A somber Peltoncast mourns the passing and celebrates the lives of two 1990s Seattle legends — Chris Cornell and Cortez Kennedy — before offering hot takes on the Mariners’ losing streak.

Contents

Intro – Remembering Kennedy’s Hall of Fame Seahawks career
6:00 – Why Cornell’s death might not have hit us as personally as many other Seattle music fans
21:00 – The search for Seattle’s best burger takes us to 206 Burger Company
30:00 – The NBA playoffs no longer include any UW point guards with Isaiah Thomas injured
35:00 – KIRO Radio reports Ed Murray‘s staff leaning toward recommending Oak View KeyArena renovation proposal
43:00 – Mariners hot takes: are the Mariners partying too hard on the weekends?
48:00 – Sounders snap their losing streak, prepare to face rival Timbers

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Links
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– Seattle mayor’s staff leaning toward Leiweke’s KeyArena proposal
– FanGraphs playoff projections
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals

The Steve Scheffler edition of the Peltoncast talks arena financing, asks who’s healthy for the Mariners and considers the Seahawks’ reported interest in Colin Kaepernick before answering listener questions.

Contents

Intro – Congrats to the Seattle Thunderbirds on winning their first WHL championship!
7:30 – An unlikely detour in the search for Seattle’s best burger
16:30 – What does the Celtics winning the NBA Draft Lottery mean for Markelle Fultz and Isaiah Thomas?
25:00 – Chris Hansen’s group goes on the offensive in arena debate
33:00 – Mariners hot takes: are the Mariners cursed?
37:30 – Slumping Sounders lose again; should we panic?
43:00 – How much should the Seahawks be willing to pay Kaepernick?
52:30 – Mailbag time!

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Links
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– T-Birds win WHL Championship
– HBO announces “The New Pope”
– Who should be “The New Pope”?
– SonicsArena.com Arena proposal comparison
– Seattle Storm near deal to stay at KeyArena until 2028
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals

A wide-ranging Peltoncast previews the Storm season, delivers optimistic Mariners hot takes, expects regression to the mean to work for the Sounders and considers why AEG and LiveNation are eager to renovate KeyArena.

Contents

Intro – Happy fifth birthday to Baby Fantasy Genius
9:30 – Reviewing 8 Oz. Burger Bar
17:30 – How can Isaiah Thomas get going in Game 5?
22:30 – Previewing the 2017 Storm and WNBA season (good news for the Storm Tuesday as Sue Bird, Kalenna Mosqueda-Lewis, Noelle Quinn and Breanna Stewart all returned to practice)
34:00 – Mariners hot takes: is a winning streak of 20-plus games on the way?
40:00 – Sounders lose at home for the first time since last July
45:00 – Some minor Seahawks roster moves
49:00 – Contrasting the proposals to renovate KeyArena with the Sodo proposal from Chris Hansen‘s group

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Links
– Sue Bird joins the Peltoncast
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals
– After the pod, Mike McGinn told the Seattle Times he supports the Occidental street vacation without ruling out KeyArena proposals
– Sodo Arena Project Update video
– Chris Hansen on ESPN Seattle

This week’s Peltoncast covers two candidates for Seattle’s best burger (Blue Moon and Red Mill), discusses Isaiah Thomas‘ 53-point outburst and takes a close look at the competing proposals to renovate KeyArena.

Contents

Intro – Trying the new Reuben’s Brews and Rainier collaboration, r&R Pils
5:00 – Discussion of Seattle’s best tacos plus two burger reviews
19:30 – A historic 53-point game from Isaiah Thomas
30:00 – Reviewing the full proposals to renovate KeyArena (note that as of recording time I hadn’t seen that Seattle Partners has posted details for what the arena would look like)
51:30 – Mariners hot takes: why is Jerry DiPoto the M’s JaRule
54:00 – Coming off a thrilling 3-3 draw, Sounders host Toronto FC in MLS Cup rematch

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Links
– Peltoncast Seahawks Draft Recap
– About r&R Pils
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– Killer Burger
– Kevin’s ESPN Insider piece on Isaiah Thomas
– How Seattle’s arena fortunes changed one year after “the vote”
– Full Oak View and Seattle Partners Proposals
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals

Zach Whitman of 3SigmaAthlete.com returns to recap the 11 picks the Seattle Seahawks made in the 2017 NFL Draft based on his pSPARQ athletic testing metric and more. Plus we host the first meeting of the Kevin King to Green Bay support group.

