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Seattle Seahawks Ties Abound In Madden Commentary Teams
The latest in the long-running Madden NFL video game series will feature some special treats for Seattle Seahawks fans.
On Friday, EA Sports announced that Madden NFL 25 will feature multiple commentary teams, a first for the franchise. Brandon Gaudin and Charles Davis, who have served as the game’s commentators for the past eight entries, will return as the top commentary team in this year’s game. However, two new commentary teams will also appear in this year’s edition of the game, one consisting of Mike Tirico and Greg Olsen and the other consisting of Kate Scott and Brock Huard.
Of the four newcomers, three of them have notable ties to the Seahawks.
Starting with Olsen, who was FOX Sports’ top NFL color commentator for the past two seasons. The former tight end spent the final season of his 14-year career with Seattle, catching 24 passes for 239 yards and one touchdown in 11 games, including eight starts. Olsen, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, is most known for his time with the Carolina Panthers, but his last chapter in Seattle was a solid one given his age and injury history.
Then there’s Scott, who became the Seahawks’ preseason play-by-play announcer last season. Scott, who is also the play-by-play announcer for the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, has an extensive resume as she’s called games for the NFL, NBA, NHL, college football, the Olympics and the World Cup. Now, she joins one of the world’s premier sports video games as yet another accomplishment.
Finally there’s Huard, who not only played quarterback for the Seahawks in two separate stints, but also emerged as a star at the University of Washington currently works with Seattle Sports as cohost of the Brock and Salk talk show. Huard also works as a sideline reporter covering the UFL for FOX Sports.
Madden NFL 25 launches worldwide on Aug. 16 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
SEATTLE — Paige Bueckers scored 27 points, Azzi Fudd added a career-high 26, including the go-ahead basket with 13.2 seconds left in overtime, and the Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 112-110 on Monday night.
Bueckers, who scored 17 of the Wings’ final 24, netted her 1,000th career point in overtime to cap her night and put Dallas ahead 109-108. She tied Elena Delle Donne for the fourth-fastest in WNBA history to reach the milestone at 52 games.
Fudd followed with a go-ahead layup that put Dallas up 111-110 before Jessica Shepard stole the ball, and Aziaha James capped the scoring with a free throw to end it.
Dallas finished with a WNBA record 48 made field goals.
James scored 18 points off the bench for Dallas (11-6), and Shepard had 14 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Li Yueru scored 10.
Dominique Malonga scored a career-high 37 to go with 12 rebounds for Seattle (3-15). She became the youngest player in league history to reach 200 career field goals at 20 years and 219 days old. Natisha Hiedeman had 21 and 11 assists, and Awa Fam had 18 points.
Dallas trailed 94-88 with 1:24 remaining in regulation before Bueckers rattled off the Wings’ final eight points of regulation, including back-to-back 3-pointers, to help force overtime.
Seattle has lost 11 straight games.
Up next
Wings: Visit the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday.
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Storm: Host the New York Liberty on Thursday.
Two weeks ago, we reported on information prepared for a scheduled meeting of the City Council Public Safety Committee, suggesting that SPD might have to slow its hiring because fewer officers were leaving, which posed a budget dilemma. That briefing scheduled for the committee’s June 9 meeting ultimately was postponed because it was the last item on the agenda and the previous two ran long. It’s now scheduled for tomorrow’s committee meeting (9:30 am Tuesday, June 23), same slide deck, but this time it’s the second item on the agenda, so not likely to be bumped again. It’s a regularly scheduled quarterly update, no votes scheduled nor attached proposals, but it can be viewed in the prism of the city’s looming budget shortfall. The agenda explains how to comment and/or watch, in person or remotely.
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