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Earlier today, the Yakima Valley Pippins Baseball club announced that they now actively trying to secure host families for their 2021 roster of college-aged players.

It was 41 years ago today (Feb. 22, 1980) that a group of college kids took down the mighty Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War to deliver what is still believed by many to be the greatest moment in American sporting history and one of, if not the, greatest upset in the history of sport altogether. I distinctly remember it because I was lying in a hospital bed as a 9-year-old suffering from kidney failure.

Who do we, in the state of Washington consider the Greatest of All-Time? According to the data compiled in this study of sports fans, none other than...

Many are women.

Former Major League ballplayer-turned-TV-broadcaster Kevin Millar gave Yakima a shout out on yesterdays February 15th) episode of "Intentional Talk" on the MLB Network. As it turns out, he has extended family that lives in the valley!

With the Seattle Mariners re-signing James "Big Maple" Paxton, it got me thinking of other sports stars that carry a nickname that includes the moniker "Big". Here are some of my favorites with a surprising disproportionate amount of them having played for Seattle sports franchises.

While Michael McDowell's trip to victory lane at the 2021 Daytona 500 cam in improbable fashion an even more unlikely champion of the 1990 Great American Race spent years racing at Yakima Speedway.

Aric Almirola and Austin Dillon were the winners in last night's 150-mile qualifying races for Sunday's Daytona 500.

Seattle superfan Kris Brannon, aka "Sonics Guy", has passed away.

While print media has slowly eroded over the years thanks to the internet, it is still an honor to make the cover of venerable publication "Sports Illustrated". In their upcoming February 23rd edition, Mark Few's Gonzaga Bulldogs Men's Basketball team gets that distinction.

Seattle Seahawks fans, also known, simply, as the "12s", have always prided themselves on being one of the most vocal and loyal fan bases in the country and across the entire National Football League.That passion was validated this past weekend during the annual "NFL Honors" ceremony when 89 year-old Patti Hammond, known better to Seahawks fans as "Mama Blue" finished as the runner-up for the league's first-ever "Fan of the Year" award prior to Super Bowl LV (55).

While his season might have ended abruptly, it still culminated in the highest of honors for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.