What’s the Professional Women’s Hockey League, and how’s it different from the hockey you’ve seen before? The PWHL, founded in 2022, is the most popular professional sports league for women’s hockey. It shares a lot of its DNA with the NHL, home to the...
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A decade ago, former Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen had an idea. Having served as assistant to the ambitious Jeanette Williams, whose advocacy brought a bridge to West Seattle and made Kubota Gardens into a public park, he could recognize an...
The players have had enough. After enduring a season chock-full of injuries and toxic discourse, those who keep the WNBA’s engine running are mostly in agreement that they aren’t paid enough. Caitlin Clark, the league’s biggest superstar, made just $78,066...
They say that it’s better to have loved someone dearly, accepting the heartbreak of inevitably losing them, than to have never loved at all. Our close connections to each other and the world around us, no matter how much they’ll hurt in the future, make us...
For a dark time in national politics, the optimism at Rainier Beach High School certainly was as bright as the library’s fluorescent white lights. In a makeshift space between the two manga aisles, a group of young students welcomed guests to the forum and...
Overnight on October 9, a miracle occurred: The beloved St. Rat is now joined by two new furry companions, represented as mosaics and pressed into the water utility building on Cal Anderson Park. To St. Rat’s closest left now flies a pigeon, holding a rose in...
Given that it’s getting toward the end of summer, Seattle goes all out around Labor Day for outdoor activities. Concerts! Paddle raves! Bumbershoot! With all these fresh-air festivities, you likely missed what was going on inside: the largest Tekken 8...
The best sports fandoms have a dose of healthy superstition. If you ask a Mariners fan about the ten-game winning streak earlier in September, it’ll be explained a dozen different ways. Some will point you to the “Etsy Witch,” who was paid to cast a good luck...
“AND DRIVE, TWO, THREE! AND DRIVE, TWO, THREE!” cries out Mandy Sue, in the center of an intertangled, five-person formation. With their backs locked at 90 degrees and their arms intertwined, they’re in what’s called a “scrum.” They push their collective...
The Seattle Storm has decided to part ways with head coach Noelle Quinn, following a rocky 2025 season that saw the team struggle to stay in the playoffs despite a promising start. Insiders have reported that Quinn’s five-person coaching staff has also been...
Want to gawk at something you’ve never seen before? Consider checking out Cannonball Arts, an experimental music and arts venue that recently opened in the Belltown neighborhood, on the corner of Third Avenue and Virginia Street.
Sue Bird, the retired point guard of the Seattle Storm and a four-time WNBA champion, has become the first-ever LGBTQIA+ athlete to be honored with a statue...

