Danny O’Neil

Clarity - Confidence or Cash: a Paradox

Clarity – Confidence or Cash: a Paradox

CAN MONEY BUY SELF-ESTEEM? IT’S COMPLICATED.

Sensitive men are having their moment right now, which means it should be my time to shine. I see my therapist every other week. I talk about my feelings. I cried in public before it was ever considered a sign of strength. You want vulnerable? I’m so freaking vulnerable. I’m the kind of guy who…

Clarity - Exasperated and Exhausted

Clarity – Exasperated and Exhausted

Burnout is more complicated than you may think

I woke up in Florida on a Sunday morning with a hangover and a patch of angry red bumps on the small of my back. I also couldn’t find the Montreal Expos cap I had been wearing the night before. I had a Seattle Seahawks game to cover that afternoon in Tampa, multiple stories to…

Screen Gem - Nate Burleson

Screen Gem – Nate Burleson

FORMER O’DEA STAR AND NFL RECEIVER RISES TO THE TOP OF HIS NEW PROFESSION

Nate Burleson was right. It is awfully early. Just after 5 a.m., in fact, and while the lights in Times Square remain on that’s because the lights in Times Square never turn off and as I approach the Broadway address for the studio where we’re meeting, a man in a suit steps forward. “Who are…

Media: Michael McPhearson

Media: Michael McPhearson

Taking over the ‘South Seattle Emerald’ at a crucial time

Michael McPhearson is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   The South Seattle Emerald  born in 2014, founded in a basement and funded by the savings account of Marcus Harrison Green. The online publication has come an awful long way since then, growing to fill Green’s ambition of providing a platform…

Sports: Julio Rodriguez

Sports: Julio Rodriguez

Mariners’ phenom led all rookies in virtually every offensive statistic last baseball year

Julio Rodriguez is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   At age 21, he was the youngest player at last year’s MLB All-Star Game and the runner-up in the Home Run Derby. He is strong and fast and plays baseball with an unmistakable enthusiasm. He is Julio Rodriguez, the latest phenom…

Most Influential, Politics: Debra Lekanoff

Most Influential, Politics: Debra Lekanoff

‘I just knew that it was always going to be in my walk in life to give back to communities.’

Debra Lekanoff is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Her tribal name comes first: Xixch’I See. That’s where Debra Lekanoff’s story starts. With her name, which is passed down through the women’s bloodlines in the matrilineal society of her Tlingit community. To invoke her tribal name before her English name…

Sober: Why Dry January Means Something Different to Me

Sober: Why Dry January Means Something Different to Me

An alcoholic reflects on his journey

I was nearing the end of my screed against holier-than-thou practitioners of Dry January when I came to a startling realization: My brain was broken. This was somewhat alarming as you might imagine, but not totally unexpected. As with many crises, it happened slowly at first and then all at once. Years of arguing on…

The Five Biggest Lies in Seattle Sports

The Five Biggest Lies in Seattle Sports

Some famous and obscure whoppers

Fibbing is a part of American sports. Athletes habitually fudge their height by an inch or two. Coaches are less than forthcoming about the extent of a player’s injury. Contract negotiations are always shrouded in secrecy. There is a difference between being less than completely honest and telling a lie of the bald-faced variety, though….

How These Seattle Nonprofits Are Making a Difference

How These Seattle Nonprofits Are Making a Difference

Nonprofits large and small tackle our region’s problems

Philanthropy requires focus, efficiency and the ability to marshal resources to change a situation. Sounds complicated, but philanthropy is also very basic: an act of humanity that starts with one person attempting to make this world a better place for someone else. Giving of yourself. It is the seed for nonprofit work, the bedrock that…

My Father’s Gun: Coming to Terms With a Controversial Weapon

My Father’s Gun: Coming to Terms With a Controversial Weapon

Danny O’Neil’s thoughts on inheriting his father’s gun

Danny O’Neil is a Manhattan resident, but a Northwest native, born in Oregon with the good sense to attend the University of Washington. He covered a basketball team that no longer exists (the Supersonics) for a newspaper that no longer publishes (the “Seattle Post-Intelligencer”) and up until last August, was a sports-radio host at 710…

Now, More Than Ever: Seattle women speak on Roe vs. Wade and reproductive rights

Now, More Than Ever: Seattle women speak on Roe vs. Wade and reproductive rights

They’re angry. They’re focused. They’re not about to give up.

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s an inspiring thought. It’s just not always linear. What do we do then? Forty-nine years ago, the Supreme Court decided the right to abortion was guaranteed under the Constitution. In June, the court reversed itself when…

The Pete of the Moment

The Pete of the Moment

Pete Carroll is relying on everything he’s learned as he enters a new phase

7:29 a.m.: A Wednesday morning, early June and Pete Carroll sits behind the desk in his second-floor office. To his left, a view of Lake Washington. To his right, three large televisions are mounted on the far wall, tuned to CNN, MSNBC and FOX News. Only the CNN sound is on, and it’s competing with…

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