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Seattle Times reporter Jack Broom is at and around CenturyLink Field, checking on Seahawk fan spirit as the day unfolds. Check back for updates and follow along on Twitter at @jbroomseattle. 3:50 p.m. Saints' TD quiets crowd, but Mona Stephens of Port Orchard is still confident of victory. pic.twitter.com/aljtaR2Mg3 — Jack Broom …

A Kent man has been charged with second-degree assault after he allegedly sucker-punched a Minnesota Vikings fan during a game last November at CenturyLink Field. William D. Van Meveren, 34,  was arrested after the Nov. 4  incident, but was released pending further investigation. He was charged last week, according to charging documents filed by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The…

The Seattle Police Department has posted a harrowing account here of how an officer was knocked unconscious while trying to eject a fan from the Seahawks game Saturday. The officer was responding to a fight in Section 130 and called for backup.  On the way out, the “suspect rammed the officer into a cement wall along…