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Kansas City to host the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League Championship
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The home of the world’s first stadium built for women’s sports will soon be the home of the 2024 NWSL Championship, ESPN reports. On Wednesday, it was announced that Kansas City was selected to host its first-ever NWSL Championship at the historic CPKC Stadium. According to ESPN, the Championship game is set for Saturday, November 23.
Kansas City Current vs. Orlando Pride: NWSL TV channel, live stream, lineups, preview
The unbeaten Orlando Pride vs. the unbeaten Kansas City Current. Talk about giving us a treat right before an extended break from league play. The women's football world has been awaiting this clash of NWSL Titans for quite some time now. On Saturday afternoon, in what should be a packed...
U.S. Men's National Team eliminated in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The United States was eliminated from the Copa America with a 1-0 loss to Uruguay on a Mathías Olivera's questionable second-half goal on Monday night, a defeat that will increase pressure on the U.S. Soccer Federation to remove coach Gregg Berhalter before the 2026 World Cup.
Two Royals selected for 2024 All-Star Futures Game
KANSAS CITY, MO. (WIBW) - Two Minor Leaguers with the Kansas City Royals have been selected for the 2024 All-Star Futures Game. Outfielder Gavin Cross (Northwest Arkansas (AA)), and right-handed pitcher Ben Kudrna (Quad Cities (High-A)) were selected to represent the Royals in the annual game. The game features the...
1996 Olympic athlete remembers games, journey to make Team USA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, KSHB 41 continues to highlight amazing athletes all across the Kansas City area, including Ed Broxterman, who competed in the high jump in the 1996 Atlanta Games. Broxterman, now 50, was 22 when he competed. The Baileyville, Kansas,...
Inside the inner office of Kansas coach Bill Self, where every object tells his story
Bill Self spent some 90 minutes with The Star annotating the memorabilia around him in his office, from Garth Brooks to Bruce Springsteen, George W. Bush to Barack Obama and so much more.
Hundreds party at Power and Light ahead of USA-Uruguay game at Arrowhead
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - It was a party Monday afternoon in the Power and Light District. P&L hosted a watch party for the USA vs. Uruguay Copa America game at Arrowhead Stadium. For many, they pre-gamed at the event before heading to the stadium. “I’m from the East Coast...
Park Hill grad headed back to Olympics
Former Park Hill Trojan Chris Nilsen, class of 2016, is headed to his second Olympics in Paris France as a pole vaulter. Nilsen qualified for the Olympic games by making the top three at the United States Track and Field Trials held last week in Eugene, Ore. The men’s pole vault final was held on Sunday, June 23. Nilsen had a best jump of 5.87 meters to qualify.
Lauletta: After 15 games, the Amy Rodriguez experiment gets terminated
Fifteen games into their existence, the Utah Royals are already changing course. Even one of the club’s best performances of the season on Saturday, a scoreless draw in which the Royals outshot, out-chanced, and out-Xgd (by more than double) the Thorns, was not enough to save the regime. On Sunday the Royals ushered out their 1.0 era when they fired head coach Amy Rodriguez and announced that president Michelle Hyncik was leaving to pursue new opportunities.
K-State to Face Drake in Kansas City December 17
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State men's basketball team will play host to Missouri Valley Conference Tournament champion Drake in the Wildcat Classic on Tuesday, December 17 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. Season ticket holders can now request tickets for the game during the current ordering and...
Kansas City Sends Two Trapshooting Champions to Paris Olympics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City area is sending two competitors to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Staff Sgt. Rachel Tozier, from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Moore, Georgia, and Derrick Mein of Paola, Kansas, will compete for Team USA in trapshooting. Tozier, making her Olympic...
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