Rich Boudet

Los Angeles #Kings center Samuel Helenius, right, bloodies his hand against the visor of Seattle #Kraken right wing Jacob Melanson, left, as they fight during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, April 13, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

This will happen when you can your whole Sports Dept.

NEW: It's now more lucrative to have a losing sports team than a championship team. We examined the Boston Red Sox to see how private equity and cost cutting invaded sports. In this era, teams want to sell good players for profit more than they want to have a good season.

This is awesome 🥹 Rangers manager, Skip Schumaker, went out to the mound not to remove Carter Baumler, a Rule 5 pick, but to inform him that he made the Rangers Opening Day roster during a mound visit

Who’s the new guy?

@SignJoshNaylor @paulbarrett6 @RyanDivish Here company.seattletimes.com/store/

@paulbarrett6 @RyanDivish @richboudet How can I get my hands on a couple of these in NYC? Was able to get the Ichiro HOF version via eBay for a few bucks. Would love this one as well!

In today’s Seattle Times: our outstanding Mariners preview section designed by @richboudet. Pick it up!

@nickhlozito @paulbarrett6 “That’s what the money is for”

@paulbarrett6 @richboudet The real question: who took initiative to code the tv sked?

Long live print. The Dodgers poster that covers two pages in today’s @latimes sports section:

In Sunday's San Diego Union-Tribune print edition, a 14-page Padres / MLB season preview, featuring cover story by @sdutKevinAcee and content/analysis from @sdutSanders and @SDUTKrasovic. Cover photo 📸: @MegMcLaughlinDA

I tried my best to answer some questions about streaming.

Presenting the Mariners' 50th anniversary team, as selected by a @SeaTimesSports panel, surely to be undisputed and unrivaled. C: Cal Raleigh 1B: Alvin Davis 2B: Bret Boone 3B: Kyle Seager SS: Álex Rodríguez LF: Raúl Ibañez CF: Griffey RF: Ichiro DH: Edgar

Charles Leclerc picked the three-time Le Mans winning Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa as his wedding day car 🤌 Is it the most beautiful race car ever made? ❤️

The Seattle Times – competing in Division A, the largest print circulation and website division – earned Top 10 honors in four categories of the APSE Contest. seattletimes.com/sports/seattle…

@benryanwriter Yeah it bugged me too

Imagine if Wired had published a cover like this with stereotypes about other minority groups. What might those covers had looked like if the secret power cliques were black, Native American, transgender or autistic people?

So much of the MLB econ story is the local TV divide: *The Dodgers enjoy $334m a year from their regional cable deal, and don't pay full revenue share due to their bankruptcy deal. *The Twins sold 50,000 subs for their streaming product last season. At $99 a sub, that's ~$5 million. Their former RSN deal guaranteed $54.8 million for the 2023 season. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

Sam Darnold lost money on Sunday?? Boomer says the NFLPA should shut down any future Super Bowls in California:

Here’s today’s Seattle Times, another Seahawks collector’s item from the amazing @SeaTimesSports team and others in our newsroom. Pick it up!

Seattle’s two Super Bowl championships (the same headline?!? yes we did that on purpose) 😉 @SeaTimesSports #SuperBowlLX 🗞️

I need a drinkkkkk, tired but so proud of this section!!! Get one!!!