The ups and downs of sports in the Emerald City from 2000 to 2009.
Created by SeaTimesSports on Dec 18, 2009
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Skyline High School, led by Jake Heaps and Kasen Williams, win their third straight state football title against Ferris High School, 45-21.
Photo: Jim Bates, Seattle Times
Skyline's Jake Heaps hoists another state trophy over his head as the Spartans take the 4A Title 45-21 over Farris at the Tacoma Dome, Saturday, December 5, 2009.
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Bellevue defeated Liberty, 23-17, at the Tacoma Dome to become the 2009 3A football state champions.
Photo: Jim Bates, Seattle Times
Bellevue's Wolverines hoist their helmets at the Tacoma Dome Saturday night in celebration of the school's seventh title in nine years.
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Real Salt Lake defeated the LA Galaxy 5-4 in penalty kicks to receive the 2009 MLS Cup.
Photo: Dean Rutz, Seattle Times
Real Salt Lake's Robbie Russell reacts after scoring the winning goal during a penalty kick duel against the LA Galaxy during the MLS Cup.
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Forty years after their first and only season, players from Seattle's first major-league baseball team, the Pilots, reunited.
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Pitcher Fred Talbot is greeted after a grand slam by Seattle Pilots teammates Gordy Lund (14), John Donaldson (10) and Jerry McNertney.
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MVP pitcher Danielle Laurie led the team to win five of the six games in the series.
Photo: AP
Washington first baseman Niki Williams, top left, catcher Alicia Blake, center, and pitcher Danielle Laurie, right, are mobbed by teammates at home plate as Washington defeated Florida 3-2.
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The Sounders FC beat New York 3-0 in their first MLS game.
Photo: Mark Harrison
Sounders FC players celebrate with Brad Evans, center, after he scored a goal in Thursday's inaugural match.
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Mariners' icon, Ken Griffey Jr., decides to return to Seattle.
Photo: Mark Harrison, Seattle Times
Griffey, back in an M's uniform, waves to the crowd October 4, 2009.
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Western drops a football program that was around since 1903 due to financial reasons.
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The UW women's cross-country team finished an undefeated season with a NCAA cross-country championship.
Photo: Bob Poynter, Tribune Star
Washington's Katie Follett, from left, Christine Babcock, Anita Campbell and Amanda Miller celebrate after winning the women's NCAA cross country championship in Terre Haute, Ind. Washington's score of 79 bested runner-up and Pac-10 rival Oregon by 52 points.
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Seven games into an 0-12 season, Huskies football coach Tyrone Willingham resigns under pressure.
Photo: Elaine Thompson, AP
Washington coach Tyrone Willingham, right, listens as athletic director Scott Woodward speaks at Willingham's regular news conference Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 where he announced that he is resigning effective at the end of the season.
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After a lengthy trial, the city of Seattle allowed the Sonics to break their lease and leave for Oklahoma City. Photo by Steve Ringman Mayor Greg Nickels tells a packed room that a settlement was reached and the Sonics are leaving town. To his left is City Attorney Tom Carr.
A group of local women announces that they are purchasing the Seattle Storm from Clay Bennett. Photo: Elaine Thompson, Associated Press New Seattle Storm owners Dawn Trudeau, Ginny Gilder, Lisa Brummel and Anne Levinson, from left, hold team jerseys with their names as they pose following a news conference announcing the planned purchase.
Mariners manager Mike Hargrove resigns the day the Mariners win their eighth straight game. PHOTO: by Erika Shultz Seattle Mariner's manager Mike Hargrove watches Sunday afternoon's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Hargrove resigned Sunday.
At the news conference announcing the deal, Clay Bennett and the other news owners say they "want to keep the Sonics and Storm in Seattle."
PHOTO: by Betty Udesen, Seattle Times
At a press conference held Tuesday afternoon in Seattle, Sonic owner Clay Bennett, right, and architects Tim Romani, left, and Jim Walters, answer questions from members of the media about Bennett's plans for building a new arena.
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Seattle's Apolo Ohno wins three Olympic speed skating medals, one gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
PHOTO: by Dean Rutz, Seattle Times
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The greatest Seahawks season ended in bitter disappointment Sunday, a 21-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Photo: John Lok, Seattle Times
Hines Ward makes a reception in the second quarter to set the Steelers up for a touchdown.
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The Huskies win their first volleyball title, beating Nebraska. Photo: Rod Mar, Seattle Times Washington's Christal Morrison, who was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, hits against Nebraska in the final match.
Washington-bred No Giveaway, a 60-to-1 longshot, wins the Longacres Mile.
