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It isn't easy to be a fan of Seattle sports... but Darin still loves the Seahawks and Mariners. He loosely follows soccer, and would love to have an NHL team in Seattle. As odd as it sounds, he supports UW AND WSU sports, as well as Eastern WA Univ athletics and Gonzaga Basketball. Between undergraduate and graduate studies, he's taken classes at all of those schools. One thing he won't talk about is the NBA...the league is out of hand.

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Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Fran Tarkenton, Steve Largent, Jim Zorn, Ken Easley, Walter Jones, Matt Hasselbeck, Ken Griffey - Sr. and Jr., Dave Chicken-Wing Morgan, Julio Cruz, Edgar Matinez, Jay Buhner, and the rest of the Seahawks and Mariners past and present.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Vikings, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Flyers, Seattle Sounders

  • Favorite Coaches

    Don James, Sweet Lou, Ground Chuck, Jack Patera, Holmy, and Pete Carroll

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Wow... so many. I might have to ignore all the great games and plays I've witnessed and go personal. When I walked into Safeco Field on opening day I felt like I was once again that nine-year-old kid making his first visit to the Kingdome for a Mariner game..

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2005 NFC Championship Game and Super Bowl XL

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Fewest number of at bats to get a Home Run in front of your home team... 1 - Ken Griffey, Jr.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Tarkenton

  • Jordan or Russell?

    I've sworn off the NBA

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    AND

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Marawhoa?

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    PAC 12

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  • Erik HODNE posted 138 days ago

    Erik HODNE

    Hey Darin,

    Did you hear what Golston had to say about Wilson's height?

    http://www.redskins.com/media-gallery/videos/Kedric_Golston_13/706ea24d-c184-4c07-b450-65b31c0c439a

  • Brandan Schulze posted 198 days ago

    Brandan Schulze

    Great game for the Hawks yesterday! Loved how they showed up in the second half to go up by two scores, keep AP in check, and then finish off the game with the ball.

  • roger schafer posted 218 days ago

    roger schafer

    4-2 looks like the hawks are for real - this is a serious playoff team No teams what to play the hawks

  • roger schafer posted 225 days ago

    roger schafer

    Darin is Joey Rebb still writing ?

  • Ryan R posted 225 days ago

    Ryan R

    correct me if im wrong but if theTexans give up 201 or more yards to the Jets on Monday night the Seahawks will have the #1 Defense in the NFL??? Would this be True?

  • roger schafer posted 230 days ago

    roger schafer

    Darin I said 11 -5 this year you said 10-6 if the coaching on the O side of the ball does not wake up we both will be wrong -this team should be 3-1 or 4-0 gota play to your strengths that means use all of your player to the strengths.

  • Brandan Schulze posted 249 days ago

    Brandan Schulze

    Wow! I was feeling pretty good about my move up to "Contributor II" until I saw that you have more than two million reads on your stories. Well done, sir!

  • Will posted 255 days ago

    Will

    Darin:

    I have the Jets at 3-5 before their week 9 bye.

    And . . . 3-6 after week 10.

    All I can say is . . . God help them if they lose to either the Dolphins (whom they play twice) or the Colts inbetween.

  • Will posted 255 days ago

    Will

    Darin:

    Not that you needed my help, but I tried to soften the blow a little.

    LOL.

    New York Jets fans do not want to hear the obvious . . . especially when it is being written by someone on the West Coast.

    Having lived in Doylestown, PA and Middletown NJ, I can assure you that an "East Coast Bias" does exist.

    I live in Southern California now and . . . right or wrong . . . my perception of the New York Jets is much the same as yours.

  • Bill Eichenberger posted 256 days ago

    Bill Eichenberger

    Please correct my inserted error. Thanks for pointing it out.

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