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A new video of left wing agitator Alex Pretti was released by the BBC and it shows Pretti spitting at federal agents, screaming eff you's, flipping the bird and kicking out the tail lights of their car. Peaceful protest indeed. Pretti, carrying a gun, was taken to the ground and according to CNN suffered a broken rib. Amazingly, the didn't see the gun and let him go. Agents drove away. It's no wonder these thugs think they can get away with anything. Bruce Springsteen has a new song for the people of Minneapolis and my inbox is filling up with listeners that are deleting him from the playlists. Mayor Q says on radio that he was listening to our reporting about the Royals on Tuesday and I"m actually very happy for him. If a mayor found a way to get baseball downtown without a public vote, he deserves a statue at the new park. Vahe Gregorian of the KC Star pens a piece on why he didn't vote for Bill Belichick for the Hall of Fame, the very first person to admit it. When you hear his reason, you will understand just how different liberals and conservatives are in the way they think. Adam Schefter reports Gardner Minshew is 100% healthy and never did blow out his ACL. That means something bad was going on with the Chiefs, or their doctors. And gentlemen, we're about to share something with you that isn't available anywhere but KC. Its a new concept called www.flexcaves.com and its a place for business, storing a car or boat or having your weekly poker game and smoking cigars in a condo-like storage unit. They break ground this year in Martin City and Brett Johnson is here to explain why he thinks his ideas will be a huge hit.
Vahe Gregorian, of the KC Star and NGL Hall of Fame voter, joined The Drive to explain why he did not vote for Bill Belichick.
Sam McDowell of the KC Star joins the show to talk all things Chiefs, and College Basketball. Plus, some Royals Stadium news!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Blair Kerkhoff joins us to talk National Championship, and local College Hoops!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With moves on the touch line and questions on the field, Sporting KC are moving on from the likes of Vermes and Vlatko...The KCStar's Daniel Sperry visits to look at all the changes and where they may point in 2026
For the Glory KC is back with the 163rd episode of the show and the second show of 2026!Sporting Kansas City had a pretty big week. No, they didn't do much to fill out their miniscule roster, but it's almost certainly bigger than that. On Friday, news broke that Sporting KC minority owner Peter Mallouk was taking over as majority owner, holding an estimated 80 percent of the team. Sheena and I get into what this means for the team this season and beyond. Sam McDowell from the KC Star got an interview with Mallouk and we discussed several of his big quotes:“What you're going to see next season is a big, big financial commitment,” he said, “to do whatever it takes to build upon what we're building upon this season. ""I really would say 99.5% of the metric I'm going to care about is winning. And 0.5% will be everything else.”“The fans are incredible,” Mallouk said. “They deserve a competitor all the time.”There was actual movement on the roster with the signing of Calvin Harris. We got an inside take from the Burgundy Wave's Matt Pollard who has covered the Colorado Rapids for years. Sheena and I discuss the rumor that Cesar Inga is on his way to Kansas City. And we can't leave out the weird and wild Rogers Mato story. It doesn't stop there though, as SKC won their first preseason game and we have updates on Roger Espinoza, Willy Agada, Robert Voloder, Mason Toye, Paulo Nagamura, Alenis Vargas and Ramiz Hamouda.The KC Current also had a fairly big week with the announcement of their schedule, the trade of Nichelle Prince and some unfortunate injury new for Michelle Cooper and Temwa Chawinga.In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:England, Netherlands and Argentina are all rumored to want to do World Cup base camp in KCLindsey Heaps is coming to the NWSLKC Comets pick up two big winsHere is a rundown of topics and start times:Sporting KC sold! - 9:14SKC Sign a Player and lots of other stories - 25:11KC Current Schedule, Prince trade and more - 54:16Digital Crawl - 1:11:58As a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.
