Seattle, WA
Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker III leads Seattle to win over Falcons in 'flu game'
Walker led Seattle with 14 carries, 69 rush yards and one rush touchdown. The Seahawks RB also included one receiving TD.
Teammates quipped after the contest that it was Walker’s “flu game,” a reference to Michael Jordan’s 1997 NBA Finals performance against the Utah Jazz when he played through flu-like symptoms.
“You can call it the Kenneth Walker Flu Game,” Smith said.
Since 2022, Walker has 25 career scrimmage touchdowns, tied for sixth-most in the NFL. He became the first Seattle player with a receiving and a rushing TD in the same game since Week 8, 2020 (DeeJay Dallas)
The icing on top of Walker’s birthday cake: He became one of eight players in NFL history with a reception and rushing TD in a game on his birthday.
“I felt fatigued,” Walker noted. “Our training staff did a great job of helping me to stay hydrated,” adding, “I feel like just everything was kind of hard. Being sick, but we got the dub, so it’s all good.”
The Seahawks sorely needed a victory to stem the leak after dropping three straight. Walker delivered despite being under the weather.
The Mariners have made the first move in what’s sure to be a rip-roaring Trade Deadline season, acquiring INF Buddy Kennedy from the Giants in exchange for cash considerations.
Kennedy was designated for assignment by San Francisco earlier this morning as outfielder Heliot Ramos returned from the Injured List.
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The 5’10” infielder has spent most of the season with Triple-A Sacramento, hitting well, even for the PCL. He’s in the 78th percentile for xWOBA, has a nearly identical K% and BB% (12.6%/12.1%) and rarely whiffs. This all has come out to a .322 batting average and a 152 wRC+. He’s made just a minimal impression in the bigs this season, with 8 plate appearances in 7 games, and zero hits.
Kennedy is likely to head to Tacoma. He can play 3B and 2B in a pinch, and will likely backfill Patrick Wisdom’s role if Wisdom is called up to take over right-handed pinch hitting duties from the currently-employed Rob Refsnyder.
The 27-year-old has not found much traction in the five years since his debut with Arizona in 2022. He’s amassed less than 200 plate appearances across 74 games, with a career 50 wRC+. On the mound, Kennedy has made one appearance this season, pitching one inning and giving up four runs, all earned.
Despite some overcast skies, thousands of Seattleites showed up in rainbow colors and bright smiles to celebrate the Seattle Pride Parade on Sunday.The march kicked off at 11 a.m. along Fourth Avenue in downtown, and wrapped up around 3:00 p.m. near Seattle Center.Seattle Pride traces its roots to 1974 and has grown into one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations, drawing hundreds of thousands of people each year. (KOMO)
Here are three more coyote sightings reported to us in the past few days:
SATURDAY MORNING: Dwight emailed us this report:
At 9:53 this morning I saw a coyote walking down Brace Point Drive towards the Josslin building. He saw me and quickly changed direction and headed up California Drive. He looked healthy and happy, not starved and miserable .
THURSDAY EVENING: These next two came in almost simultaneously just after 8:30 pm Thursday via texts – this one, from 38th SW and SW Raymond:
This one, from 37th SW and SW Juneau:
You can browse our past sighting reports here.
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