What happened yesterday in sports? A big fat nothing, except for Garfield star Tony Wroten spraining his ankle in the Bulldogs’ blowout win against Woodinville. Garfield plays Franklin on Monday at the MLK Classic at Hec Ed, and Wroten could miss one of the most anticipated games of the year. That would suck. More on the Woodinville game, which I attended, later.

If you want to call Jim Mora’s press conference something in sports I guess you could. The most interesting thing to me was his insistence that the players take more of a stake in the success of the team. Sort of like the “Is This Good for the Company” school of management, where instead of just telling people what to do, you encourage them to think for themselves. Sort of a novel concept in football. Here’s what Mora said: “I believe very strongly that it’s important that players have a complete understanding of their position, but I think it’s important that they also have a complete understanding of our scheme and how their position fits in our scheme, and how things are working around them. It’s not enough to just memorize your assignment. You have to understand how your assignment affects the guy next to you, the guy in front of you, the guy behind you, the opponent you’re facing. That’s what we’re working towards.”

Also, if you want to try to beat Mora up the Tiger Mountain Cable Line trail (2000 feet elevation gain in five miles, straight up the whole way) he says he’ll be there at 5:45am on Friday.

Here’s the full transcript of the press conference.

Art Thiel points out that if the city had kept the Sonics here just one more year, Clay Bennett and his suddenly much-less-solvent partners probably would’ve had to sell. I think Thiel’s right. God dammit.

Hydro racing in Qatar? Yes. Wonder if I can get the mag to send me.

Jose Miguel Romero talks to Sounders coach Sigi Schmid about the upcoming MLS draft. The Sounders have the first pick.

Blazers Edge interviews Clyde Drexler. Clyde on Brandon Roy–don’t start forming his Hall-of-Fame bust just yet: “Well, I really like Brandon Roy, I think he’s doing a heck of a job, I like him because he has poise, he has patience, and he has a lot of talent. He’s got a legitimate position, he’s a real two guard, he plays with intelligence, and he’s a leader off the court. Those are characteristics that every leader must have. I don’t like to compare guys [this early]. I like to see them do it for about six or seven more years and then we can have this conversation. But I really enjoy watching him play. In order to be considered among the greats, you’ve got to have some kind of longevity.”

Julian Peterson will play in the Pro Bowl.

UW women’s coach Tia Jackson after her team lost by 77 points, and set a school-low for scoring in a half: “This program is going exactly in the direction we want it to go in.” No, really. That’s really what she said. “Exactly?” Really? Obviously she’s been studying at the Donald Rumsfeld school of public relations. Jackson tried to deflect concern by pointing out that the UW’s been facing tough opposition. And, in her defense, the team hasn’t quit, they are still supporting each other, there was still fire on the bench during the Cal game on Sunday.

Greg Johns checks in on how Fred Brown’s doing with his proposed arena. Brown’s partner, Dave Bean, say they are meeting with investors.