Category Archives: Sports
OTC: How Do You Spell Respect? MIZ-ZOU!
A moment of silence please, for my good friend and neighbor Scott’s Xavier Muskies. All basketball fans know the emptiness this Continue reading
OTC: Kansas/MSU Rematch Looks About The Same
Kansas takes on Michigan State Friday night. Here Continue reading
OTC: The NCAA Obama Pool
Take 5: Notes On Weekend @ Sprint Center
Taking in all six games at Sprint Center this past weekend was a treat, even for an on-the-couch kind of guy like me. While there, I could not help jotting down some notes to share with those of you who bother to frequent this odd space. Overall, Sprint Center, KC Live and the P&L were huge hits and created the kind of atmosphere we have always envied in other towns. Let me hear from those of you who also experienced the NCAA tourney Kansas City style.
Magic Fingers: The person operating the Sprint Center scoreboard has the quickest fingers this side of the No-Tell Motel. It is almost impossible to watch the live action of a bucket and then look to the overhead scoreboard before the numbers have changed. The guy (or gal) is good!
The K: We screwed up BIG time by not rebuilding The K next to the Power & Light District. No one campaigned louder and longer than Kevin Kietzman and his WHB radio station at the time that refurbishing The K was a mistake. He was more right than he has ever been. The atmosphere in the P&L for summer baseball would have been incredible. What a damn shame.
Take 5: Reading the Marquette Coach
Five things Buzz Williams might have been yelling at the refs with his hand tightly covering his mouth. 5.
OTC: Does Mizzou Need R&R or PBR?
We have all seen it soooooo many times that we knew it was going to happen again. Good things just never happen for/to Mizzou. Rather, really awful things happen to rip the hearts from Tiger fans everywhere. But maybe a new day dawned in OKC at the Big 12 tourney. Maybe, just maybe, this is the miracle season that has escaped Continue reading
OTC: Aldrich’s Groin Is Huge!
That just might have been the best four-day weekend in Kansas City since 1985 when the Royals silenced the Cardinals in the I-70 World Series. The games and atmosphere at Sprint Center were big-time and then the Sweet 16 runs by KU and MU left almost everyone happy — for at least a few more days.
“(Cole) Aldrich grabbed his left groin, and that is Continue reading
Whitlock’s NCAA Picks OTC Style
Jason Whitlock, a.k.a. Pork Chop, Big Sexy and Continue reading
OTC: Are KU & MU Upset Specials?
I am headed to Sprint Center on Thursday to take in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Due to friends in high places, I will be viewing the action from one of the suites and frequenting the rich-people-only lounge where the Sprint Dog (a monster dog in bun smothered in BBQ brisket) is a must-have gastronomic delight. Give me a shout out if you see my balding head pass by.
Take 5: I
Syracuse: I have drafted the Continue reading
Off The Couch: Were MU & KU Screwed?
The greatest week of non-work kicks off today in offices all across this great country. Here are some quotes and notes on Mizzou and Kansas as they were both awarded number-three seeds. Check back Tuesday for more.
OTC: KU’s Slide the Players’ Fault or Self’s?
My Big 12 bracket is in shambles but so is everyone else Continue reading
Off The Couch: Whitlock, Jack Harry and KK Feud
Jason Whitlock used his Sunday column to poke Kevin Kietzman, Jack Harry and even the dead-man-talking Neal Jones. As always, the OTC is happy to arbitrate this disagreement amongst the members of our local sports media.
Off The Couch: George “Lou” Brett and Doug Gottlieb as Cookie Monster
So why are we stuck watching OU/MU, a matchup of two teams in or near the Top 10, on 38 the Spot while the KU/TT slaughter is on ESPN2? Not that I Continue reading
Off The Couch: MU/KU III? What Will It Be?
It finally happened. I knew I was ripe for the pickings the past three years but I kept hoping to avoid the inevitable. I finally got passed on the street while out for my daily jog. Since 1981 I have been logging almost daily runs of about five miles or more and never been caught. When I was younger I didn Continue reading
