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A Brief History of Seattle Sports, as Told by the Digital Age

1959: Restaurant owner David Cohn, starts the movement.

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Seattle is open for business

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December 20, 1967: Majority owners Sam Schulman and Eugene Klein are awarded Seattle's first major sports franchise.

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1969: Seattle Pilots Become City's First Baseball Team!

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September 12, 1976: Seahawks first game

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April 6, 1977: Mariners First Game

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1979: Sonics Win City's Only Professional Championship

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1995: Edgar Saves Baseball

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February 2, 1996: Ken Behring tries to move to the Seahawks.

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July 15, 1999: First game in Safeco

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March 26, 2000: Goodbye Kingdome

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2002: First Season in Seahawks Stadium

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2005: The Seahawks Go To the Super Bowl!

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2006: The Sonics are sold to Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett.

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June 2011: The Seahawks Home Stadium Suffers an Identity Crisis

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Technology as it relates to the Seattle professional sports franchises as of today:

The Seattle Supersonics:

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The Seattle Mariners

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The Seattle Seahawks:

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