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By Nicole Matheson
With his son by his side, legendary former Husky coach Marv Harshman Last Friday listened to comforting bible verses, closed his eyes and drifted into a peaceful slumber, never to wake again.

Harshman concluded his 40-year long coaching reign at the University of Washington where he trained and mentored names like Steve Hawes, Chris Welp, Detlef Schrempf and current coach, Lorenzo Romar.

“We obviously lost a legend. I learned so much from Coac

After an epic show and Mariners Rant, Seattle Sports Hub Radio will once again invade the internet radio airwaves this Sunday, April 21, 2013.

It will be tough to follow-up such an epic and record setting show (75 downloads as of this writing) but I will do the show the best I can.

Before you continue reading, I just wanted to say thank you to all of those who have listened\downloaded\retweeted and have supported this radio endeavor thus far, the support is much appreciate

Dreams seemed so much bigger when I was a kid. When I was growing up, I wanted to be an ice skater, a singer, and then, perhaps more realistically, a vet. But I remember my dad telling me that people-doctors made more money so I should probably do that instead.

In elementary and middle school, I realized that most all of my talents were in writing. Most people have a variety of hobbies and interests and talents that they pursue, but writing is truly the only thing that I have stuck w

It was a cool August morning in Georgia. The sun wasn't even up yet. I was currently attending Airborne School at Ft. Benning as part of my army training. It was the first day of jump week. I felt no emotion. My class was filled mostly with cadets but there were a few other soldiers from military bases around the world. We made our way to the rock pit to begin our parachute landing falls. It was a necessary nuisance to induce muscle memory. "Check canopy and gain canopy control.." the cadre yel

Cooking for yourself is a whole new level of "grown up" that I was never prepared for. I remember being younger, and begging my mom to let me cook dinner, and even the occasional misinformed "cooking every night can't be that bad!" boy, how wrong I was. First off, you need to plan ahead what you're cooking cause chances are that you need to defrost something or buy something, or your substituting your ingredients which requires more thought processes and abilities that I haven't honed yet. Does

As a youth, I recall my Mother attending community college and writing a paper on gun control. I do not recall what she wrote in that paper but I do recall thinking that guns were never something I wanted in my own home.
As an adult and parent of three children, my view has not changed much.
What has changed is my view on who should have the right to legally own guns and the laws that govern gun ownership in our country.
Newtown, despite its sadness, has helped raise some very

In regards to the recent Sandy Hook tragedy, my views on guns laws/rights have not changed. We have been witnesses to violence time and time again. When a person chooses to go on a murderous rampage, we are all affected, whether it is indirectly or directly. We don’t have to lose someone to such a hideous crime to be able to understand what these families are going through. Nonetheless I believe in the United States Constitution, therefore I don’t believe a persons right to legally bear arms sh

Its okay to admit you need help when it comes to successfully selling yourself during the interview process.Many people are afraid or ashamed to admit they need help.Just because you got the interview doesn't mean you know how to properly conduct yourself to land the job.I have seen many a horrendous faux pas waiting my turn for an interview;and Gi-rrendous faux pas during group interviews.In the past I have been guilty of committing an interview crime or seven.The road to redemption begins wi

“Sticks and stones can break my bones but words….? Words can do all sorts of things... Whether or not we believe the words, they do their work.” ~H.H


“If I ever get so big that I take up 2 seats on mass transit, or have to sit sideways on the single seats….tell my fat greedy ass to stop eating…You so fat you only joined facebook because you heard they put cookies on your computer:...and You so fat you walked into the Gap and filled it”

There are fat jokes that stret

You shouldn’t wait for specific months or national days to come around to practice awareness on causes that affect your health.Every calendar day should be practiced as an awareness day. Know your body and be conscious of your well being.Get a yearly physical to know whats going on with your overall health.Practice safe sex and get tested for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases regularly. Whether you are in a monogamous relationship or not.


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