Amy Trask, CBS analyst and former CEO of the Oakland Raiders, told Sportsillustrated.com she thinks it is time to say goodbye to the Washington Redskins’ offensive logo.
“It is unacceptable to use a derogatory term when referring to any person or any group of people,” Trask said in a follow up interview with Peter King on Si.com.
“If we wish to inspire people to consider one another without regard to skin color, then it is antithetical to refer to any person or any group of people by skin color,” she told Bedard. “The Washington Redskins have an opportunity to do something meaningful.”
Trask said that she understands the costs associated with changing a business name, but elaborated: “sometimes there are costs associated with doing something important.”
In a separate interview on Si.com with Peter King, Trask said that she does not speak for the Native American community, but for herself.
“My belief is premised on the following: we should not consider skin color when interacting with any person or group of people,” she said.
Trask added that the Redskins have an opportunity to make a powerful statement and changing the team name is the way to go.
Photo courtesy Tom Casino, Iron Mike Productions Arash Usmanee, left, Mike Tyson and Argenis Mendez at the Turner Stone Resort Casino. The fight ended in a majority draw, with Mendez retaining his title as junior lightweight champion.
Legendary fighter Mike Tyson returned to boxing August 23 as a promoter during a world championship doubleheader at the Oneida Indian Nation’s Turning Stone Resort Casino.
Tyson, 47, a former heavyweight champion and International Boxing Hall of Fame member, debuted as a professional promoter during the 2013 season finale of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. Iron Mike Productions, in association with Greg Cohen Promotions, Tyson’s new boxing promotion company, presented the program, entitled “Tyson Is Back.”
“I want to be here and at the best interest of the fighters,” Tyson said on his return to boxing in the role of promoter. “I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, this is just my first event and I’m just really grateful.”
Todd Grisham, host of Friday Night Fights, asked Tyson what he had learned from his previous promoter, Don King.
“I learned not to abuse my fighters,” Tyson said, adding that he did not hold any animosity toward King
Similarly, Iron Mike Productions describes itself as being “committed to changing traditional boxing promotion by advocating for our fighter’s success inside the ring and out.”
Tyson holds the record for being the youngest heavyweight champion ever and seventh best heavyweight champion ever, with 50 victories, 44 of which were knockouts.
The ESPN2 live broadcast began at 9 p.m. with the duel for vacant World Boxing Association featherweight interim title between Claudio “The Matrix” Marrero (14-1, 11 Kos) of the Dominican Republic and Jesus Cueller (23-1, 18 KOs) of Argentina with Cueller unanimously winning the 12-round bout.
The main event, the fight for the International Boxing Federation junior lightweight title, between champion Argenis “La Tormenta” Mendez (21-2, 11 KOs) of the Dominican Republic and Arash Usmanee (20-1, 10 KOs), originally of Afghanistan, now in Montreal, Quebec, ended in a majority draw.
Tyson surprised long-time boxing fans before the show by hugging Teddy Atlas, a well-known trainer and commentator. Atlas and Tyson had a well-publicized dispute in 1983, leading to Atlas’ discharge from the Catskill Boxing Club in Catskill, N.Y. where the two were training under Hall of Fame trainer Cus D’Amato.
“Life is short,” Tyson said when asked about the hug. “I owe it to my sobriety to make amends.”
“Turning Stone is extremely proud that Mike Tyson chose our award-winning resort for his first fight as a promoter,” said Oneida Indian Nation Representative and Nation Enterprises CEO Ray Halbritter on Oneida Indian Nation’s website. “As an incredible athlete and renaissance man who continues to reinvent himself, we understand that Tyson could have gone anywhere for his debut, and we are deeply honored he chose Turning Stone.”
Oneida Indian Nation, located in central New York, is one of six Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, nations.
This was the sixth nationally televised boxing show at Turning Stone Resort Casino, and the third on ESPN, since September 2012.
On Wednesday, August 28, Turning Stone Resort Casino will host Tiger Woods, Notah Begay III and other PGA Tour players for the Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge at its Atunyote Gold Club.
Turning Stone Resort Casino, in Verona, N.Y. about 30 miles east of Syracuse, was named “Most Excellent Golf Resort” in 2010 by Condé Nast Johansens and “Casino of the Year” in 2009 by the Academy of Country Music.
