KCUR and The Kansas City Star

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Kansas City’s biggest sports stories of the week, for the diehards and the casual fans alike. A podcast covering the Chiefs, Royals, Sporting, Current, Missouri and Kansas college teams, and more. Hosted by longtime Kansas City Star sports reporter Blair Kerkhoff and produced by KCUR Studios.

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Chiefs-Colts Playoff Preview With The A-Team 10.01.2019 1:07:49

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff preview Chiefs playoff football heading into Saturdays game against the Indianapolis Colts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mizzou football wrap-up and SEC men’s basketball preview 03.01.2019 40:09

The Kansas City Star’s Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff discuss Missouri’s loss in the Liberty Bowl and recap the overall football season. They also get into the basketball team’s six-game winning streak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiefs-Raiders Preview With The A-Team 27.12.2018 45:30

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff talk Chiefs heading into their game Sunday against the Oakland Raiders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mizzou podcast: Breaking down Braggin’ Rights, previewing the Liberty Bowl 27.12.2018 36:16

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Missouri’s win over Illinois in basketball and the preview the Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiefs-Seahawks Preview With The A-Team 20.12.2018 56:58

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff talk Chiefs heading into their game Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. Also included at the end is a conversation with Seattle Times beat writer Bob Condotta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking down Mizzou hoops and National Signing Day 20.12.2018 32:32

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star recap Missouri basketball’s win over Xavier, look ahead to the Braggin’ Rights game and discuss the addition of TCU quarterback Shawn Robinson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Charlie Moore, David McCormack and energy vampires 19.12.2018 30:45

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss the performances of KU's Charlie Moore and David McCormack, talk about this team's unique collective personality and devote a few minutes at the end to discussion of the latest with KU football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kansas City Star Chiefs' A-Team breaks down 29-28 loss to Chargers 14.12.2018 40:26

The A-Team 2.0 breaks down the Chiefs' last second loss to the Chargers Thursday night at Arrowhead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discussing KU basketball's freshmen with Nick Schwerdt 13.12.2018 31:03

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss how KU's freshmen guards and how they can improve before previewing the Villanova matchup. Jesse also shares the shot he likes that he believes many KU fans hate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking Kelly Bryant, Barry Odom and Mizzou hoops with Blair Kerkhoff 13.12.2018 24:33

Missouri beat writer Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Kelly Bryant’s commitment to Missouri, Barry Odom’s momentum with the program and a possible postseason appearance for MU basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiefs-Chargers Preview With The A-Team 12.12.2018 46:16

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff talk Chiefs heading into their Thursday Night Football matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiefs-Chargers Week 15 NFL game preview 11.12.2018 1:16:12

The Chiefs Gameplan podcast is back for the Chiefs’ Week 15 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers (7-6). The Star’s Terez Paylor kicks off the pod with an interview with Chargers beat writer Eric D. Williams of ESPN's NFL Nation. They dive into the Chargers' remarkable worst-to-first turnaround, Philip Rivers' resurgence, the various ways you can still attack the Chargers' lights-out edge rus...

What's next for KU without Udoka? Nick Schwerdt weighs in 05.12.2018 35:20

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss how KU's offense will change without Udoka Azubuike, what Dedric Lawson's potential is and the emergence of freshman Quentin Grimes against Wofford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking Tiger hoops, the Liberty Bowl and Kelly Bryant 04.12.2018 25:32

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff discuss Missouri basketball's past week, preview the Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State and discuss Kelly Bryant's impending decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiefs-Raiders preview with the A-Team 01.12.2018 52:48

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff talk Chiefs heading into their game Sunday against the 2-9 Oakland Raiders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recapping Arkansas, looking at Barry Odom’s contract and bowl projections 28.11.2018 36:09

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Missouri’s blowout win over Arkansas, Barry Odom’s contract situation and bowl destinations while touching on some Tiger basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KU basketball chat with NBCSports' Rob Dauster 27.11.2018 31:14

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by NBCSports national college basketball analyst Rob Dauster, who was in attendance for the Kansas Jayhawks' basketball team's NIT championship victory over Tennessee. The two discuss Udoka Azubuike, Quentin Grimes, challenges for coach Bill Self, Big 12 teams that are impressing and a potential KU coaching candidate if Self leaves in the near future (which he pro...

Recapping Tennessee and basketball, while looking ahead to Arkansas and bowl projections 21.11.2018 40:19

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Missouri's blowout win over Tennessee and look ahead to Black Friday's game against Arkansas. They also recap the basketball team's showing at the Paradise Jam and project where MU could get a bowl game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sporting KC's Ike Opara and random superlatives 18.11.2018 35:49

In their weekly podcast, Sporting Kansas City defender Ike Opara and Star reporter Sam McDowell cycle through a series of random questions and get a peek of the conversation inside the club locker room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiefs-Rams Preview, and ketchup talk, With The A - Team 18.11.2018 54:10

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian and Sam Mellinger talk Chiefs heading into their Monday Night Football matchup with the 9-1 Los Angeles Rams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KU basketball talk with Jordan Sperber 15.11.2018 28:28

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Jordan Sperber, former New Mexico State video coordinator and current online college basketball analyst (Twitter: @hoopvision68). The two discuss KU's focus on post-ups in the Vermont win, Udoka Azubuike, Dedric Lawson, the Jayhawks' defense, how to best prevent threes in today's game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wildcats Sunflower Showdown win and what's ahead for the basketball team with Blair Kerkhoff 15.11.2018 16:10

In this week's Kansas State podcast, beat writer Kellis Robinett and college sports columnist Blair Kerkhoff discuss the Wildcats' closer-than-expected victory over KU and what lies ahead for Bruce Weber's basketball team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiefs-Cardinals Recap with the A-Team 14.11.2018 48:45

Here is the audio from our postgame Facebook Live session in which The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff discuss the Chiefs' 26-14 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday, Nov. 11 at Arrowhead Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sporting KC's Ike Opara on voting, midterm election 09.11.2018 22:16

In their weekly podcast, Sporting KC defender Ike Opara and reporter Sam McDowell analyze this takeaways from the midterm elections, how they arrive at their decisions and the races they followed closely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will the Chiefs be lulled into a slump against the Arizona Cardinals? 09.11.2018 1:12:25

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian and Sam Mellinger talk Chiefs heading into their game Sunday against the 2-6 Arizona Cardinals, and then Brooke Pryor talks with Katherine Fitzgerald of the Arizona Republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices