeps dream of permanent return to Seattle alive

SEATTLE — It's another tease. Another brick on the (thus far) mythical road to bringing the Sonics — or at least a new team with that hallowed name — back to Seattle.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

Seattle to host NBA preseason game this fall between Trail Blazers and Clippers

SEATTLE — While it isn’t the Sonics — at least not yet — two sources have confirmed a Los Angeles Times report Wednesday that NBA basketball will make its Climate Pledge Arena debut Oct. 3 in an exhibition game between the L.A. Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Analysis: Why Russell Wilson's breakup with the Seahawks became inevitable

SEATTLE — On April 17, 2019, after signing a new four-year contract that made him the highest-paid player in the history of the NFL, Russell Wilson stood with his family at a celebratory news conference at the VMAC in Renton wearing a Sonics jacket and proclaiming "I want to be…

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022