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The Zone 5/31/17

Mark is at the inaugural Bellingham Bells Media Day at Joe Martin Field.. Bells Manager Greg Goetz and pitcher Josh Zavisubin join us… Steve Kyler from BasketballInsiders.com comes on to preview the start of the Warriors-Cavaliers NBA Finals Thursday night on KPUG.

The Zone 5/25/17

The Mariners just beat the Nationals to Salvage the series, ESPN’s Seth Wickersham is talking Seahawks. Kurt Helin from NBC Sports joins us to talk Cavs and Celts… Big Dumb Game and we have Lynden Christian and Sehome girls Softball prep Coaches on to talk about the state tournament.

The Zone 5/22/17

Doug has to confess about brutal Friday predictions… Seen-Heard-Said… Big Dumb Game… Tom Prizeman voice of the Bellingham Bells… Scott Miller from BleacherReport.com and Sporting News.

The Zone 5/19/17

The Mariners won last night… The WWU Hall of Fame has 4 new members, and the Preakness is set for tomorrow…The Big Dumb game… and the WWU Back 2 Bellingham Battle is happening Saturday night between the Bellingham Slam and WWU Alumni Team, and sporting news.

The Zone 5/18/17

Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell died overnight at age 52 and we open the sh ow with a tribute…Mariners Pitcher Christian Bergman looked great… Mariner rookie Boog Powell joins us… big dumb game… Prep Baseball Coaches and Sporting News and we end with the winner of our Mariner Haiku contest.

The Zone 5/17/17 Part 1

The Mariners let a 9th inning lead get away… New Lynden High School football Coach Blake Van Dalen and new Sehome girls basketball Coach Scott Larrabee… We got hot takes with the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly… Josh Martin from BleacherReport.com joins us to talk about the results of last night’s NBA draft lottery. Western Viking basketball Coach Tony Dominguez previews Back 2 Bellingham basketball and Sporting news.

The Zone 5/17/17 Part 2

The Mariners let a 9th inning lead get away… New Lynden High School football Coach Blake Van Dalen and new Sehome girls basketball Coach Scott Larrabee… We got hot takes with the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly… Josh Martin from BleacherReport.com joins us to talk about the results of last night’s NBA draft lottery. Western Viking basketball Coach Tony Dominguez previews Back 2 Bellingham basketball and Sporting news.

The Zone Part 1 5/16/17

Kaepernick could be a Seahawk back-up… Seattle Times columnist Matt Calkins joins us to talk about Kaep speculation… Big Dumb Game… 3 is a magic number… It’s trivia Tuesday with westside pizza… We gather the KPUG staff for another round of good question… and sporting news.

The Zone Part 2 5/16/17

Kaepernick could be a Seahawk back-up… Seattle Times columnist Matt Calkins joins us to talk about Kaep speculation… Big Dumb Game… 3 is a magic number… It’s trivia Tuesday with westside pizza… We gather the KPUG staff for another round of good question… and sporting news.

The Zone 5/15/17

There are plenty of Seahawk items in the news today… Gregg Bell from News Tribune of Tacoma talks about Hawks mini camp… Big Dumb Game… Steve Kyler from BasketballInsiders.com joins us to talk game 7, seen heard said, and the sporting news of the day.

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