I'M BAAAAACK!...

It has almost been one year to the day of my last blog post.

Reading the headline on that piece hurts. "Keep Calm People, The Kings Will be Here Soon".

Ouch.

I guess I should start this off by apologizing. I was wrong. I let the Seattle homer in me, along with my deep emotions on the issue, over shadow the potential for a failed attempt by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer to bring the NBA back to our city. It still hurts.

It seems like it was well over a year ago all of that drama was playing out. I really thought we had it in the bag. I think Chris and Steve probably did too. A year later, the Kings have wrapped up another bad season (thats still better than no season at all), the guy who was suppose to run the basketball operations for our new Sonics just got a job in the Big Apple running the Knicks. And the Milwaukee Bucks, another team thought to be a potential player in future Seattle hoops, just sold to a couple of guys who will keep the team in Wisconsin. That despite the Hansen/Ballmer group reportedly offering a much higher price than what Senator Herb Kohl received.

Enough about that topic for now, that isn't the reason I am writing this. This post is meant to be a "reintroduction" of sorts. Keeping up a blog isn't easy. It's not hard, but it isn't easy either. The itch is always there for me. I am always posting on Facebook, sending out tweets. I constantly find myself discussing sports at all times during the day. That is when I ask myself, "why don't you do your blog anymore?". Others ask me this at various times as well. I almost rebooted it that week in December when The Seahawks crushed the Saints on Monday night, and then Robinson Cano left the Yankees to come play for our lowly Mariners. I didn't though.

Another time came in mid January, when the Hawks were running through the playoffs, well on their way to our first ever world championship. Once again, I didn't.

That is what finally brings me to the point of all this. I have been working for the past month or so on a new, weekly post I will be doing right here. It will be pretty basic. Straight-forward, easy to read, and hopefully fun and entertaining. It will consist of three parts:

I will do a week in review. Simple concept. I will discuss major events/outcomes/performances/stories from the past week in the sports world. Maybe other topics as well, depending on the given week.

Next, I will do a look ahead. Discussing big games coming up, important dates, trade deadines, etc...

The final part will be a short column on one specific topic. A rant/opinion of sorts. Most of the time I will probably be aiming to piss you off. (Coug friends...)

Thats it. Nothing too fancy. Just something that I hope you will look forward to reading each Thursday when it is posted. And please, pass it along to anyone else you think may enjoy it!

Thanks for reading this far, and I look forward to hearing from you!