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Greg Wyshynski – ESPN.com

We’re joined by Greg Wyshynski from ESPN.com to talk about the Sedin’s retirement, the Canucks re-building season and the horrible junior hockey bus crash in Saskatchewan.

Art Thiel – Sports Press Northwest

On baseball’s opening day we get a Mariners preview from Art Thiel from Sports Press Northwest.

Zach Rymer – BleacherReport.com

  As the Mariners close in on Opening Day we’re joined by Zach Rymer from BleacherReport.com to look ahead to…

Gregg Bell – News Tribune of Tacoma

With so much change on the Seahawk roster of late Gregg Bell from the News Tribune of Tacoma joins us to run it down.

Tom Hudson – Voice of the Zags

We’re joined by the Gonzaga play-by-play guy Tom Hudson looking ahead to the weekend.

Mark Collins – Bellingham Blazers Coach

Coach Mark Collins of thee Bellingham Blazer hockey team joins us to look back at their first-round playoff win and second round match-up against South Lake Tahoe.

Percy Allen – Seattle Times

We’re joined by Percy Allen from the Seattle Times to look ahead to the Washington Huskies visiting St. Mary’s in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament tonight.

Husky coverage begins at 7:30PM Monday on KPUG 1170AM & 97.9FM KPUG.

Prep Basketball State Preview

With seven Whatcom County teams off at the State Tournament this week we hear from six of the coaches with Mark’s State preview.

Mike Cohen – Bellingham Food Bank

Mike Cohen from the Bellingham Food Bank comes on the show to put out the call for a little extra help.

Kyle Impero – Former Nooksack and Western hoops star

We’re joined by former Nooksack Valley and Western hoop star Kyle Impero to tell us about his new basketball training facility in Bellingham.

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