Nick Ashbourne
Living my entire life in Toronto to this point has delivered me heartbreak after heartbreak in the realm of sports fandom. The ruthlessly consistent shortcomings of my beloved Blue Jays and Maple Leafs has left me jaded beyond my years. The object of my affections in terms of football, the Seattle Seahawks, have given me moments of great joy and great despair in equal measure and seem likely to do so for the rest of my days. When I'm not contemplating or ranting about sports I tend to ponder or rant about a variety of other things. These things include but are not limited to: books, movies, music, politics, video games, the meaning of life and basically anything worth thinking or talking about.
The seventh installment of “Obscure Seahawks Bi-Weekly” profiles rookie tight end Luke Willson. He may not be obscure enough for you because he was a 5th round draft pick this year, but leading up…Read More
The sixth installment of “Obscure Seahawks Bi-Weekly” looks at LEO prospect Benson Mayowa out of Idaho. Mayowa has only been a Seahawk since Monday but might just have a chance to stay awhile.
The…Read More
The fifth installment of ‘Obscure Seahawks Weekly” looks at athletic fullback/special teams ace Derrick Coleman. Coleman is an interesting guy (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/columns/ncf/story/_/id/7273486/derrick-coleman-ucla-bruins-story-worth-hearing)…Read More
The fourth installment of “Obscure Seahawks Bi-Weekly” looks at undrafted free agent Ray Polk. Polk is a hard hitting safety with the kind of eye-popping athleticism that is likely to make Pete Carroll…Read More
The third installment of Obscure Seahawks Bi-Weekly takes a look at cornerback Chandler Fenner. Fenner fits the Seahawks mold of cornerbacks with more length but possibly suspect quickness. Let’s take…Read More
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For the second edition of the controversially named “Obscure Seahawks Bi-Weekly” series (I understand…Read More
Today begins a potentially lengthy series in which I plan to introduce you, the Seahawks fan, to the…Read More
The 2013 edition of the Seattle Seahawks, barring horrific injury or unexpected regression, has a chance…Read More
This season, and in reality over the last few years, the Seattle front office has been making so many…Read More
Rarely when your team schedules a visit with a soon to be 36 year old cornerback should you be excited,…Read More
Given that outside of the Matt Flynn trade it’s pretty quiet around here, I thought I would embark…Read More
When it became clear that Matt Flynn was on the trading block I must confess I had mixed feelings. I…Read More
With free agency winding down, especially for the Seahawks I would imagine, it seems about time…Read More
In the wake of the fairly surprising Cliff Avril signing the Percy Harvin addition may seem like old…Read More
I would like to preface this article by saying that I absolutely understand why some people don’t…Read More
With the upcoming draft dominating the NFL news landscape in recent weeks I started thinking over the…Read More
Interrupting my recent series on free agency I thought this week I would ponder the draft a little…Read More
In what has somewhat accidentally become a weekly series, I have been examining free agent targets…Read More
A couple of weeks back when it was safe to say that no one in their right mind was thinking about free…Read More
On one of my favorite Sundays of the year, I’ve decided to revive my weekly feature from earlier in…Read More