Shoni and Jude made a stop in Tulalip for some ball time with their fans.
Ron Iukes, Tulalip’s Youth Services Specialist, preps the kids for the Schimmel’s arrival. Photo by Monica Brown
By Monica Brown, Tulalip News writer
TULALIP, Wa- Sisters, Shoni and Jude Shimmel, who are known for bringing “rez ball” to college basketball courts, are touring Indian country this summer before they head back to the University of Louisville for fall quarter. During their tour the duo planned a visit to Tulalip Reservation’s, Don Hatch Gym. Shoni and Jude came to meet their fans and motivate the Tulalip kids into dedicating more passion when playing basketball, or any sport in general.
Kids and fans alike packed the gym on Saturday August 17th to meet the famous Shimmel sisters and practice with them. Fans donned their Native pride shirts, with backs that read, “Shimmel Showtime”. A reference that recalls the memory of the “Shimmel Show”, a nationally televised game from this past year in which Louisville Cardinals beat the Tennessee Lady Vols 86 to 78, and the Schimmel sisters scored a combined 39 points throughout the game which was dubbed “Shimmel Show” by ESPN.
Schimmel Showtime event gave Tulalip youngsters to meet and learn from sisters Jude and Shoni, mom Ceci on far right.
The Shimmel sisters have been named the “Umatilla Thrilla” because they come from the Umatilla Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon and demonstrate the “rez ball” technique in their play. Rez ball, not something you would normally see in use on professional courts, is a playing style where the players are more aggressive, they move at a fast, consistent tempo to complete quick scoring and maintain an assertive defense.
Shoni and her father Rick directed kids as they ran lines during the practice portion of the event. Photo by Monica BrownPhoto by Monica BrownKids were given tips from Shoni about how to improve their form as they practiced making baskets. Photo by Monica Brown
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – Five stickball teams from Oklahoma and Mississippi will showcase their skills this Saturday, August 24, in the inaugural Cherokee National Holiday men’s stickball tournament at Sequoyah Schools’ Thompson Field.
Citizens play a social game of stickball during the 60th Cherokee National Holiday.
“If we don’t show everyone our traditional games, we will lose them,”
said stickball tournament coordinator Marcus Thompson, who will also play with his team, the Nighthawks.
“Men’s stickball is the roughest sport there is, but we want people to know you can still play the game and that it is fun.”
Stickball was traditionally used to settle disputes or prepare for war. Today, teams of 20-30 people take the field and play an hour-long game consisting of four 15 minute quarters or two 30 minute halves.
The object is to hit the pole in the center of the field by throwing the ball with stickball sticks or running the ball and touching the pole while possessing the ball. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
The double-elimination tournament using traditional Choctaw rules will start at 8:00 am. Admission is free.
Social stickball games will also be played at Sequoyah Schools’ football field at 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm, August 31.
Other sporting events at the 61st Cherokee National Holiday August 30-September 1 include the following:
Traditional Events
Finals in the marble tournament will be held at 9 am, August 31, at the Cherokee Heritage Center. For more information, call Phil King at 918.837.1940.
Cornstalk shoot competition will be held at 7:30 am west of the W.W. Keeler Complex on August 31-September 1, with registration at 7:30 am and competition at 8:00 am. For more information, call Charolette Jackson at 918.316.2932.
Horseshoe pitch competition will be held west of the W.W. Keeler Complex at 9:00 am on August 31. For more information, call Jody Slover at 918.822.2428.
Non-traditional Events
5K Holiday Veterans Run will begin at the Cherokee Nation War Memorial on August 31. Registration begins at 6:00 am and race starts at 7:30 am. Cost is $20 on the day of the race. For more information, email Hillary Mead at Hillary-fry@cherokee.org.
Co-ed volleyball tournament will be played west of the Cherokee Nation W.W. Keeler Complex starting at 9:00 am, August 31. Entry deadline is August 23. For more information, call Denise Honawa at 918.816.1995.
3 on 3 basketball tournament on August 30-31 at the Cherokee Nation Male Seminary Recreation Center. For more information, call Kim Arneecher at 479.427.9494.