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Links
– @zjwhitman on Twitter
– 3SigmaAthlete.com
– For more on pSPARQ, listen to our draft preview with Zach
– Kevin told a story on the podcast about Bob Whitsitt trading a second-round pick to the Nets to get them not to take Gary Payton in the 1990 NBA Draft. Here’s the story he wrote about that trade and how the Sonics ended up with Payton and an extra second-round pick.

A jam-packed Peltoncast talks Blazers offseason, Portland food, the sky falling for the Mariners, an impressive Sounders win, UW football’s spring preview, key commitments for Husky men’s hoops and the Seahawks on the eve of the draft.

Contents

Intro – Talking Portland beer/food/Blazers one last time with their season over
20:30 – Confusion about how KeyArena hosting the NCAA tournament affects renovation plans
24:00 – Mariners hot takes: should the M’s blow it up already???
33:00 – Sounders win 3-0 in L.A. and establish themselves as MLS’ best team
37:30 – Husky football spring preview recap, plus Bob Rondeau announces retirement
52:00 – UW men’s hoops rosters shaping up with recommitment from Jaylen Nowell and return of Noah Dickerson; what do we think of Lorenzo Romar joining the Arizona coaching staff?
1:05 – Marshawn Lynch traded to the Raiders but Richard Sherman trade unlikely, plus general NFL Draft philosophy

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Links
– Peltoncast Seahawks Draft Preview
– Kevin’s appearance on the Bill Barnwell Show
– Killer Burger
– Oak View Group with Softy
– Wally Walker’s case for Sodo Arena
– Was Tuesday the worst Mariners game ever?
– Baseball-Reference WAR leaderboard
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals
– Seattle Times Voices of the Game
– Mike Hopkins on Jaylen Nowell’s recommitment
– SI.com: Meet Markelle Fultz
– A day in the life of new UW basketball coach Mike Hopkins
– Lynch announces he’s joining the Raiders
– 2017 Seahawks schedule

A special NFL Draft preview edition of the Peltoncast has Zach Whitman of 3SigmaAthlete.com join us to discuss possible Seahawks first-round picks, sleepers, local college stars and more.

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Links
– @zjwhitman on Twitter
– 3SigmaAthlete.com

The Peltoncast returns to Boulevard Park to review Loretta’s Tavern Burger before discussing the proposals to renovate KeyArena, a Mariners winning streak, a new head coach for UW women’s basketball and hypothetical Richard Sherman trades.

Contents

Intro – Back in Boulevard Park
3:30 – The search for Seattle’s best burger comes close to home, plus Tristan’s top five bars
16:00 – Blazers updated, recorded before news that Kevin Durant could be sidelined for the Warriors with a calf strain
20:00 – Seattle NBA/NHL arena update with KeyArena renovation proposals from Oak View Group and Seattle Partners submitted last week (recorded before news broke that KeyArena will host the 2019 NCAA tournament first and second rounds, presumably pushing construction after that point)
33:30 – Hot takes on a four-game Mariners winning streak
41:00 – Time to worry about the Sounders after six points from six matches?
45:00 – Husky roundup: spring preview preview, discussing new UW women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn
52:30 – Seahawks sign Dion Jordan; which Sherman trades are least unpalatable? (note that this was recorded before news broke that the Seahawks would not match the San Francisco 49ers’ offer to RFA Garry Gilliam, as well as that Sherman will miss offseason workouts but plans to report before OTAs)

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Links
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– Rich Cho’s Instagram
– Soi Capitol Hill
– SonicsRising: Arena comparison by the numbers
– SonicsRising: What’s next for arena proposals?
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals
– Details on Dion Jordan’s contract
– Bill Barnwell’s all-trades mock draft