Dave 'Softy' Mahler and Dick Fain

The Sounders are off to a great start this season, winning their first two matches. Head coach Brian Schmetzer explains why things are so much more cohesive so early this season compared to last. On Fun with Audio, Russell Westbrook and the fan he fought with tell their respective sides of the story. Both don't come off great. Klay Thompson says fans need to do more, and a Knicks fan tells James Dolan to sell the team. We narrow the prizes even further for Put Up or Shut Up. Since we had to take off early for the WCC Championship game between Gonzaga and St. Mary's, it's a special podcast-only edition of Tuesdays with Tipp with arena updates, training facility updates, timeline for hiring scouts, and more.

The Huskies men's basketball team lost Saturday night, ending a great regular season on a disappointing note. Now, the question is, are they in the tournament? If they win on Thursday, they're almost definitely in, but if they lose...? Are you sweating the Dawgs' chances of making the tournament given the last few games? Free agency season has begun today (sort of) and moves are already taking place all over the league. One of those moves is nickelback Justin Coleman taking a massive deal with the Lions. Softy feels the secondary suffers without Coleman, but Dick is pretty sure the Hawks can find a reasonable replacement for far cheaper. Frank Clark will reportedly hold out if a new contract isn't agreed on. Have we reached a point in the NFL where players constantly play games to get what they want? We seem to be seeing more and more of it. Washington's Athletic Director Jen Cohen checked in to talk Husky basketball, the state of the Pac-12, what she looks for in new hires, and everything UW athletics.

Felix Hernandez will not be the Opening Day starter for the M's for the first time in over a decade, and when he was asked, he said he was upset about it. Not surprising, because Felix is a competitor. The Mariners though, are doing the right thing. They've put him in the back of the rotation. Some might argue that the time for him to improve has past, and the team should cut their losses and move on, but for now, he'll continue to be here. In a somewhat similar situation, Ichiro will be on the roster in Japan, and maybe for those opening games in his home country, having him on the roster makes sense. Maybe he'll even surprise us, but it isn't likely. If he's still on the roster when the team gets back to Seattle, a new conversation will have to be had. Who deserves a roster spot more at this point; Felix or Ichiro? It's been over a month since we last heard from Mike Holmgren. With free agency getting underway, and the comments by Frank Clark's agent, today seemed like the right day to bring him back. We get his thoughts on everything happening with the Hawks, and around the league. Textimonials react to the first two hours of today's show.

Gonzaga faces off against Pepperdine tonight as their conference tournament continues. It's Gonzaga's first game of the tournament, however Pepperdine has already had to win three games to get here. Gonzaga had a triple bye. Is it fair? Maybe not completely, but it does reward teams for doing well in the regular season. Most conferences reward teams far too much for what they do over three or four days rather than over the course of the regular season. It's also a little absurd that every conference can make up its own rules. Every team in every conference should have to go through the same process to get to the NCAA Tournament. Tons of news in the NFL today with free agency getting underway, Frank Clark threatening to hold out, and more. The News Tribune's Gregg Bell covers all of it for us. While we've been on the air, Jaylen Nowell has won Pac-12 Player of the Year, Matisse Thybulle won Defensive Player of the Year, and Mike Hopkins is Pac-12 Coach of the Year. All three of those guys deserved the honor. We begin going through the Put Up or Shut Up submissions. We'll have that all nailed down by the end of the week.

It looks like Michael Bennett is on his way to New England and could potentially be re-united with his brother who may come out of retirement. This made Softy wonder, which former Seahawk who is still playing should come back to Seattle? Golden Tate is one that comes to mind, but Max Unger would also fill a need. The offensive line, and the team to some extent, fell off when Unger left. Antonio Brown is probably not going to Buffalo after all, but it seems pretty unlikely that he's going to stay in Pittsburgh either, so what happens next? Pittsburgh either cuts him or maybe Oakland takes a shot at him? That's about the only team that would make sense. This also shows how tough it is to be a Buffalo fan. Nobody wants to go there, and that's not going to change. Paul Dottino covers the Giants for WFAN. We talk with him about the future at quarterback after Eli, the tradeability of OBJ, and whether Landon Collins would be a good fit in Seattle.