Cherokee National Holiday softball tournaments will be played at the Cherokee Nation Softball Complex near Sequoyah Schools. The fast-pitch tournaments will be played August 23-25, and slow-pitch tournaments August 30-September 1. For more information, call Sherwin Johnson at 918.696.5760 or Crystal Bogle at 918.316.1940.
Children’s fishing derby will held August 31 from 7:30 am to noon at the pond east of the W.W. Keeler Complex. Angler Jason Christie will be on site to take photos and sign autographs, and 300 fishing poles will be given out to participants. For more information, email Ryan Callison at ryan-callison@cherokee.org.
Three golf tournaments will be hosted at Cherokee Springs Golf Course August 29-31. The Thursday tournament will be a senior two man scramble and the Friday tournament a two man scramble open to all ages. The Saturday tournament will be a four man scramble with tee times at 8:00 am and 1:00 pm. Entry fee for all tournaments is $40 for golf course members at Cherokee Springs or Cherokee Trails and $50 for non-members, and all entries must be pre-paid. For more information, call Tyler Crouch at 918.456.5100.
A couple of innovative young artists are melding the ancient tradition of formline drawing with the hip canvas of skateboard decks. “The demand for Native art skateboards was made very clear by the popularity of my early hand-painted decks,” Rico Lanáat’ Worl (Tlingit/Athabascan) of Trickster Company said in a recent interview.
Worl painted decks for himself and his family first, but soon saw the need for an affordable line of manufactured boards sporting his digitized designs. He also paints custom artboards, and says his clientele are split fairly evenly between skaters who actually ride the boards and collectors who hang them on their walls.
“I started painting on decks just for fun, just for myself,” Worl said. “It continues to be my canvas of choice while I study the old masters and the new masters of formline design, in the rich history of Tlingit and Athabascan art.” Flowing two dimensional formline designs featuring northwestern coastal sea creatures and other symbols have adorned totem poles and house posts for thousands of years.
Three box boards by Trickster Skateboards.
The clan crest of Worl’s family is the sockeye salmon, which he recreated on his first deck. “We only manufacture designs if our relatives give us permission,” he explained, and the Tlingit culture property includes land, names, songs, stories, crests and more. To respect the clan protocol, Worl focuses on general designs including the eagle and the raven, or abstracts.
“My formline style takes after the Northern Tlingit style which varies as you go from Yakutat to Washington and across tribes, and the style is more bold, with heavier lines and is slightly blockier.” He especially loves the complexity of box designs, as well as the Chilkat weaving influences.
Trickster skateboards, Chilkat pattern.
Artist Ronnie Fairbanks also designs skateboards for Trickster Company (tricksterskateboards.com) when not teaching Native art carving in Craig, Alaska. “My style is a cross between Tlingit and Tsimshian styles, since I was taught by Tsimshian carver Eli Milton,” Fairbanks said. When designing skateboards, he strives for balance over the entire area. “I have spent a lot of time drawing formline and I always try to think of unique ways to fill the space.”
Worl is the arts director at Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau, Alaska, and is currently visiting the Santa Fe Indian Market with a collection of archival art from SHI to promote the development of a northwest costal arts market.
Trickster Company issued a limited edition rocker snowboard deck last winter and plans to release another this year in collaboration with Chugach Flyer Snowboards who produce the manufactured boards.
Raven skateboard by Ronnie Fairbanks.
Trickster skateboards. Photo by Klas Stolpe of the Juneau Empire.
Artist Rico Worl with Warrior skateboard. Photo by Klas Stolpe of the Juneau Empire.
Last week there was a wave (albeit a small one) of renowned publications to declare they will henceforth no longer run the pejorative ‘Redskins’ whenever they cover anything related to the Washington team – though Mother Jones did state they reserve the right to resurrect the racist epithet if it’s in a quote. Indian Country Today Media Network will provide updates as other publications join the no-more-Redskins chorus.
Photo courtesy Slate.com
Editor David Plotz wrote in an editorial August 8 that Slate will no longer run ‘Redskins’ in prose and decried the name as “dated.” Plotz wrote: “So while the name Redskins is only a bit offensive, it’s extremely tacky and dated—like an old aunt who still talks about ‘colored people’ or limps her wrist to suggest someone’s gay.”
