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Mayor Harrell says Seattle's FIFA countdown clock sends a political message

Seattle started its official countdown Wednesday, marking one year until it hosts the FIFA World Cup.
- Joshua McNichols
Seattle's Roosevelt High School sanctioned for illicit recruiting of football players

District staff, coaches, and students at Seattle’s Roosevelt High School face wide-ranging sanctions after the state’s school athletics regulatory body found that the football program illicitly recruited students.
- Ann Dornfeld
'It’s bleak.' Canadian baseball fans nervous to visit Seattle under Trump

Canadian baseball fans have been reluctant to spend money in the U.S. in the wake of President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Canada.
- Casey Martin
The Blue Jays are coming! Canadian fans, not so much

Just how many royal blue Blue Jays baseball jerseys and hats will grace the streets around Seattle’s T-Mobile Park and SoDo this weekend? That’s the big question as the Seattle Mariners, local hotels, restaurants and hospitality businesses cross their fingers ahead of Blue Jays Weekend. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm looked for answers.
- Kim Malcolm
What the puck? The Seattle Kraken have 2 staff librarians

To say Gina Rome and Ashley Hufford have their dream job would be a little misleading — it wasn't a job they knew they could dream of before they had it.
- Katie Campbell
Gender-inclusive policies spark federal investigation of Washington schools agency

The U.S. Department of Education has opened a broad investigation of the Washington state superintendent’s office over its gender-inclusive schools policies.
- Sami West
Seattle to get professional women's hockey team this year

In Seattle's biggest sports announcement in years, Seattle will get a professional women's hockey team in 2025.
- Paige Browning
Proposal to keep trans athletes out of girls' sports fails in Washington state

Washington state’s governing body for middle and high school athletics has rejected a proposal to limit participation in girls’ sports to students assigned female at birth.
- Sami West
Washington schools grapple with conflicting policy on trans sports

Transgender student athletes, and the schools they play for in Washington, are facing some new uncertainty, as they face conflicting guidance from state and federal officials.
- Sami West
Proposal to limit transgender athletes' participation in sports blocked in Washington state

Washington state’s governing body for middle and high school athletics has determined proposed rule changes limiting how transgender students can participate in sports would violate state laws.
- Sami West

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