The KC Star's Blair Kerkhoff joins the show, and we talk local College Hoops, Chiefs, and preview the National Championship!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be announced next Tuesday. And players like former Kansas City Royals outfielder Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones are seeking to be selected after appearing on the ballot for several years.On SportsBeat KC, three KC Star writers with Hall of Fame ballots discuss their selections.According to the Rules for Election by the Baseball Writers Association of America, voting is based on record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the team. It takes 75% of about 400 ballots cast to make the Hall.So who gets the call this year?SportsBeat KC is the sports podcast of The Kansas City Star and KCUR, hosted by Blair Kerkhoff. It's produced by Monty Davis, Irvin Zhang, Suzanne Hogan, and Gabriella Lacey, and edited by Jeff Rosen and Scott Chasen.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell joins us directly after attending the Royals presser from earlier today! We discuss the changes to the Kauffman Outfield Fence and how it affects the roster, plus some College Basketball!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For the Glory KC is back with the 162nd episode of the show and the second show of 2026!On this week's episode of For the Glory KC, we discuss the official hire of Sporting Kansas City coach, Rapha Wicky. On Tuesday, he completed his first press conference with the media, and we unpack the details. Topics covered are the length of his contract, how many more players need to be signed by CSO David Lee, and the style of soccer Wicky and Lee want Sporting KC to play. We also learn some fun facts about Wicky, most importantly (for Sheena) we uncover his hair regimen.The topic of Sporting KC's youth development was also discussed at the press conference. Will SKC Academy players have their best opportunity for a starting position on Sporting KC or SKC II since the roster is bleak? There are a lot of them coming to preseason.31 players total will be traveling for preseason, which has kicked off in Florida. There are three trialists, two SKC II players, one draft pick, and eight Academy Players who will be joining the team. The first game is on Saturday, January 17th against FIU at 9:00AM CT.We wrap up the Sporting KC conversations with 'breaking news' about Daniel Salloi and his mustache, Santi Munoz giving his farewell to Kansas City, an update regarding a rumor from last week, and exciting news regarding Zohran Basson and Jacob Molinaro.The KC Current also had a busy week with the announcement of head coach, Chris Armas. Sheena and I discussed the press conference along with the ESPN and KC Star articles around the hire and give our thoughts. Highlights include the decision-making process and all the qualified candidates the Longs apparently turned down to stick with Armas. On top of that, the news that Canadian Men's National Team coach and apparently Chris Long's college friend, Jesse Marsch made the recommendation to hire Armas.In the KC Current round-up we say farewell to Bia, hello to forward Ameilia White, and give an update regarding Clare Gagne. Plus, we have updates on Alex Pfeiffer, Regan Steigleder, and some exciting USWNT call ups.In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:KS AstrasRumored nations doing base camps in Kansas City for the World CupA massive FA Cup upsetand Chucky Lozano and Sam Coffey being on the moveHere is a rundown of topics and start times:Sporting KC's Coach Announcement presser - 1:27SKC's Preseason Roster - 37:49Sporting KC round-up - 40:28KC Current have a coach presser too - 53:58Current round-up - 1:13:14Digital Crawl - 1:21:15As a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.
The KC Star's Blair Kerkhoff joins us for some Rashee Rice talk, and College Hoops!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Pete Sweeney joins us to discuss what went wrong for the Chiefs this season, and predicting the futures of some key figures this offseason!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell joins us directly after attending the SKC press conference, and we discuss the Chiefs offense, the Ravens break some news mid-segment, and we talk SKC!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dave Helling, formerly of the KC Star, joined The Drive to breakdown all the details on how Kansas used STAR Bonds to attract the Chiefs.
The KC Star's Blair Kerkhoff joins us for some Chiefs and CFB talk!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pete Sweeney of the KC Star joins us and helps up work through some options to get this team back on track!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Pete Sweeney joins us for some Chiefs talk, but gets interrupted by K-State Head Coach Chris Klieman's retirement presser!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Pete Sweeney joins Soren on the road and helps us analyze the Chiefs at the Podium today, Josh Simmons, and preview the Colts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell stops by for some NFL, Chiefs, Broncos, and College Football talk!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Blair Kerkhoff joins us for some college football talk, This Week in Baseball reminiscing, and a preview of the KU and MU games this weekend!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Blair Kerkhoff of the KC Star joins us for some College Football Talk!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Blair Kerkhoff joins us to talk College Coaches, make an announcement, and talk KU/K-State!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Kc Star's Blair Kerkhoff joins us to discuss all things College Football!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell joins us for some reaction the Royals season and their presser from today, some Chiefs talk, and a little college football!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Kc Star's Blair Kerkhoff joins us to talk Mike Gundy, and some local college football!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sam McDowell of the KC Star joins us to talk Mike Gundy, Eli Drinkwitz, and some Chiefs!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star vet, Blair Kerkhoff, joins us to talk College Football, and laugh/analyze at some audio from some big Head Coaches this week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell joins us to talk about the "free 4" shirts some Chiefs players were seen wearing, the Chiefs running game, and some local college football!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The ever prolific Joe Posnanski this week announced the release of his new book "Big Fan" with his good friend Michael Schur, making it a perfect time to revisit our conversation from earlier this year when he released his previous book "Why We Love Baseball". We discuss that and then reprise his full Profile and life story from a couple of years back. Funny, engaging, and a remarkable storyteller, including his own. Enjoy!
Blair Kerkhoff of the KC Star joins us to help diagnose the Kansas State Wildcats struggles, and talk KU/Mizzou Border War!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kellis Robinett, Kansas State beat writer for the KC Star, joined The Drive to discuss Kansas State matchup with Arizona on Friday.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell joins us to preview Chiefs/Chargers, an important September for the Royals, and KU vs MU!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell joins us for some Farmageddon talk, Chiefs roster cuts, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sam McDowell of the KC Star reports that a bullet was shot through the window of Andy Reid's office in May of 2024 while Andy was in the room. Why would it take 18 months for this story to get out? The timing is curious to say the least, we have a couple theories. JD Vance is speaking out about bringing Elon Musk back into the Republican Party and according to reports, Musk is on board. This could mean the end to any attempt at a third party. An American in Alaska with a WW II era Soviet motorcycle is gifted a brand new Russian bike by Putin. The Royals give one away in the 9th inning but don't lose any ground. The Chiefs trade Skyy Moore which is no small miracle. The Pats coach has a problem at Starbucks. And Lee Sterling of www.paramountsports.com is back with a preview of the SEC and Big 12 and a couple free picks for you in Week Zero of college football.