Photo courtesy Motherjones.com
One day after Slate’s announcement to henceforth purge the Redskins name from their magazine, Mother Jones followed suit and declared the name “an absolute embarrassment.” Though Mother Jones journalist Ian Gordon did state that should they cover Redskins owner Dan Snyder, they may have to resurrect the name again: “There is a chance, however, that the term will end up back on our pages,” he wrote. “We certainly won’t strike it from a quote. And if we end up writing a post or two about how Snyder still hasn’t changed the name, despite increasing scrutiny, we reserve the right to use it again—if only to highlight how incredibly out-of-touch and backward the Washington football team’s owner truly is.”
Photo courtesy Newrepublic.com
These days it’s not uncommon for announcements to come via tweet. Editor of The New Republic Franklin Foer, in admiration of Slate Editor David Plotz’s position against using the Redskins name, tweeted August 8 that The New Republic, likewise, will cease all uses of the name and that they will make it official by changing their publication’s stylebook.
Photo courtesy Washingtoncitypaper.com
In early October 2012, the Washington City Paper provided their readers an opportunity to rename the Washington Redskins so as to avoid using the “racist nickname.” Their readers finally voted on a new name: “the Washington Pigskins.”
Photo courtesy Kansascity.com
In response to a reader who declared it a trivial policy for the Kansas City Star not to run ‘Redskins’ in their paper, Public Editor Derek Donovan reiterated the Star’s long-held policy with a blistering public response: “… I see no compelling reason for any publisher to reprint an egregiously offensive term as a casual matter of course.”
TEMPE, Ariz. – Ryneldi Becenti, a member of the Arizona State University Sports Hall of Fame who twice earned honorable mention All-America notice as a member of the Sun Devil women’s basketball team, will have her No. 21 jersey honored and displayed from the rafters of Wells Fargo Arena on Sat., Dec. 21 when the Sun Devils host the University of Miami, Sun Devil head coach Charli Turner Thorne announced on Monday.
“As we started to evaluate the stars of our distinguished past, it quickly became apparent that no player was more celebrated or had more of an impact – both in her community and within our own Sun Devil community – than Ryneldi Becenti,” said Turner Thorne. “While already in our Hall of Fame for her achievements as a student-athlete, we felt a program-specific tribute like this was fitting for a special individual whose influence went beyond the basketball court.
“The incredible work ethic and desire that led her to our program galvanized the Native American community. Her outstanding contributions as a Sun Devil enhanced her legendary status and remain an inspiration for many. I am so proud to be announcing that we will be hanging Ryneldi Becenti’s No. 21 jersey from the rafters of Wells Fargo Arena on Dec. 21. We hope all our fans and basketball enthusiasts alike will mark the date in their calendars to come out and help us pay tribute to this Sun Devil icon.”
Becenti was a two-time honorable mention All-America honoree while also becoming one of only three Sun Devils (at the time) to earn All-Pac-10 first-team honors twice in a career.
Following two successful seasons at Scottsdale Community College, Becenti joined ASU where her outstanding all-around play was pivotal in helping the Sun Devils earn a NCAA Tournament berth in 1992, the program’s first tournament invite since 1983.
By the conclusion of her two-year Sun Devil career, Becenti would accumulate 396 career assists, which at the time represented the second-highest career total in program history. Her career average of 7.1 assists per game remains a Pac-12 record to this day, while her 17-assist outing vs. Marquette in 1992 still sits atop the team’s list for most assists in a single game. With 15 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a Jan. 25, 1992, game against Oregon State, Becenti became the first player in school history to record a triple-double and was the lone player in the NCAA – men or women – to record the feat that season.
As a member the 1993 USA team at the World University Games, Becenti became the first Native American female to earn a medal at the event. She would also go on to earn the distinction of becoming the first Native American to play in the WNBA as a member of the hometown Phoenix Mercury.
In 1996, she became the first woman inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame adding to her list of enshrinements, which includes the Scottsdale Community College Hall of Fame, Arizona State University Hall of Fame and the Arizona High School Sports Hall of Fame.
