Art Thiel and Steve Rudman were franchise players as sports  columnists for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Now they have teamed up  again to co-found one of the area’s newest websites, <a href="http://www.sportspressnw.com" target="_blank">Sportspress  Northwest</a>, “where insight is our focus and content is king.” Their  “about” page says:

"We co-founded Sportspress Northwest Inc., and assembled a staff of  savvy, credentialed journalists, in the belief that there are decent  livings to be made on the web <strong>providing quality commentary, reporting  and research for a large, local market of sports passionates</strong>. Yes, it’s a  niche appeal, but with more than 50 years of combined journalism  experience between us, we know this place has the capital, advertisers,  sponsors and consumers to help experienced local journalists sustain a  new effort at entrepreneurial journalism for a popular subject."