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Sporting KC Falls Short Of Playoff Appearance

Voice of Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes

While a chance to win the MLS Cup is the ideal playoff scenario, Sporting will evaluate what went wrong this season and make necessary additions for next year. The organization has an idea of where to make improvements, including an approach on what to do to prevent injuries as they prepare for next season. Continue reading Sporting KC Falls Short Of Playoff Appearance

Benedictine Is Highest Ranked Football Team in Kansas City Region

Credit Jeremy Kaczor. Photo above: Benedictine QB Shaefer Schuetz from Park Hill So. HS leads the Ravens offense against Clarke University (Dubuque, Iowa).

Voice of Benedictine QB Shaefer Schuetz

By Greg Echlin

Two times in the last three years, Kansas schools from the Heart of America Conference reached the NAIA football national championship game.  But in each game fell short.  Benedictine College (Atchison, KS), last year’s finalist and ranked No. 2 in the weekly NAIA poll, hopes to win it all this year. Continue reading Benedictine Is Highest Ranked Football Team in Kansas City Region

The Kelvin Herrera Deal, Looking Back One Year Later

Photo above courtesy Frederick J. Nachman

Voice of Royals manager Ned Yost about Kelvin Herrera

By Greg Echlin

The day before the one-year anniversary of the Kelvin Herrera trade from Kansas City to Washington, Royals general manager Dayton Moore said his cell phone has been ringing with other GMs “just checking in.”  Looking back a year later, Herrera says the trade caught him off-guard. Continue reading The Kelvin Herrera Deal, Looking Back One Year Later

Royals Send-Offs Imminent?

Photo above courtesy of the Kansas City Royals: Ian Kennedy celebrates a win. Kennedy could be an option to deal as the trade deadline approaches.

By Greg Echlin

The Kansas City Royals made their first move, June 6, last year when they sent Jon Jay to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a couple of prospects.  This year’s team is in the same state as a year ago as the losses mount, which brings up the question: When will the day come when an established player is traded? Continue reading Royals Send-Offs Imminent?

Lucas Giolito: Weekend Show-Stopper in Kansas City

Photo above courtesy of Adam Fagen/Flickr – Lucas Giolito pitches as a member of the Washington Nationals. Giolito was traded to the White Sox in 2016.

Voice of Lucas Giolito

By Greg Echlin

During a weekend when Kansas City area natives Paul Rudd (“Ant Man”) and Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”) invited their Hollywood friends to town for a charity event, another Hollywood guy stole the show. Continue reading Lucas Giolito: Weekend Show-Stopper in Kansas City