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An unknown 49ers fan is the latest to take a shot at Richard Sherman in an electronic billboard in ...
Tim Haeck

49er fans’ billboard says Sherman has ‘zero class’

An electronic billboard near the I-5 freeway in Fife is hard to ignore. More so now that it features an angry-looking Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks with the caption: "Zero Class."
13 years ago
KIRO Radio’s Jason Rantz doesn’t think a Tacoma teen should have been fired over Bronco...

Tacoma teen shouldn’t be fired for wearing Broncos jersey to work

Being a Denver Broncos fan in Washington is going to be difficult for awhile. One teenager in Tacoma learned the hard way just how tough it can be.
13 years ago
Seattle Seahawks’ Richard Sherman speaks at an NFL football news conference Wednesday, Jan. 2...

Mic audio of Richard Sherman, Michael Crabtree exchange released

The audio from the mic Richard Sherman was wearing during Sunday's NFC Championship has been released.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Man walks into Seattle community center after being shot

A man was grazed by a bullet while standing outside a community center in Seattle, police say.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Seattle school district evicts school for children with special needs

The Northwest Center School, which serves children of all abilities, from six months to age 12, has been until the end of June to find a new home.
13 years ago
Even people who’d never heard of Richard Sherman before Sunday are coming to his defense. (AP...
Josh Kerns

Sherman’s newest Seattle supporter had never heard of him before

Melissa Adams admits she'd never heard of Richard Sherman before his outburst Sunday. But now the Seattle mom says she's one of his biggest fans.
13 years ago
Seattle entrepreneur John Chen and his mom pose for a picture at the Seahawks game last Sunday at C...
Josh Kerns

Seattle entrepreneur banking on 12th Man to help him fill Super Bowl suites

Seattle entrepreneur John Chen has taken some pretty big risks in his career. But now that he's got full fledged Seahawks fever, he's making the riskiest bet of his life - counting on the 12th Man to help him fill three Super Bowl suites.
13 years ago
Andrew Law, 36, was armed with a fake gun (bottom) when shot and killed by a Seattle police officer...
Brandi Kruse

Man shot, killed by Seattle police at bus stop had fake gun

Andrew Law, 36, was armed with a fake gun when shot and killed by a Seattle police officer near a bus stop Monday night.
13 years ago
Seattle Seahawks running back Robert Turbin, center, runs out of bounds in front of New Orleans Sai...
Tim Haeck

Seahawks depth chart: Robert Turbin ‘working hard’ in shadow of Marshawn Lynch

For the last few days, the Seahawks story line has been the postgame rant of Richard Sherman. But you'll get none of that from Seattle's unassuming, reserve running back, who is waiting patiently for his star to shine.
13 years ago
Dori Monson talks to one of the Seahawks greats, Dave Krieg, as the Seahawks head to the Super Bowl...
Jamie Skorheim

Seahawks Ring of Honor: A conversation with Dave Krieg

As the Seahawks head to the Super Bowl, KIRO Radio's Dori Monson Show is taking a look back at all the great players that have fueled the enthusiasm for the this Seattle team.
13 years ago
Not everyone thinks a Denver company’s humorous jab at Richard Sherman in support of the Bron...
Josh Kerns

Sherman supporters fail to see humor in Denver company’s parody sign

A Denver appliance company is having some fun with the Richard Sherman controversy. But not everyone gets the joke.
13 years ago
The chief of the Washington State Patrol has reassigned a commander for his actions while moonlight...
Tim Haeck

Seahawks game ‘mistake’ costs State Patrol commander

The chief of the Washington State Patrol has reassigned a commander for his actions while moonlighting on a security detail at at Seahawks game.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson thinks taxpayers are going to be on the hook for billions in cost ov...

It’s time to stop the Seattle tunnel project

Taxpayers are going to be on the hook for billions of dollars. It's time to stop the tunnel.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Man with suspended license arrested for driving 105 mph

State troopers arrested a man whose license was suspended for DUI driving at speeds of more than a hundred miles an hour on I-5 near Kent Wednesday morning.
13 years ago
Alyssa Kleven

FB Derrick Coleman responds to Seahawk fan’s letter

A young fan has something in common with a Seattle Seahawk. They both like sports - and they both wear hearing aids.
13 years ago
A hit by Seattle Seahawks’ Cliff Avril during the second half of the NFL football NFC Champio...
Jamie Skorheim

Seismic recordings at NFC Championship near original Beast Quake levels

The 12th Man was shaking things up at CenturyLink Field on Sunday.
13 years ago
This season has found the jet stream spending much of the winter well north of the Pacific Northwes...
Ted Buehner, NWS Meteorologist

Where’s Seattle’s rain?

Where is the rain and mountain snow? That is a question many in this region are discussing including those in the weather community.
13 years ago
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Alyssa Kleven

If Super Bowl goes well, sky is the limit for Sherman’s endorsement deals

Before the end of the Seahawks NFC Title win - we got a look at Richard Sherman's first big advertising gig: Beats by Dre headphones. And then came the rant.
13 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Seattle pottery company getting calls for Maryland’s health exchange

A Seattle company is now playing a small role in the continuing public difficulties of some state health exchanges to get up and running under the Affordable Care Act.
13 years ago
A truck plows snow off a road near MetLife Stadium during a snow storm, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in ...
Chris Sullivan

If a big storm rolls in on Super Bowl Sunday, the game time would move

It's a good thing the Super Bowl wasn't scheduled to be played this week in New Jersey.
13 years ago
Workers unload a truck carrying Seattle Seahawks equipment to the former Los Angeles Rams former tr...
Dan Restione

Seahawks history: Ken Behring and when we almost lost the Seattle Seahawks

The early '90s weren't standout seasons for the Seattle Seahawks. Just two years into the decade, they stumbled badly.
13 years ago
Students and supporters of ousted Eastside Catholic vice principal Mark Zmuda protest outside the S...
Josh Kerns

Eastside Catholic president resigns in wake of gay controversy

The embattled head of Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish has resigned in the aftermath of her controversial firing of a popular gay vice principal and swim coach.
13 years ago
Copacabana, a Bolivian restaurant in Seattle’s Post Alley, is running a two-for-one meal spec...
Tim Haeck

Cars and cookies, Seahawks deals popping up all over town

Strict rules prevent manufacturers and marketers from exploiting the Super Bowl name. But that won't stop clever and opportunistic Seattle-area retailers from making a buck on the wings of the Seahawks success.
13 years ago
No matter how cute you think your dog is, KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson doesn’t want to see ...

No dogs allowed: I don’t want a Pekingese hovering over the produce in the grocery store

There are lots of stores that welcome dogs inside. They have little treats. But the grocery store? I would never bring my dog into the grocery store.
13 years ago