"Today, 100 years since the inception of Negro HistoryWeek, many still want to ignore and even erase history that doesn’t center whiteness," writes the SeattleTimes editorial board ... .
— Freshman Sash Gavalyugov scored 21 points off the bench and Santa Clara won its ninth straight game with a 84-72 victory over Seattle on Wednesday night ... Junseok Yeo and Brayden Maldonado each had 17 points for Seattle (15-11, 4-9).
The city of Seattle will pay $29 million to settle a negligence lawsuit filed by the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck and killed by a speeding police officer in 2023.
SEATTLE — Considering all that’s been going on around here of late, the chatter about the NBA has understandably taken a few steps back from getting a ton of attention ....