6/19/2021 (Auburn, WA) Emerald Downs celebrates 25 years on Sunday. It was June 20, 1996 when the admission gates first flew open and a crowd of more than 18,000 who had waited four years for the return of live racing in Western Washington packed the shiny new track in Auburn. […]
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Emerald Downs: Front Speed Dominates Stakes Schedule Kick-off in the Hastings and Bud
6/19/2021 (Auburn, WA) The 2021 Stakes schedule got underway Thursday night highlighted with the first Longacres Mile prep race, the 50-thousand dollar Budweiser Stakes. The field of 8 ran as the 7th race on the 8 race card. The field set to go 6-furlongs would then suffer a late scratch […]
Match Preview: Sounders @ Galaxy 6/19/2021
After nearly three weeks off due to the international break, the Seattle Sounders (5-3-0 18pts) are back in action as they take a trip to California and take on the LA Galaxy (5-0-2 15pts) tomorrow. The match features two of the best teams in the western conference and is scheduled […]
M’s Prospect Check: 6/17/2021
Eli Sports is launching a new weekly list where we check in on the Mariners top 5 prospects and see how they are progressing on their respective MiLB clubs. We will be going through their current rankings within the farm system, stat line to date along with how their past […]
King’s Ranks: MLB Power Rankings 6/15/21
The Tiers are Taking Shape I am going to be up front about this. I was at the beach this weekend and watched the least amount of baseball in a weekend that I have all season. Luckily for the most part nothing crazy happened. However, buckle up because with the […]
Emerald Downs: Stakes Schedule begins Thursday with the Bud Mile Prep and the Hastings
6/16/2021 (Auburn, WA) The Stakes schedule kicks off on Thursday with the first of two prep races for the Longacres Mile, the $50,000 Budweiser Stakes and the first Stakes battle for fillies and mares in the Hastings Park also worth $50,000. Both races will start for the 25th time. The […]
OL Reign and Sounders FC announce home doubleheader
SEATTLE, WA – The Seattle Sounders and Reign FC have announced that they will be participating in a doubleheader at Lumen Field in August. Both games will be against heated rivals in the Portland Thorns and Portland Timbers. The Reign will start the day off with a 4 p.m. PT kickoff […]
King’s Ranks: MLB Power Rankings 6/8/21
I think this was our best week so far. Most teams stayed in the same area and quite a few teams even stayed in the same spot. The summer months though can create a lot of change and chaos. I expect trades to start happening any day now. As we […]
King’s Ranks: MLB Power Rankings 6/1/21
At this point in the season, only one of my preseason division winners currently lead their division. Other than the White Sox, things have not gone the way I saw it two months into the season. On the bright side, we have a familiar team at the top of these […]
Sounders Attack Falls Flat as They Draw With Austin FC, 0-0
SEATTLE, WA – For the second match in a row the Sounders’ attack looked lifeless as they settled with a draw with expansion club Austin FC on Sunday. The level ending did mean that the Rave Green remained (5-0-3) unbeaten on the season, but much as last week felt like […]