We welcome back Ryan S. Clark of The Athletic Seattle to help us understand the Kraken’s selection of Dave Hakstol as the first coach in franchise history, then discuss the Storm losing a showdown in Las Vegas and changes to the NCAA’s rules on player name, image and likeness usage.

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Intro – Fremont Giovanni Italian-Style Pilsner
7:19 – Italy men’s soccer preps for Euro showdown
17:57 – Talking Hakstol, AHL affiliate and more with Clark
48:42 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Watson’s Counter
56:00 – Listener email on sexual harassment in the restaurant industry
1:00:05 – Blazers’ hire of Chauncey Billups as coach draws fire due to 1997 rape allegations against Billups
1:09:34 – Seattle sports roundup: M’s reliever first ejected in “foreign substance” crackdown, Sounders stay unbeaten, Storm lose in OT
1:17:49 – College sports NIL changes allowing athletes to make money from endorsements

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Ryan S. Clark on Twitter
– Ryan’s Kraken coverage for The Athletic
– Fremont Giovanni Italian-Style Pilsner
– Watson’s Counter website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– Kevin on The Hoop Collective podcast
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis xGoals

A Pride-themed episode drinks Fremont’s Pride Kolsch before toasting to the return of fans at full capacity to Washington’s football stadiums and resuming our search for Seattle’s best fried chicken.

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Intro – Fremont Pride Kolsch
9:30 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Chi Mac
16:33 – Tristan’s eating in Portland
20:38 – Update on the Blazers’ coaching search
29:00 – Roundup: Kraken hire a color analyst, Sounders return with win
33:11 – Discussing Italy in the Euros
47:38 – Key game for Storm in inaugural WNBA Commissioner’s Cup

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Remembering the 1995-96 Sonics with Coach George Karl
– Remembering the 1995-96 Sonics with Wally Walker
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Fremont Pride Kolsch
– Chi Mac website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– Why I raised my fist: JT Brown
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis xGoals

The Kraken landed the No. 2 pick in the 2021 NHL Draft in last week’s lottery and Ryan S. Clark of The Athletic Seattle helps us unpack what that means. Then we recap our taste test of Seattle’s first family of fried chicken: Ezell’s and Heaven Sent.

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Intro – An old standard beer and a “new” old standard seltzer
9:08 – Talking NHL Draft, team building and coaching search with Ryan
37:05 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken head to head at Ezell’s and Heaven Sent
54:31 – More food talk: Salare to close, grilled chicken at Mama Bird
59:46 – Looking at the Blazers’ offseason and Damian Lillard’s future
1:22:02 – M’s hot takes: Taking the blame on Jarred Kelenic’s demotion
1:24:34 – Coach’s corner
1:27:50 – Roundup: Another OL Reign loss, Storm splits thrillers with Wings
1:31:00 – Julio Jones isn’t coming to the Seahawks

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Ryan S. Clark on Twitter
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Ezell’s Famous Chicken
– Heaven Sent Fried Chicken website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– Salare announcement
– Mama Bird website
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis xGoals

After wrapping up the UW softball season following a loss in the super regionals to Oklahoma, we discuss the possibility of the Seahawks trading for Julio Jones and Dan Hughes’ decision to retire midseason as Storm’s head coach.

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Intro – Fremont Vega IPA
5:00 – Pouring one out for UW softball and an incredible group of super seniors
14:00 – Would trading for Jones make sense for the Seahawks?
35:08 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken in Tacoma at Southern Kitchen
42:25 – More food talk: Cookie at Cornelly and an outstanding chicken sandwich at Portland’s Toki
52:28 – Blazers tie Nuggets 2-2
58:14 – Food at Climate Pledge Arena
1:03:21 – Soccer Roundup: Sounders play scoreless draw, Reign lose Rose Lavelle’s debut
1:08:20 – Looking at the Storm’s decision to promote Noelle Quinn to head coach
1:22:15 – My full interview with Hughes on his retirement

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Fremont Vega IPA
– Southern Kitchen website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– Cornelly website
– Toki website
– The Climate Collective
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis xGoals
– Kevin’s news story on Dan Hughes retiring
– Kevin’s news story on Noelle Quinn taking over as head coach
– Over the Cap: Julio Jones contract
– Football Outsiders WR DVOA

We celebrate full vaccination with our first in-person podcast since summer 2020 and also toast UW softball rallying to reach the NCAA tournament super regionals and a showdown with top-seeded Oklahoma.

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Intro – Two Beers Drinking Boots IPA
4:00 – Where are we excited to go back in person to eat?
8:17 – Toasting UW softball and previewing their matchup with Oklahoma
21:08 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Musang
30:29 – Pagliacci Big Woody Primo review
36:50 – Relocation talk
45:16 – Roundup: Sounders draw to stay unbeaten, Rapinoe scores as OL Reign win derby, Storm working OT
57:46 – Blazers and Nuggets split in Denver

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Two Beers Drinking Boots IPA
– Pink Boots Society
– Musang website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– Pagliacci Big Woody Primo
– Pike Street Pagliacci Vaccination Clinic appointments
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis xGoals
– ESPN.com/USA Softball top 25
– NCAA Division I Softball RPI
– NCAA Division I Softball Massey Ratings

The Famous Cousin Katie joins us to celebrate her third Peltoncast MVP win, discuss a pair of collabs between two of our favorite restaurants and air grievances about UW softball’s low seed in the NCAA tournament.

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Intro – Fremont Brewing Ollie IPA
11:10 – Lil Woody’s x Pagliacci Pizza
16:44 – Not searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Junebaby
20:47 – Coach’s corner: Live baseball
34:15 – An M’s joke
38:17 – Sounders blank LAFC in win
42:32 – Rose Lavelle officially headed to Tacoma
43:38 – Storm split home set with Aces
47:00 – Airing grievances about UW softball seeding
58:43 – Another local player transferring to join UW men’s basketball
1:10:36 – Previewing Blazers-Nuggets

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast MVP poll
– Fremont Brewing Ollie IPA
– Ving Rhames gives Jack Lemmon his Golden Globe
– Lil Woody’s Pagliacci Grand Salami burger
– Pagliacci Big Woody Primo
– Junebaby website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis xGoals
– ESPN.com/USA Softball top 25
– NCAA Division I Softball RPI
– NCAA Division I Softball Massey Ratings