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Talk about best laid plans… A funny thing happened last night when I went to the Alamo Drafthouse movie plex in downtown Kansas City for the opening night screening of The Hunt. Because just the day before on March 11th, … Continue reading →

The beginning of the end? Word that Kansas City Star parent McClatchy declared bankruptcy didn’t exactly come as a surprise. It was almost more of a surprise that it took this long. Which in some ways is sad. Does it mean … Continue reading →

It’s early, but presidential wannabe Mike Bloomberg‘s sex scandals are starting to surfacer… Courtesy of GQ, for starters. Here’s how writer Laura Bassett’s story begins… “In December 2015, employees at Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control organization funded by Mike … Continue reading →

Life goes on for the city by the bay… San Francisco 49ers fans are turning the page on Sunday’s disappointing, blowout loss to the Chiefs. Gone are the expectant-turned- embittered headlines of recent days and weeks. For the most part … Continue reading →

The 92nd annual Academy Awards goes down this Sunday… This year’s (again) hostless event kicks off at 7:00 p.m. on ABC. And while my picks are generally 80% to 97% accurate, take this year’s top six category winners with a proverbial grain … Continue reading →

One man’s treasure is another’s trash… Hang with me here for a few minutes to explain. “I don’t think we will ever see anything this amazing again,” says exiled WHB sports talker Kevin Kietzman, referring to this year’s Kansas City … Continue reading →

What’s that old axiom…what goes around comes around? In the case of San Francisco Chronicle sports jokester Scott Ostler – even after a Super Bowl beatdown of his beloved 49ers by the Chiefs – at least his sense of humor is intact. … Continue reading →

I don’t get it… Keep this under your hat, but Kevin Harlan, one of the Cowtown’s most popular sportscasters ever, is poised to call today’s Super Bowl on 810 WHB. Yet for some reason, WHB seems to be keeping that … Continue reading →

Who doesn’t like a heaping helping of politics with their football? You know besides, like, everybody. The $64 million question: Will Sunday’s crowd embrace President Trump? They did at the recent national college football championship game in Baton Rouge. Not … Continue reading →

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 →

And you wonder why Bernie Sanders is rising in the polls… Now let me get this straight, up is down. If I’m doing it in pursuit of the general happiness, it’s all right, I can skate. Does this mean if … Continue reading →

Dr. Samuel Johnson – circa 1784 -once said, the world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down… WHB radio personality Kevin Keitzman‘s precipitous fall from grace came by way of what seems to me … 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 →