SEATTLE — When the SuperSonics left here in 2008, Brent Barry felt it in his gut. There was an emptiness, a sadness so pronounced that he was moved to put pen to paper.

Simply Seattle, a local sports apparel company, sells more Sonics gear annually than it does merchandise for every other team in the city, save for when the Washington Huskies made a run to the ...

Lenny Wilkens couldn’t wipe the smile off his face as he gazed at a bronze statue of himself at the site of his greatest ...