Sonics head coach Nate McMillan leaves to take a job with the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Sonics beat the New Orleans Hornets 97-72, to win their sixth division title and first since 1998.
Photo: Jim Bates, Seattle Times
Luke Ridnour scores and is fouled as he gets past P. J. Brown (42) and Bostjan Nachbar (10) in the fourth quarter.
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Washington beats Arizona, 81-72, and earns the number one NCAA seed.
Photo: Kevork DjanSsezian / AP
Washington's Will Conroy hoists the championship trophy after defeating Arizona, 81-72, to win the Pac-10 college basketball tournament Saturday, March 12, 2005, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Enumclaw's Kasey Kahne earns the NASCAR Rookie of the Year title.
Betty Lennox is the Finals MVP as the Storm takes the '04 title.
Photo: John Lok, Seattle Times
The Storm bench erupts as time runs out, giving Seattle its first WNBA championship title Tuesday against Connecticut at KeyArena.
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Ichiro breaks the major-league hits record, previously set by George Sisler.
Photo: John Lok, Seattle Times
Mariner Ichiro Suzuki, left, shakes hands with George Sisler's daughter, Frances Sisler Drochelman, as her son, Bo Drochelman, looks on Saturday during a pre-game ceremony at Safeco Field.
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Bellevue High School beats De La Salle's 151-game winning streak. Photo: Jim Bates, Seattle Times JR Hasty runs for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage for Bellevue.
Miss Budweiser wins the Seafair hydro race in its final debut. Photo: Brian Cassella, Seattle Times Dave Villwock drives "Miss Budweiser" to another victory during the finals of hydro racing Sunday on Lake Washington.
UW fires football coach Rick Neuheisel in the midst of a gambling probe.
Photo: Yoni Brook, Seattle Times
Rick Neuheisel, fighting for his job as head job of the Husky football program, speaks to the media at a press conference outside his home in Medina. At his side is his wife Susan Neuheisel.
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The Sonics trade their greatest player, Gary Payton, to Milwaukee.
Photo: Rod Mar, Seattle Times
Gary Payton, speaking to the media before his first game as a Milwaukee Bucks.
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Golfer Craig Parry wins NEC Invitational at Sahalee. Photo: Rod Mar, Seattle Times Craig Parry pumps his fist after making birdie on his third hole in a row on the front nine to take a commanding lead.
Qwest Field, then called "Seahawks Stadium," opens with a Sounders game. Photo: Mike Siegel Seattle skyline looking north past Qwest Field.
The Mariners' 116th win tied them with the 1906 Cubs.
Photos: Rod Mar, Seattle Times
Fans give the Mariners a standing ovation after their 116th win of the season, a 1-0 win over Texas.
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Just days after 9/11, the Mariners won the AL West, celebrating the moment with an American flag on the field.
Photo: Mike Siegel, Seattle Times
Mariners celebrate on the field with the American flag after winning the AL West.
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Safeco Field hosted the 2001 All-Star game in front of a packed stadium of fans.
Photo: Dean Rutz, Seattle Times
Cal Ripken Jr. waves his hat to the crowd after his third inning lead-off home run during the 2001 All Star game.
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Seattle Mariner Rodriguez signs a $252 million dollar contract with the Texas Rangers.
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The Ackerley Group sold the Sonics and the Seattle Storm of the WNBA for $200 million to a group headed up by Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz.
Photo: Mark Harrison, Seattle Times
With a handshake and the passing of a basketball, Howard Schultz took the over the Seattle Sonics from Barry Ackerley.
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The University of Washington Huskies beat Purdue 34-24 to take the 2001 Rose Bowl.
Photo: Mark Harrison, Seattle Times
Game MVP Marques Tuiasosopo raises his fist in victory as the clock ticks the final seconds of the Rose Bowl.
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After Coach Paul Westphal was fired, Nate McMillan was hired on an interim basis.
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Nate McMillan waits for questions after being named head coach of the Sonics.
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Puyallup's Megan Quann claims her second Olympic gold medal by dominating the breaststroke leg for the U.S. women's world record-setting 100-meter medley relay team. Photo: Puyallup native Megan Quann Jendrick won two Gold Medals at the Sydney Olympics as a teenager.
The aging Kingdome, once home to the Mariners, is imploded.
Ken Griffey Jr. left the Mariners for his hometown and a nine-year contract with the Reds.
Photo: Michael E. Keating, Cincinnati Enquirer
Ken Griffey, Jr. with Brian Goldberg, agent, (left) and Carl H. Lindner, CEO of the Cincinnati Reds at the press conference announcing his trade from the Seattle Marniners.
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