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  Our friends at ftvlive.com note that unhappy KOMO photographers sent a message during the Seahawks Super Bowl parade thru downtown Seattle.  Like KIRO's photog crew right now, all is not well.   Sinclair Stat ion Called Out — FTVLive https://share.google/SXmEi5NaMdVrrRUjs

So the stories about the team going up for sale after the big game were correct, negating the desperate Jody Allen denials and time spent taking the players and staff off the ledge, so there would be no distractions and negative questions during the game run up.    The team confirmed the sale process has gotten underway.  What was the over/under?  The original story that caused all the headlines and chaos was broken by a nationally-known reporter.   Where were the locals?   Too busy bandwagoning?    Worried about jeopardizing access?    Thoughts? https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/seahawks-going-up-for-sale-paul-g-all en-estate-announces Seahawks officially up for sale; Seattle fans worry about a repeat of past ownership woes https://komonews.com/news/local/12s-seattle-seahawks-fans-paul-allen-estate-national-football-league-nfl-lumen-field-1990-chuck-knox-professional-sports-super-bowl-win-lx

Let the 2026 speculation begin! Per KIRO Radio post: Starting this week, The John Schneider Show with the general manager of the Super Bowl champion #Seahawks returns to Seattle Sports 710 AM and the Seattle Sports app with @WymanAndBob at 4 p.m. each Thursday leading up to the NFL Draft.   

KOMO Senior news reporter Chris Daniels reports on a two-day old story from the NBA about potential Seattle expansion in his never-ending struggle to be the future media director for a new team here.  It's become more than embarrassing. It's blatant lobbying and KJR enabled it, too, today via Dick Fain.  He's a lobbyist for himself.   He's hasn't broken anything yet, that I can see. https://x.com/i/status/2023568120317915332

Arielle Orsuto already in Peoria, AZ, covering the Mariners, after just coming off Super Bowl coverage.  The sports beat goes on and KING 5 takes the early lead on Monday at 5. It will be interesting to see if any of the Seattle TVs will send crews to Mariners spring training, especially after all the money expended for the Seahawks and KING in Milan for the Winter Olympics.  I think with Egan in Italy at least another week, K5 may simply wait until the Games end, as well as needing Silvi and Orsuto to handle studio sportscasts right now.    In the past, stations have parachuted in for a couple of days to stockpile interviews.  The games or game highlights are usually available on Mariners.com.     Fox was very aggressive for the Super Bowl, and I would expect them to keep the pressure on and maybe ratchet up some travel and coverage as the Games end next weekend.  Haven't seen any publicity on that as yet.   KIRO likely doubtful to...

Weeknight anchor Jessica Janner Castro of KING is a happy mom.  Also a very strong anchor.  https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1B5fPGEdyq/