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Home at the center of the Battle of Westport has many tales to tell
The defending back-to-back Super Bowl champions have begun their quest for an unprecedented three-peat. Crunch Time Boxing is a boxing gym in Kansas City that opens their doors to kids for free with help from KC Chiefs players. Updated: Jul. 18, 2024 at 7:40 PM UTC. Law enforcement made eight...
Time Magazine names KC Current Stadium, The Rabbit hOle among ‘World’s Greatest Places 2024′
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The home of the Kansas City Current continues to receive national - and international - accolades. TIME revealed that CPKC Stadium is a must-visit destination on its annual list of the World’s Greatest Places. The list highlights 100 places people should visit and stay...
Local boxing champ gives back to community by opening gym to train kids
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A local boxing champion, who trains Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs, is giving back to the community by offering free training to kids. The kids say that they are striving to be the next contender. Chris Thompson holds the championship belt for the American Boxing...
Midwest paddling royalty competes in 340-mile race with broken wrist
IRONTON, Mo. — Diane McHenry, an Ironton County woman, is one of the 473 kayakers who set out to complete the 19th Annual Missouri American Water MR340 race on Tuesday. The 68-year-old is competing through another obstacle: her broken wrist. Diane is kayaking from Kansas City to St. Charles....
Kansas City's disc golf scene is among the best in the country. Here's how to get started
This story was first published in KCUR's Adventure! newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox every Tuesday. Looking for a summer game that’ll have you hiking, testing your aim, and enjoying just about every terrain type in the region? Then disc golf may be for you.
NICU babies dressed up in spirit of 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - To celebrate the 2024 opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, Centerpoint Medical Center’s neonatal nurses dressed up NICU babies as Olympians with torches and medals to get in the spirit. “The Olympics are a momentous event, and since they happen only every four years,...
Missouri River 340 race makes its way through mid-Missouri
COLUMBIA — The first batch of racers in the Missouri River 340 traveled through mid-Missouri on Wednesday. The race is a non-motorized boat race of over 400 teams that travel along the Missouri River from Kansas City to St. Charles. Participants paddle across the state in kayaks and canoes...
FRIDAY LINKS: Painted Hills Golf Club
Painted Hills is an 18-hole golf club featuring gently rolling, tree-lined fairways and beautifully contoured bentgrass greens. It's a great spot for beginners to the sport. Visit PaintedHillsGolf.com today to book your Tee time.
GM Brett Veach is open to possibility of Chiefs being featured on ‘Hard Knocks’
HBO’s “Hard Knocks” show continues to be a fan favorite and the number of teams featured has expanded in recent years. Where “Hard Knocks” once focused on just one team, this year fans saw the New York Giants’ offseason featured, and early next month the Chicago Bears will be shown at training camp. Once the season begins, the show will focus on all four AFC North teams.
The consequences of ignoring heat related illnesses for student-athletes
OVERLAND PARK, KS - (KCTV) Training for fall sports is tough, but the coming heat wave makes it tougher. No matter how fit you are, doctors are warning parents and athletes now about the danger of outdoor practices. In summer training there may not be other teams to play against...
Gennetten Attains Victory POWRi at Lakeside Speedway
KANSAS CITY, KS (July 26, 2024) — Ayrton Gennetten would use precision and precise timing to snatch victory with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in the Sunflower State Showcase presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his fifth league victory in an outstanding feature event at Lakeside Speedway in the caution free feature event.
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