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Steele: But He Was Such a ‘Caring, Beautiful’ Jihadi!
It turns out that Nadir Soofi – one of the two ISIS-inspired jihadis who hoped to kill scores of people at the inaugural Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest – has a local connection… His father and stepmother live in Kansas … Continue reading
Donnelly: Star is Born in Sporting KC Win Over Chicago
After allowing eight goals in the previous four matches – including a whopping four at the Houston Dynamo last week – Sporting Kansas City boss Peter Vermes decided it was time to bench his brand new, Chilean, starting goalkeeper, Luis … Continue reading
Posted in Mark Valentine, Uncategorized
Tagged Luis Marin, Matt Bressler, SPORTING KC, Tim Melia
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Glazer: The Scribe Analysis & Prediction That Almost Got Away
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will each make more than $100 million… It’s the fight of THIS century, at least money wise and 2100 is a long way off. Are they both undefeated? No. Are they the two best ever in their … Continue reading
Hearne: The Move from Heck is O-V-E-R
Sorry about that, gang… However I just undertook a ridiculously difficult move – all of like four miles – to new digs here in Lawrence. And while that’s an infinitesimally small step for mankind, it was a gigantic pain in the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Craig Glazer, Dany Drive, Hearne Christopher Jr., Hutton Farms West, Matt Donnelly
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Glazer: Baltimore Riots Torpedo Stanford’s Comic
Freddie Gray was just hanging out when cops made eye contact with him… Gray has a lengthy criminal record with over 20 arrests since 2007 for selling drugs, burglary,making drugs, assaults, the list goes on. Clearly he’s a low level … Continue reading
Hearne: Unanswered Questions Linger in ‘Duke’s on Broadway’ Rape Story
Don’t expect the Duke’s on Grand rape story to go away anytime soon… There are just too many crazy twists and turns and unanswered questions. Starting with the gaggle of employees who hung out illegally drinking after closing hours to party … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Dennis Skeen, Downtown Pizza, Dukes on Grand, Regulated Industries
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Hearne: The Second Coming of Joe Posnanski?
Talk about too much of a good thing… Now that the Kansas City Royals are requiring locals to pay much closer attention, I find myself perusing their game stories in the Kansas City Star far more often. Which generally entails reading what beat … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Music First, Stardom Later
I can’t get an Apple Watch, but every celebrity known to man has been seeded one to make them look cool… Who’s using who? And if you think it’s the musicians who are coming out ahead, you own no Apple … Continue reading
Hearne: Skeen & Wife Wanted to Buy ‘Duke’s on Grand’
Saturday’s downtown sports bar rape story just keeps getting weirder… For starters, turns out alleged rapist Dennis Skeen is married. Add to that, sources say that Skeen and his wife Michelle have been trying to buy Duke’s on Grand, the downtown bar … Continue reading
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Tagged Cumulus Kansas City, Dennis Skeen, Jersey Dogs, Jim Ready, Kansas City Star, Mary Sanchez, Michelle Skeen
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Hearne: There’s Lots More to the ‘Dukes on Grand’ Rape Story
There’s almost always more to the story than what you get in newspaper and TV news…. Take the young woman who passed out Saturday and allegedly was molested by skeezy downtown restaurateur Dennis Skeen. Buried in the loosely-but-widely reported particulars of the story were … Continue reading
Steele: The Entirely Predictable Demonization of Jeff Roe
Kansas City political consultant Jeff Roe made news the other day when he acknowledged that he, not gubernatorial candidate Catherine Hanaway, paid for the House of Cards parody ad that was said to have inspired auditor Tom Schweich‘s suicide… For … Continue reading
Posted in Rich Steele, Uncategorized
Tagged Jeff Roe, John Danforth, Pat Gray, Steve Glorioso, Ted Cruz, Tom Schweich
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Donnelly: Ike Likely Done for Season, Long-Throw Haters Hating
Sporting Kansas City head to LA this weekend to take on the Galaxy and attempt to snap the reigning MLS Champions’ 25 game home unbeaten streak… Tall task? You bet. Especially without KC’s leading goalscorer and best defender of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Ike Opara, IKEA, Jason Kreis, Nate Bukaty, Sporting Kansas city
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Sounds Good: Farmer’s Ball @ Bottleneck, Whiskey Myers @ Granada
Saturday, April 18th KJHK Farmer’s Ball Semifinals at the Bottleneck in Lawrence This annual battle of the bands has featured some pretty strong acts over the years, with many of the winners going on to decent local, and even national, … Continue reading
Hearne: Bowling for Major News Stories
The big news in Lawrence today… Would you believe, that the bowling alley in the KU student union building is gonna close? Yep, top of the fold on the front page of the Lawrence Journal World newspaper. It’s a little … Continue reading
Hearne: Can Kansas City Be a Baseball Town Again?
After decades of being the butt of every baseball joke imaginable a new game is afoot… At the risk of hopping on (and later perhaps off) the bandwagon that is this year’s Kansas City Royals, let’s assume for a moment that … Continue reading
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Tagged Chalie Finley, Charlie Hebdo, George Brett, Joe Montana, Kansas City Athletics, Kansas City Royals
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Glazer: This Year’s Royals The Team to Beat in MLB
The battle cry last year from yours truly: “It’s Over!” That was my thinking – that the Kansas City Royals were done in September after a cold streak. Clearly I was wrong! A World Series later, they were anything but … Continue reading
Hearne: Editors Weigh Uncertain Future of The Kansas City Star
No two ways about it, the situation is grim at 18th and Grand… That’s where the dedicated men and women of the Kansas City Star are hard at it, fighting the good fight on behalf of the written word. A handful of years … Continue reading
Hearne: A Call for Less Butt Kissing & More Tough Talk @ KU
Say what you will, half a loaf’s almost always better than no loaf at all… And to his credit, in the case of Star sports scribe Sam Mellinger it’s usually a very tasty half. What goes missing often unfortunately is much in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Self, John Calipari, Kentucky basketball, KU basketball
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Jack Goes Confidential: ‘GET HARD’—Crash Course For Raunchy Prison Stretch
I had seen it far too often… A high concept storyline that can easily be described in a single paragraph. Back it by a hefty TV advertising blitz and Hollywood serves up yet another goofy quickie comedy. So you can imagine … Continue reading
