The Seattle Times

During the 1996 season, Mariners general manager Woody Woodward asked Mike Goff, the team’s manager of the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, who he felt were the “untouchable” players on his team. In other words, the ones with too much promise to give…

Still January? Check. Still pandemic? Check. Need a new book? Check, check, check. Visit a local indie bookstore — they’re probably having a post-holiday slump too — and pick up a new paperback; maybe one of these brand-new ones. “The Swallowed Man” by…

Amazon Go is headed to the suburbs. In an effort to reach customers closer to their homes, Amazon announced Tuesday it is launching a new store format, keeping the Amazon Go name and the high-tech checkout experience that lets customers skip the cashie…

SEATTLE — Pain was the first clue. Sharp, jagged streaks of it shooting up the sides of Rahima Jackson’s body. Jackson’s pain grew worse at night. It hurt to lie down, so she learned to sleep standing up, her back leaned against a wall. At first, Jacks…

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Allegedly, Palm Springs became Palm Springs through a quirk in contracts old-time Hollywood bosses used to write for their stars: a “two-hour rule” stipulating that no famous face should be more than 120 minutes away in case it w…

There are apparently some all-important distinctions to the not-so-appealing Kraken habit of falling behind in the opening five minutes of a game. When a puck went in early yet again on Sunday night off the skate of defenseman Carson Soucy, it marked t…

Maybe the Kansas City Chiefs ought to schedule their playoff games closer to the Fourth of July. For the second time in three seasons, K.C. was in need of a fireworks stand as its pyrotechnics crew ran out of celebratory fireworks when the team scored …