At Tuesday’s State of the City address at Benaroya Hall, the Seattle mayor said he had an announcement to make before pulling out a basketball from underneath his lectern. Thinking he was going to ...

An "announcement" made by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell during his State of the City address has gone viral on social media.

In the middle of Bruce Harrell’s State of the City address Tuesday night, the Seattle mayor took an impromptu pause and told ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell teased basketball fans with the return of an NBA franchise on Tuesday, only to reveal shortly after that he was "just kidding." ...

Mayor Bruce Harrell shares key highlights on positive city changes with Jake Skorheim. Discover the latest updates and vision ...

Someone not surprised by the lack of expansion buzz in San Francisco was a former Sonics player who has been among the most ...

Mayor Bruce Harrell's recent Sonics joke during the state of Seattle address fell flat, drawing criticism and raising ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell made a huge unforced error when he teased announcing an NBA expansion Sonics team, then revealed ...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell apologized Wednesday for a joke about the potential return of the Sonics. At his ...

"Right now, at this moment, I have an announcement to make," Bruce Harrell said as he pulled out a basketball from under the ...

While the subject of NBA expansion and the return of the Sonics didn't come up much during the All-Star break, commissioner ...

Harrell paused his State of the City speech to trick the crowd into thinking an NBA expansion announcement was coming.