Author Archives: Hearne Christopher Jr.

How long before the SEC & Big 10 stop paying big bucks to lesser teams like Mizzou, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, I wondered? “To answer your last question: Never,” fired back the Guy Who Days What Others Think. “It’s a dumb idea … Continue reading →

A year ago it looked like the Big 12 might be toast… A handful of schools that made up the college sports conference many Kansas Citian’s grew up with had bailed 10 years earlier to escape bullying by Texas and Oklahoma.  They … Continue reading →

Seems like only yesterday… The never-ending, ongoing demise of the Big 12 Conference, that is. The crazy part is – Colorado started it by bailing for the Pac 10 a dozen years ago; followed by Nebraska to the now infamous Big 10 a year later; and Missouri and … Continue reading →

What were the odds? That when outspoken KC comedy legend Craig Glazer and his brothers chipped in to purchase an expensive life insurance policy on their dad several years back, that Stanford’s & Sons founder Stan Glazer would outlive all three of … Continue reading →

The last two years were so intense, tons of stuff fell between the cracks… For example, the once beloved Aunt Jemima bit the dust last summer, a victim of wokeness and the Black Lives Matter fad. Did you notice? I … Continue reading →

Stonehenge and the pyramids aside, nothing seems to last forever… Not even Kansas City’s vaunted Country Club Plaza. Oh sure, it’s changed over the years – long gone are institutions like Woolworth’s, King Louie, Sears and hoity-toity clothiers such as Jack Henry and Cricket … Continue reading →

Seldom in the field of human conflict has so little been owed to so few… We’re talking about Kansas City Chiefs superstar Patrick  Mahomes’ wildly controversial fiancé and younger brother. Take this recent headline: “She Won’t Stop Until SHE DESTROYS HER HUSBAND’S … Continue reading →

Think tale of two cities… In one corner we have the Kansas City Star, ostensibly the defender of “actual news” in what passes for “our” area. In my new, little corner of the globe, lies the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson’s fast … Continue reading →

Things are getting seriously sad at Kansas City’s newspaper of record… What’s left of its news staff – tails between their legs – exited their historic brick home at 1729 Grand a few years back and moved into, later selling … Continue reading →

Is it possible for too many Christmas decorations to be too much? In cities like Kansas City, the more the merrier. Plaza holiday lights? Bring ’em – let the good times roll. Then again, whatever happened to tasteful holiday decorated … Continue reading →

I’m a pretty laid back guy… Aside from hanging out long ago with the Prime Minister of Canada on the stern of my parent’s yacht, dating a girl long distance in Torino, Italy in the ’80s, running The Pitch, then … Continue reading →

Is Westport on its last legs? Nope, times are definitely tough, but it’s more like a changing of the guard. More than a half dozen businesses either have – or are about to bite the dust in KC’s original entertainment … Continue reading →