We announced the return of Put Up or Shut Up yesterday and offers are rolling in. We'll start making decisions on which ones are the best next week. It's the Friday edition of Fun with Audio complete with LeBron talking about meeting Michael Jordan while annoyingly clicking a pen, Charles Barkley recruiting LeBron to the TV side since he won't be in the playoffs, and Enes Kanter falling into "The Leopard Lady". On Textimonials, which former Seahawk would you like back on the team next season, plus someone comparing Seattle to Buffalo. The Mariners might be the closest thing to the Buffalo Bills of baseball, but the two cities are nothing alike.

Proposed NFL rule changes for the 2019 season have been released, and not surprisingly, a lot of them center around challenges and reviewable plays. Let's just make this simple; coaches don't need an unlimited number of challenges, but they should be able to challenge any call, period. Spring Training continues, in fact it's only another week until the M's head off to Japan. Corey Brock is in Peoria covering the team for The Athletic. He updates us on the "red hot" Mariners (yes really) who are tearing up the Cactus League. He let's us know when some of our top prospects will be ready to play in the Big League, who we aren't talking about but should be, the state of the starting rotation, and if we can expect Ichiro to be on the 25-man roster when the team hits Seattle. The Husky baseball team went on an incredible run last Spring. Can they do it again? Coach Lindsay Meggs certainly hopes so. He discusses the impact last season had on recruiting, the return of Joe Wainhouse, and this weekend's Seattle Baseball Showcase. It's the final regular season game for the Dawgs in basketball tomorrow night against the Ducks. How confident is Dixon in a victory? We get a DPI update.

In Hour 2, we'll have Colin Cowherd on the show and hopefully we can get to the bottom of this whole moving to New York thing. Look, he's probably not going anywhere. Quarterbacks rarely play their entire career for one team, but usually they're near the end of their career when they go elsewhere. It's important though to be prepared for anything in case the unexpected happens. The Dawgs won again last night, although again it wasn't pretty. Are they in the tournament now no matter what happens on Saturday and in the conference tournament? Dave Rice, assistant coach for the Husky men's basketball team talks about the game last night, the season, and the game plan for Saturday's game against Oregon. The Huskies football team have been dominant in the Pac-12 in recent years, but in big games against Penn State, Alabama, and Ohio State, they haven't looked so great. There's clearly a talent gap. How do they overcome it?

Washington beat the Beavers last night, although not convincingly, so are they absolutely for-sure in yet? Mike DeCourcy answers this, plus a look at other stories around college basketball. Colin Cowherd caused quite a stir in Seattle when he implied that Russell Wilson and Ciara might be looking at a move to New York where the Giants quarterback job will be open. He calls in to elaborate on the comments he made, plus a little Huskies talk, and thoughts on LeBron and the Lakers. Texts come in at 49451 and are read back by our robot Texty on a segment we call Textimonials.

With the Dawgs a virtual lock (probably) in the tournament, Dick poses a You Can Only Have One scenario. Scenario 1: The Dawgs make the Sweet Sixteen, and Jaylen Nowell leaves to go pro. Scenario 2: The Dawgs lose early, and Jaylen Nowell stays another year to increase his draft stock. Softy says the answer is easy. Players get asked all kinds of questions at The Combine just so teams can see how they react.Softy and Dick answer a few of these themselves. Tim Benz has his thumb on the pulse of everything Pittsburgh sports. He fills us in on everything happening with Antonio Brown, Le'Veon Bell, and everything happening in the Steelers off-season. Is it worth it for the Hawks to go after Brown? To end the show, we play You Don't Know Dick! for passes to the Back Nine Parlor in Lynnwood.