A native of Fort Defiance, Ariz., Becenti earned high school All-America honors playing for Window Rock High School. Her stellar play continued at Scottsdale Community College where she earned junior college All-American recognition.
Lauren Salcedo Members of the Marysville Youth Football Association’s Junior Black Chargers get warmed up during practice on Thursday, Aug. 1.
Lauren Salcedo, Marysville Globe
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Youth Football League began practicing the week of July 29, and the nearly 250 local players will spend each weekday practicing until school starts, as just a small part of what makes the league one of the most competitive in the area.
“The league in Marysville is great,” said Kevin Gallo, head coach of the Senior Black Chargers. “It is so competitive. Marysville always has a team in the championship every year.”
Gallo noted that M-P’s quarterback Jake Luton went through the program when he was younger, and his younger brother is currently competing.
“We have a lot of the players from both Marysville-Pilchuck and Marysville Getchell who started out with Marysville Youth Football,” he said. “There are so many kids in the area who have a lot of talent, and there is a lot of great coaching out here. I think the coaches know that Marysville is known for being competitive so they really step their game up. Marysville has set a tone, so if you’re going to coach you know you are going to have to put a championship team on the field.”
Each year, more and more kids sign up for MYFL, and the program continues to grow. This year, the league has one Pee-Wee team, three 8-9 year-old teams, three junior teams and two senior teams.
“Marysville really teaches the kids how to play the game, and they focus a lot on sportsmanship,” said Donny Giles, assistant coach for the junior team. “Competitive teams always make people turn their heads and look at the league. We have 250 kids and everyone can play the whole year. We make sure that no matter what the score is, we are making sure that the other team knows we are there to play a game.”
The league is a feeder organization for both Marysville-Pilchuck and Marysville Getchell high schools, so the teams wear either a Tomahawk or Charger helmet and jersey.
“It’s important for us to be representing the schools in our city,” said Giles, who noted that the equipment for each player was purchased through funds raised by the Powder Puff football game.
“Without the Powder Puff game, there would be no equipment,” said Gallo. “They have new helmets, new pads, new jerseys. It’s amazing.”
Gallo also mentioned that for kids who have not signed up for MYFL this season, the Marysville Stealth Organization hosts a winter arena football league.
“It runs from February to May, and you can tell the kids who are playing for both football leagues,” he said. “It keeps the game fresh in their mind.”
Molalla High School is one of the schools that still has a Native American mascot. Under Senate Bill 215, the school would be able to keep the mascot if a local tribe approved it. But Gov. John Kitzhaber is expected to veto the bill. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian)
Gov. John Kitzhaber intends to issue a rare veto over a culturally sensitive bill passed by his fellow Democrats amid split testimony from Native Americans.
Senate Bill 215 installs a loophole in a ban implemented by Kitzhaber’s Board of Education, which decided last year to eliminate the use of all tribal mascots at high schools, such as the Banks Braves or Molalla Indians. The mascots, the board found, negatively impact Native American students.
Kitzhaber said he was willing to support a bill allowing schools to adopt the names of tribes, similar to college sports rules, but the bill the Legislature delivered offered too broad an exemption, letting schools keep generic names if a local tribe approved.
“We worked hard to let them know our concerns and the governor doesn’t think the bill gets there,” said Kitzhaber spokesman Tim Raphael.
While a trio of Republicans introduced the mascot legislation, the bill attracted many Democratic votes, passing the House and the Senate by broad enough margins to override a veto.
Even so, Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, said he doesn’t think the Legislature would beat back Kitzhaber’s veto. Instead, he’s hoping the governor will reconsider, and is preparing for the next session.
“I’m just hoping at this point, I don’t know what else I can do,” said Kruse, a chief sponsor of the bill. “The reality of a veto override is non-existent, I know that. So we’d just do another bill.”
The renewed debate over Native American mascots in Oregon this year kicked up at the same time as the owners of the Cleveland Indians rebuffed fresh calls to dump the team’s mascot — the grinning, red-faced “Chief Wahoo.”
In 2012, the Oregon Board of Education established a strict statewide ban giving 15 schools until 2017 to change their mascots or lose state funding.
Many of Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes didn’t formally weigh into the debate. Those that did were split.