Stephen Serda wishes Skyy Moore a farewell as his trade to the 49ers becomes official and the Chiefs are reportedly in the market for a running back. Also, the Kansas City Star had a pretty crazy story about a bullet passing through Andy Reid's office window at the team facility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Royals lose but we don't need to blame the manager for every loss. We talk about the breaking story from the KC Star regarding the Chiefs practice facility and more.
We close out our Thursday's show in traditional fashion as we go to school with Jesse Newell the Chiefs beat writer for the KC Star. Jesse opens up giving his thoughts on the story that came out about Andy Reid's office being shot up. Then the guys talk about the Skyy Moore being traded to the 49ers and then they get into the Chiefs offensive line. They wrap the hour up talking about some sleeper picks to make the Chiefs and how Jesse thinks the back end of the roster might shake out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We close out our Thursday's show in traditional fashion as we go to school with Jesse Newell the Chiefs beat writer for the KC Star. Jesse opens up giving his thoughts the biggest stories as the Chiefs wrapped up training camp in St. Joe. They preview the rest of the preseason and discuss Taylor Swift's appearance on New Heights and also talk about breaking news at the end of the show about Rashee Rice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In hour three of New day Todd and Gherig go to school with Jesse Newell newly with The Athletic. Jesse explains his new role writing for the Athletic, as well as reviews his time covering the Chiefs at the KC Star. Then the guys get into Chiefs camp and some guys who might be fighting for spots, as well as some surprises. And a glimpse into what Jesse has seen in regards to which tight ends will make this team outside of Kelce and Gray.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sam McDowell of the KC Star joins us to talk Royals, plus Mizzou Football!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We close out our Thursday's show in traditional fashion as we go to school with Jesse Newell the Chiefs beat writer for the KC Star. Hour 4 begins with Trade deadline talks, and some of the moves that have been made no only late last night but this morning as well. Next SSJ and Jesse talk about the Royals playoff hopes and the likelihood they could actually secure a Wild Card. Then SSJ and Jesse move onto the Chiefs and talk depth on defense and the Kristian Fulton situation. As well as Tyquan Thornton and how he fits into the mix, along with the other receivers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Savvy Vet from the KC Star, Blair Kerkhoff, joins us to talk Pro-Wrestling and Hulk Hogan, and College Football!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the 2nd hour of the show Steven and Nate go to school with Jesse Newell the Chiefs beat writer for the KC Star. They start out talking a little Royals, as well as Chiefs training camp headlines such as Josh Simmons, surprise players, and the Rashee Rice situation. Also some audio from the podium from coaches and players.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Blair Kerkhoff of the KC Star joins us to talk Big 12 Football!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sam McDowell of the KC Star joins us to talk Chiefs, Sporting, and Royals!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Midnight Hammer was carried out with precision and force over the weekend as three nuclear sites in Iran are obliterated. It was overwhelming strong and safe for our pilots and the remarkable sailors on a submarine 400 miles away undetected. Our men and women at Whiteman Air Force Base were flawless carrying out this mission and we couldn't be prouder the Show Me state produced a Show Stopper for the ages. This is America First. The young person that set a pair of Teslas on fire in KC is looking at real prison time and that has the KC Star's panties in a wad. These are the same people that praised locking up old ladies that walked into the capitol building to take a picture and walking out on January 6. Imagine that. The Royals were winning a classic low scoring game on Sunday, their specialty, before they let it slip away. It's exactly the kind of game this team has to win almost every time they get the chance. The NBA Finals were set up for a dramatic game 7 when a devastating injury to Indiana's star player in the first quarter put a damper on things. LSU wins the College World Series, Simone Biles has had it with social media and golfer Keegan Bradley wins and creates a Ryder Cup dilemma for himself as he's the team captain.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell joins us to discuss the Royals, and the NBA Finals!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The KC Star's Sam McDowell joins us for Royals, NBA, and Chiefs talk!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
All the excitement around Jac Caglianone being called up by the Royals was expected... all the controversy was not. Here's why those saying the Royals are crazy to do this right now are just flat wrong. The KC Star is making up bizarre reasons why Missouri will not get stadium support funding done in the special session. How bizarre? Would you believe they are blaming Pride Month? KJ Adams is out of hoops for at least a year with an achilles injury and had said goodbye to KU. Now he's back as Bill Self has offered him an incredible opportunity to rehab with KU's team of providers while working on the basketball "staff." Trump polls are climbing even higher and some liberal pollsters are started to put together pieces about what makes conservatives tick. The illegal alien terrorist that set fire to Jews in Colorado has ties to USAID. And one of the escaped prisoners in New Orleans posts a video asking Donald Trump for help and suggests he will turn himself in. Our Final Final is about Bills quarterback Josh Allen's celebrity wedding and a guest that has everyone scratching their head.