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SportsBeat KC

SportsBeat KC

By: The Kansas City Star
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 A podcast about the biggest sports stories in and around Kansas City. Covering Chiefs, Royals, Sporting KC, University of Kansas, University of Missouri, Kansas State University and more. Hosted by Blair Kerkhoff.All rights reserved
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  • After the Missouri stadium vote, ball is in Royals, Chiefs court. What’s next?

    After the Missouri stadium vote, ball is in Royals, Chiefs court. What’s next?
    Jun 16 2025
    The Missouri House closed its special session last week with votes to provide funding to the Royals and the Chiefs, so a piece of the puzzle has fallen into place. But questions remain. The biggest: What do the teams want to do? On SportsBeat KC, The Star’s sports podcast presented by Underdog, Star columnist Sam McDowell discussed options for the teams. The Royals want a new ballpark. But where? The Chiefs’ top choice may to be to renovate Arrowhead Stadium. Would a practice facility be involved? Is a Kansas location an option for both teams? The ball is in the court of the Royals and Chiefs, and awaiting the return are fans who want to know the teams’ next moves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • How KU, K-State expect to handle new world of direct payments to athletes

    How KU, K-State expect to handle new world of direct payments to athletes
    Jun 10 2025
    College sports has entered a new era with a recent court ruling that allows the schools to make direct payments to athletes. For the upcoming school year, up to $20.5 million can be distributed to football, basketball, baseball, volleyball players and more. This is in addition to scholarships and payments for name, image and likeness. How are schools handling this new approach? On SportsBeat KC, The Star’s sports podcast, college beat writers Kellis Robinett and Shreyas Laddha break down the structure and apply it to the schools they cover, Kansas State and Kansas. The schools also look to regulate NIL, preventing it from becoming a recruiting tool, by creating an enforcement organization outside the NCAA. That could be the biggest challenge to the changed sports world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • KC sports icons George Brett, Tom Watson have advice for Jac Caglianone

    KC sports icons George Brett, Tom Watson have advice for Jac Caglianone
    Jun 2 2025
    The greatest Royal of ‘em all, George Brett, can’t wait to watch Jac Caglianone’s major-league debut on Tuesday. Neither can golf icon and Royals fan Tom Watson. At an annual fundraising event for The ALS Association in Overland Park Monday, half of Kansas City’s sports Mount Rushmore weighed in on the Royals’ decision to elevate their top prospect to Major League Baseball. Caglianone will make his MLB debut Tuesday in St. Louis. What can Caglianone expect in the bigs? Brett and Watson agree, and their answer may surprise you: Caglianone’s best approach, they say, will be to do less: “Try to do less when the pressure is on,” Brett said. “He’s got to breathe.” Brett and Watson join Star sports columnist Vahe Gregorian and podcast host Blair Kerkhoff in this special installment of the SportsBeat KC show, presented by Underdog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
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