Seattle

Breanna Stewart scored 22 points and Seattle moved within a victory of a WNBA championship as the Storm beat the Las Vegas Aces 104-91.

The Seattle is back in the finals for the second time in three seasons after the Storm swept Minnesota in the best-of-five semifinals of the WNBA playoffs.

Yimmi Chara scored in the opening minutes and the Portland Timbers went on to beat Pacific Northwest rival Seattle 1-0 on Wednesday night.

The Mariners open a three-game series as the home team in San Diego after the set was relocated due to air quality concerns in the Seattle area.

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are on top of the first AP Pro32 poll of the season, followed by Baltimore, New Orleans, Seattle and Green Bay rounded out the top five.

The two-game series between the San Francisco Giants and Mariners in Seattle has been postponed because of poor air quality caused by the West Coast wildfires.

Russell Wilson’ had an impressive season-opening performance. But there was an even better debut for Seattle with Jamal Adams’ first game with the Seahawks.

Portland Timbers midfielder Sebastian Blanco tore the ACL in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season. The team says Blanco will have surgery next week.

Pinch-hitter Darin Ruf homered with one out in the seventh inning and the San Francisco Giants beat Seattle 6-5, ending the Mariners’ six-game winning streak.

Even the most optimistic of Mariners fans knew that the truncated 2020 season was going to be filled with growing pains as General Manager Jerry DiPoto had to tear a veteran-laden team down to the studs to replenish a depleted farm system. The rebuild may be happening ahead of schedule.