The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians supported the mascot ban. Two tribes, The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde both sought the modified policy encompassed in the legislation: let mascots remain only if a local tribe approved. The Coquille Indian Tribe supported the board’s ban, but changed its position, supporting SB 215 during the Legislative session.
Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, who chairs the Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee, said lawmakers relied on input from local tribes. “It’s emotional on both sides for the tribes and the Oregon tribes wanted this bill, so we passed the bill that they said they supported,” Hass said.
Kitzhaber said it went too far. He wanted the bill modeled after National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, which banned the use of Native American mascots during tournaments in 2005.
NCAA rules let Florida State University keep the Seminoles name for its sports teams after reaching an agreement with the Seminole Nation of Florida.
Brenda Frank, who chaired the Oregon Board of Education when it adopted the ban, said any Native American mascot could hurt a Native American child’s self esteem.
“I still go back to how offensive is that? How is that fair to other tribal people who find that offensive?” said Frank, a member of the Klamath Tribe. “I just don’t think that there is anything that can justify racism.”
Frank said the board took into consideration the concerns of school administrators when it passed the ban, including the cost of replacing uniforms and other materials.
“As uniforms cycle down, they would eventually all be replaced and that’s a cost that districts would pay for anyway,” Frank said.
Kruse still worries about the cost of change at Roseburg High School, which he attended. The school long ago modified its logo in deference to the local tribe, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians.
“In the case of the Roseburg Indians and the Cow Creek Band, everybody’s happy with it,” he told The Oregonian in February.
But it wasn’t that the tribe had asked for the change, and its response illustrates the different ways tribes feel about this issue.
Susan Ferris, a spokeswoman for the Cow Creek Band said students from Roseburg approached the tribe roughly 15 years ago and asked whether the mascot, then a Native American warrior, should be changed. Ferris said tribal leaders told the students to do what they thought was right. The district adopted a new mascot: a feather.
The Cow Creek Band kept out of the mascot debate in Salem this year.
“The Cow Creek stance, historically, seems to be ‘do what you think is right regardless of us.'” Ferris said.
Whether it’s a decade of futility from the Mariners, the failed efforts to bring the NBA back to town or last season’s heart-breaking, season-ending Seahawks playoff loss in the final minutes to Atlanta, Seattle sports fans know misery. And now Forbes is making sure the rest of the country feels our pain, naming Seattle the most miserable sports city in America.
The annual ranking isn’t solely about absolute futility, Forbes says. Coming up short in the playoffs can cause even greater agony, like the Seahawks’ 2005 Super Bowl loss to Pittsburgh.
Writer Tom Van Riper came up with the list based on a misery index, giving the most misery points for the worst records in pro-sports championship round play. That includes the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals and NHL Finals. Teams then get fewer points for futility in preceding playoff rounds. All told, only major U.S. sports towns with at least 75 cumulative NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL seasons are eligible.
Close, but no cigar isn’t the only criteria. Van Riper also gives points for championship droughts, adding points based on how long it’s been since the last title (Seattle’s last was the Sonics in 1979, as the WNBA isn’t counted in his rankings.)
The index also gives bonus points for cities that lost a team to relocation. We certainly know how painful that is with the Sonics move to Oklahoma City.
The new rankings could spark plenty of arguments from fans in other cities who’ve certainly suffered more than their fair share. Atlanta comes in just behind Seattle, thanks to a regular pattern of playoff disappointment from the Braves, the Falcons frequent playoff losses and the city losing its NHL franchise twice.
Fans in Phoenix have experienced plenty of playoff pain with the NBA Suns making it to nine western conference finals and two NBA Finals without a title. In Buffalo, the faithful have suffered four Super Bowl losses by the Bills while the NHL Sabres have yet to win the Stanley Cup despite making the playoffs 29 times since 1973.
As they say, misery loves company. So I guess we can take some comfort knowing we’re not alone. And with Super Bowl hopes so high for the Seahawks, maybe we’ll get off the list by this time next year. Or at the very least, we can solidify our spot atop the index. We certainly spend plenty of time there. Seattle was most miserable in 2011, slipping to number two a year ago before reclaiming the top spot.
