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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...
Chiefs fans rally in St. Joseph yet again
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Red Rally was again back at Civic Center Park on Saturday, July 27, with live music, activities, and various vendors. Country music singer Blane Howard, whose Chiefs fandom shows in songs, performed for a third time at the event. Howard, a lifelong Chiefs fan, is thrilled to be back in St. Joseph again to give the Chiefs Kingdom another solid start. "I come back to the show, and people come back and see me every year. They say they saw me the first year," Howard shared. "I've made so many great fans here, and from being Tech N9ne, I just put out a new collab with him a couple of weeks ago as well. So it's been awesome; St. Joseph has been so great to me."
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....
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...
Golden girl: Park Hill South’s Addison Bjorn helps US win U17 Basketball World Cup
— The FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup is kind of like the Olympics for the USA Basketball Junior National Team. Park Hill South junior Addison Bjorn, a 6-foot-2 guard from Parkville, helped the U.S. squad win gold, but she’s just getting started. "I really told (USJNT head) coach...
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.
KSHB 41's Caitlin Knute learns more about fencing as 2024 Paris Olympics kick off
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the 2024 Paris Olympics kicked off, KSHB 41's Caitlin Knute learned more about how fencing works. Knute went to the Kansas City Fencing and spoke Kelly Williams, who owns the establishment. Williams talked more about how fencing works and what to look out for...
After leadership upheaval, KC2026 makes big hires to prepare for the World Cup
Kansas City is less than two years away from being in the international spotlight as a 2026 FIFA World Cup host city, and new KC2026 leadership is tasked with figuring out how to put on the large-scale event. Following the sudden resignation of Katherine Holland last month, KC2026 — the...
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.
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.
(LISTEN): Economist Tom Kruckmeyer discusses tax incentives for Chiefs, Royals on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Kansas lawmakers are trying to lure the Kansas City Chiefs and perhaps the Royals to the Sunflower State. Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) leaves office in January and has made it clear that one of his priorities is keeping the Chiefs and Royals in Missouri. His administration is currently working to put a deal together to make sure the Show-Me State is competitive with Kansas. The governor says Missouri will be competitive, telling reporters in Columbia in mid-June that “we’re not just going to roll over and let Kansas come in here and take two major franchises (Chiefs and Royals) out of our state without having some sort of package ourselves.” Sports economist Tom Kruckmeyer of Jefferson City joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” and blasts any possible tax incentives for the Chiefs or Royals, particularly the Chiefs. Mr. Kruckmeyer tells listeners that public subsidies for sports team facilities do not pay for themselves, describing them as a net drain on the treasuries of taxing jurisdictions. Mr. Kruckmeyer tells listeners that Governor Parson will likely propose the use of public funds, but notes the specifics are unknown. Mr. Kruckmeyer describes the Kansas City Chiefs as “fantastically profitable,” saying last year’s Chiefs profit was $95-million, citing Forbes magazine. Kruckmeyer tells listeners he’s been studying this issue since then-St. Louis Cardinals football owner Bill Bidwill moved the Big Red to Arizona in 1988.:
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