In a do or die game six back in their home of Climate Pledge Arena, the Seattle Kraken got out to a hot start and were able to sustain that pressure to secure a victory and force a game seven in their second round Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup. Some of the teams veterans ensured that the Kraken season would continue, in addition to a few faces you may not expect.

This week on HeartBeat, Cindi Bright was joined by Washington State Senator Patty Kuderer. Kuderer recently announced her campaign for Washington State Insurance Commissioner, a role which oversees healthcare costs and the ways insurance companies operate within the state.

The Seattle Kraken dropped a second consecutive game in this second round Stanley Cup Playoff series, as the Dallas Stars once again used a hot start to give them just enough cushion to sustain a Kraken comeback attempt. Seattle now has their back against the wall for the first time since game seven of their series against the Avalanche.

In the third homestand of the 2023 season, the Seattle Mariners hosted the two Texas based teams at T-Mobile Park for a somewhat brief stretch. It was an even split of the six games, with the Mariners getting an impressive series win over the Astros while narrowly losing the series to the Rangers.

Mariners dropped the rubber match against the Rangers and lost their first series at home against Texas since 2019. Starting pitcher Luis Castillo hit some bumps in the game, while the Mariners bats failed to complete a late inning comeback.

Tonight on HeartBeat with Cindi Bright: Patty Kuderer joins the show to discuss her campaign for Washington State Insurance Commissioner.

The Rainier Beach High School Replacement Project has been a long time coming, and the work is now underway in full force. Our team was there to speak to those involved and showcase the construction being done to outfit the community with a state-of-the-art high school.

The Mariners were able to shutout the hot bats of the Rangers, collecting a victory behind starting pitcher George Kirby's strong performance. Kirby went seven scoreless innings, while the Seattle bats were able to push five runs across the plate including Tom Murphy's two-run blast.

The Seattle Kraken suffered a game four loss to the Dallas Stars, as the visiting team brough the fight to Seattle and tallied a four goal second period. Seattle’s Jaden Schwartz tallied two goal and did his best to try and push his team back into the game, but Dallas was able to extend their lead with an empty net goal and send the series back to Texas tied.

Sunday morning Besa Gordon of Converge Media and Avery Barnes of Taswira joined Tanzania’s Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Natural Resources & Tourism Dr Hassan Abbas, the CEO of Tanzania’s Tourism Board Mr. Damasi Mfugale, Country Coordinator and GM of African Lyon FC Rahim Zamunda Kangezi, and the Seahawks Partnership Development Director Luke Grothkopp on a walking tour of the Pioneer Square neighborhood as they visited our Black Media Matters studio and African Art Gallery TASWIRA.

The Seattle Storm dropped their first preseason contest ahead of the 2023 regular season, as several of the Storm players were able to contribute to a strong first half. The second half saw things crumble in the third period, and it was all Mercury from there.

The Seattle Mariners, fresh off of a big series win against the Houston Astros, once again failed their starting pitcher as they only plated one for Logan Gilbert to drop game one. Ty France’s early solo homer got things going early, and Gilbert pitched an excellent game, but the mariners bats couldn’t get it done the rest of the way.

In game three of the second round Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup, the Seattle Kraken blew out the Dallas Stars by a score of 7-2 with five of those goals coming in the second period. Continued strong play by Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer and the Seattle defenseman kept the Stars at bay, while the Kraken skaters tore through Dallas.

The Seattle Sounders dropped their first match at home and fell to a Sporting KC club that had not won a game yet in MLS Regular season play. Kansas City had sat at the bottom of the Western Conference, but they were able to jump out to a two goal lead in the first half.

Following last night’s thrilling come from behind victory, the Seattle Mariners were able to get a series win over the Houston Astros thanks in part to Bryce Miller’s T-Mobile Park debut.

On Friday, Tanzania’s Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources Dr Hassan Abasi was at Lumen Field for an event announcing new partnerships between the country and three professional sports teams in the Pacific Northwest - the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounder, and Portland Trailblazers.

In a thrilling Saturday night showdown, the Seattle Mariners defeated the Houston Astros with a seven-run rally in the eighth-inning. Going down early as the Astros were able to push three runs across, the Mariners needed a big comeback and they were able to get that in a big, big way.

The OL Reign, playing in their third match over the course of seven days, battled through a hard first half before scoring twice thanks to Veronica Latsko and Jordyn Huitema to secure their 100th regular season win in club history and move into the top spot of the NWSL table.

For Mental Health Month, Circling Seattle Sports reporter Bel Garcia sat down for a conversation with the Mariners Mental Strength Coordinator Stephanie Hale to talk about the ways she works to improve the mental conditioning of the players and what it means to be mentally healthy.

In the on-field debut of their City Connect jersey that pay homage to several historic baseball teams throughout the city of Seattle’s history, the Mariners dropped game one of three to the Houston Astros in frustrating late-inning fashion.