Author Archives: Hearne Christopher Jr.

Amazing what a newspaper can do with a penchant for creativity and decent size staff… Take the newspaper-of-record for the San Francisco 49ers, the Chiefs Super Bowl opponent Sunday and its “Hater’s guide to loving the 49ers.” “You probably hate football,” … Continue reading →

Ask and you shall receive… Having raised the issue of what Kevin Kietzman thinks about the Chiefs in the upcoming Super Bowl, what he’s been up to since leaving WHB – the station he put on the map more than 20 … Continue reading →

It’s come to this… So depleted are the writing ranks at the Kansas City Star that a lowly sports editor – they don’t even have a news columnist – took it upon himself to pen a retort to San Francisco Chronicle … Continue reading →

Talk about lame… Instead of stepping up and participating or responding in kind, the Kansas City Star meekly reprinted Scott Ostler‘s tongue-in-cheek column in the San Francisco Chronicle poking fun at the Cowtown with a weak-wristed intro. Now that truly is lame. … Continue reading →

Everybody knows how gawdawful things are for magazines and newspapers… Not to mention what online shopping’s been doing to retailers and shopping malls. It ain’t pretty, right? Hey, before long we’re all gonna to have to take Joe Biden‘s advice and … Continue reading →

The Greg Hall that I thought I knew was leading a double life… On one hand, the dude I just wrote about yesterday – and that most locals and sports aficionados knew – was the edgy skeptic who liked nothing more than … Continue reading →

Nobody was closer to Greg Hall in his glory years than I was… When it came to writing about sports media and the like Greg was a gifted hothead (kinda like a stable genius). Which contributed to his multiple media … Continue reading →

Talk about confusing… All this, “Who was Harley” stuff is getting out of hand, yet we’re way overdue for it all to fade into the nothingness. However because the most controversial comments personality ever in the Kansas City blogosphere disappeared … Continue reading →

So many mysteries, so few readily proven answers… Like, the location of Jimmy Hoffa’s body? Whatever became of D.B. Cooper? Who was Jack the Ripper? Where’s Cleopatra’s tomb? See what I mean? To that illustrious list, now add: Was caustic KCC comments dude Harley secretly … Continue reading →

Think Grumpy Old Men meets the Godfather… Okay, maybe it’s me, but after spending three and a half hours choking down what I was led to believe was the next big mob movie, The Irishman, I can report that I was the … Continue reading →

Wait for it… From the get go the chances of new Pitch owners stumbling onto a pot-of-gold at the end of the alternative publishing rainbow were slim to none. That said, with the Kansas City Star on the ropes, and little … Continue reading →