Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

I’ve always been more than a little skeptical… You know, about this Secret Santa business. For a couple of reasons, starting with I met and got to know the dude who played the role for just under 30 years. And … Continue reading →

How many times must we re-plow the same unartful furrow before getting it right? According to internet blogosaurs like Tony – you know, the local dude who prides himself on the (over) use of catchy terms like “awesome TKC tipsters” … Continue reading →

Mission accomplished… It wasn’t easy, but the friends and family of former KC boxer Tommy Morrison did indeed prevail and he was buried very quietly in a Sulphur Springs, Arkansas cemetery alongside members of his family. “He has a headstone … Continue reading →

Think of it as a Big 12 / SEC bragging rights showdown… Missouri vs. Oklahoma State on January 3rd. The near Big 12 champ going up against the near SEC champ. The chance to show the world that the conference MU jilted, it … Continue reading →

Might as well cut to the chase… “Well, how bad do Missouri fans feel right now realizing that if they’d won the Auburn game yesterday, they would have been playing in the national title game?” wonders comedy club owner-turned-sports scribe … Continue reading →

The hits just keep on coming… When it comes to Fast & Furious star Paul Walker post death crash remembrances, the sky’s the limit. One week later and everybody still wants in. “Gone Too Fast,” reads the headline in Entertainment … Continue reading →

One year ago the Beaumont Club in Westport was poised to bite the dust… Go for a dirt nap. After 20 years, to disappear from the annals of Kansas City pop culture and live music history forevermore. From its inception … Continue reading →

Irascible, meet sage… Music and entertainment pundit Bob Lefsetz takes time out from his keystroke laden life to share some long-overdue wisdoms on one of the douchiest heartthrobs of the past decade, John Mayer. “We always had an inkling that … Continue reading →

Just win, baby… We’ve all heard that one. And so it is that deceased former Merriam Mayor Irene French‘s autobiographical-like obituary boasts of having “accomplished” the Baron BMW car complex and the Merriam Town Center shopping mall. All of which … Continue reading →

Let’s talk wrestling… Pro wrestling, of course, which all but limits us these days to World Wrestling Entertainment, the Stamford, Ct. company that drove just about everybody else in this country in the grappling game out of biz. Sure, sure, … Continue reading →

Anybody else do a double take when they saw that list of former Chiefs players suing the team for head injuries? Because lo and behold, smack in the middle of that Gang of Five, stood former Chiefs star and respected … Continue reading →

Let’s leave the tears and hollow eulogies for the family… Because when it comes right down to it, the blame for the death of Fast & Furious star Paul Walker lies directly at the feet of the slain movie star. Walker … Continue reading →

It’s one thing to write a stick-in-the-mud story saying poor taste is a reasonable excuse for denying college students their freedom of speech… Which is pretty much what Pitch entertainment writer David Hudnall did this past week under the headline, “The Mizzou … Continue reading →

This year’s Missouri football team is good but not great one, says scribe Craig Glazer… That could change if the MU beats Auburn. And that now is a must win game if this year’s Missouri football team wants to earn the … Continue reading →

Look, we all bleed Chiefs red -one way or another – right? However some are a little more thin-skinned, and that’s okay. It’s understandable to be tragically bummed when your woman runs off with some Duck Dynasty wannabe or the … Continue reading →

Get me rewrite! The first thing I thought when I read Diane Disney Miller‘s obit in the Star a week ago; somebody screwed up. With so many staff shortages and veteran reporters and copy editors laid off, no one caught the … Continue reading →

Anybody else think the word “glitch” has been way overused lately? First officials in the Obama administration – and shortly thereafter, the media – glommed onto the word in an effort to downplay the myriad problems with the Affordable Care … Continue reading →

With rare exception, flimsy reporting on the Plaza Lights have been the rule… You know the game; mindless television news reporters breathlessly painting word pictures of hundreds of thousands of spectators at the Thanksgiving night ceremony, with endless miles of … Continue reading →

The battle lines are drawn… Massive companies like Walmart, Best Buy,  Kohls and McDonald’s have effectively declared war on Thanksgiving and, as Phillip Brown says, it’s up to consumers to sort things out. Either we given in and flood the store’s Black Thursday … Continue reading →