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Kansas City’s biggest sports stories of the week, for the diehards and the casual fans alike. A podcast covering the Chiefs, Royals, Sporting, Current, Missouri and Kansas college teams, and more. Hosted by longtime Kansas City Star sports reporter Blair Kerkhoff and produced by KCUR Studios.
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The preseason has started and training camp at Missouri Western is winding down. Did the Chiefs maximize their time in St. Joseph? On SportsBeat KC, the sports podcast of The Star and KCUR (89.3 FM), beat writer Pete Swe
Patrick Mahomes is unlikely to play, and other starters might sit out the preseason opener. But there will be plenty to see and evaluate when the Kansas City Chiefs meet the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday at Arrowhead Stad
Chiefs training camp doesn’t really begin until the pads come on. It’s the first time to evaluate linemen and most defensive players. So who’s looking good? Chiefs insider Pete Sweeney and columnists Sam McDowell and Vah
This week’s most important local sports story came out of training camp at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, where the team announced that quarterback Patrick Mahomes — just seven months removed from a tor
Preparations for Chiefs season No. 67 begin Friday as training camp opens in St. Joseph. Quarterbacks, rookies and a few others will have Missouri Western to themselves for a few days before the full squad reports the fo
The FIFA World Cup and its games, Fan Fest, watch parties and celebrations have departed Kansas City. And all that remains is the cleanup. How did Kansas City do, and was it worth the cost? By many accounts the world’s b
Ouch. The U.S. team’s exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup occurred in ugly fashion — and sooner than many had hoped. The U.S. team’s Round of 16 loss to Belgium in Seattle on Monday, by a 4-1 score, means the American team
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is bringing out the best of Kansas City ... or is it the other away around? The massive global soccer tournament’s group-stage games at Kansas City (Arrowhead) Stadium provided incredible drama, a
Two games into the FIFA World Cup schedule in Kansas City, and we’ve seen some spectacular performances, starting with Lionel Messi’s hat trick for Argentina in the opening game. The action has been top-rate. But how abo
The Chiefs have closed the book on OTAs and minicamp, but they’re continuing to make news. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes signed a contract extension, former KC cornerback L’Jarius Sneed was re-acquired and the team traded
North America was awarded the 2026 FIFA World Cup eight years ago. Four years later, Kansas City was named one of the event’s 16 host cities. Now, it’s here. The world’s biggest sporting event begins Thursday with the fi
The news is good and bad for the Chiefs: Patrick Mahomes is back on the practice field, taking part in some drills. That’s a great sign as the two-time MVP continues to heal from torn knee ligaments. The not-so-good news
Of the 11 U.S. cities to host FIFA World Cup games, Kansas City is the most unlikely — but also among the most deserving. The story of how KC turned itself into one of the nation’s premier soccer cities is the subject of
In less than a month, the first FIFA World Cup game will be played in Kansas City, and it won’t take that long for fans of teams with base camps here to begin arriving. So, what can KC expect? On SportsBeat KC, the sport
With the FIFA World Cup opening game less than a month away — and less than five weeks before the first match is played in Kansas City — some recent indicators question the event’s expected size and scope. Hotel rooms re
Kansas Citians will be “shocked in a good way” by the FIFA World Cup when it arrives here in June, says Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt. He should know. He’s been going to games of the world’s most popular sporting ev
The draft class is complete. How did the Chiefs fare? The question ultimately cannot be answered for a few years, but the Chiefs made some bold moves, including turning the draft’s first trade. Columnist Sam McDowell and
The first day of NFL Draft and with their two first round picks, the Chiefs concentrated on one side of the ball. Defense. They even engineered the draft’s first trade to move up three spots to select cornerback Mansoor
More than three years after announcing the quest for a new home for the Royals, the team unveiled plans for a ballpark in downtown. They’ll create an 85-acre stadium district in Kansas City’s Crown Center and Washington
The NFL Draft is near. The Chiefs hold nine selections over the draft’s three days, with two picks in the first round. It’s the team’s best draft position in years — thanks to a poor finish to last season. A successful d
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