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Seahawks open season, M’s edge Rangers and more | Northwest Sports Update

Seahawks open season, M’s edge Rangers and more | Northwest Sports Update

Seattle Seahawks owners, from left, Vice Chair Neal Khosla, Chair Vinod Khosla and Controlling Owner & President of the Seahawks Charitable Foundation Neeru Khosla pose with a Seahawks jersey before a news conference before an NFL football game between the Seahawks and the New England Patriots, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) Photo: Associated Press


Seahawks News

The Seahawks just kicked off the 2026 NFL season.

They’re currently facing off against the New England Patriots in their season opener at Lumen Field.

It’s a rematch of last season’s Super Bowl, where the Seahawks won in dominant fashion to secure their second-ever Lombardi Trophy.

Their championship banner was revealed right before tonight’s game.

Also before the game, the Khosla family who just bought the team announced that Seattle’s white 90s-era throwback uniforms will return in 2027.

The Seahawks open this season with the fourth-best odds to repeat as Super Bowl champs.

They’ll look to start things off strong tonight, with the game already underway on KPUG.

Mariners News

The Mariners earned a much-needed win this afternoon.

They edged the Texas Rangers 3-2 at T-Mobile Park to even up the series at a game apiece.

The Rangers homered to take an early lead, but Taylor Ward scored Cal Raleigh on an RBI single in the second inning to tie the game up.

Cole Young went on to hit a 2-run double in the fourth to give the Mariners the lead.

The Rangers nearly rallied after launching another solo homer in the eighth inning, but Andres Munoz silenced them with a scoreless frame in the ninth.

Kade Anderson had the best outing of his young career, giving up just one run and striking out five over six innings to earn his first major-league win.

It came after his fellow rookie Lazaro Montes set a record for the longest home run hit at T-Mobile with a 474-foot blast in last night’s loss.

The Mariners will look to win the series tomorrow afternoon with Logan Gilbert on the mound for the rubber match.

Coverage begins at noon and first pitch is at 1:10 on KPUG.

Tennis News

Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz’s title reign in the latest-finishing match in US Open history.

Shelton pulled out a five-set victory in a marathon tussle that ended at just after 3:30 this morning.

Alcaraz had his 18-match winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments ended in a match that lasted 4 hours and 28 minutes.

The U.S. is now guaranteed to have a representative in Sunday’s final as it seeks its first men’s major title since Andy Roddick lifted the title in New York in 2003.

Meanwhile, fellow American Coco Gauff rallied to beat Mirro Andreeva in the quarterfinals earlier today to keep her hopes of a second US Open title alive.

Prep Football News

Week 2 of the high school football season kicks off tomorrow.

Squalicum is hosting Anacortes in a rematch of last year’s major upset when the Storm shocked the 2x defending state champion Seahawks.

Allan Fee and The Zone crew will be doing an extended pregame show at Civic Stadium leading up to kickoff.

Coverage begins at 5:30 tomorrow and kickoff is at 7:00 right here on KGMI.

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