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The Morning Kickoff: The USA in KC? Seems headed that way

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:56 p.m.

Will Kansas City see the US National Team in the Gold Cup on June 14? According to Soccer Insider, that seems to be the plan ...

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2011 NFL Combine Schedule

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:55 p.m.
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The 2011 NFL Combine is getting closer. The first group of players will start arriving on Wednesday and the final group leave on Tuesday so we've got nearly a full week of NFL Combine news coming your way ... Players will arrive in four groups starting on Wednesday with arrivals coming in through Saturday.  ... The first group will be place kickers, special teams, offensive linemen and tight ends; the second group will be quarterbacks; receivers and running backs, the third group will be

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Arrowheadlines: Chiefs News 2/22

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 1:24 p.m.
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Good morning Chiefs fans and welcome to a pretty solid day of Kansas City Chiefs news. Lots of looks ahead to the combine and draft, but we begin with an serious story about a former Chiefs running back ... Former Chiefs running back Ed Podolak , a longtime Iowa football commentator, suffered serious injuries after being struck by a car early Sunday morning in Scottsdale, Ariz ... He was in stable condition at a Scottsdale hospital Monday afternoon, according to Podolak’s daughter, Laura ...

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Former Chief Ed Podolak Hit By Car, Suffers 'Non-Life Threatening' Injuries

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
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Former Kansas City Chiefs RB and Iowa Hawkeyes commentator Ed Podolak is in stable condition after being hit by a car in Scottsdale, Ariz. early Sunday morning. The details of his injuries aren't known but his daughter wrote in an email to the Des Moines Reigster on Monday night that the injuries are serious but "non-life threatening".  ... His daughter also issued a statement to the Des Moines Register : ... "University of Iowa football color commentator and former Kansas City Chiefs running

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KU: EJ finally gets his chance.

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 7:33 a.m.

I've been a much bigger fan of Elijah Johnson than his production has justified. It's been my opinion that he simply had trouble making the most out of a handful of minutes on the court and so, especially with KU's depth, he wasn't going to get the opportunity to shine until enough players left. Apparently, all it took was one.read more ...

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Jim Zorn. The man, the legend, the slip n' slide

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 6:48 a.m.
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Zorn. The man, the legend, the slip n' slide ... I couldn't find any actual videos of just how he uses it but it's pretty funny to imagine ...

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The AP #1 hot potato: Part II

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 6:19 a.m.

There were some surprises (to me) in the AP voting Monday. And, I was informed that I can see the voting breakdown by the individual voters. So, I decided to do some more analysis on this. After all, when was the last time there were six teams with first place votes this late into the season?read more ...

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Carmelo Anthony trade: Nuggets smell like roses.

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 6:08 a.m.

CarmeloThe prevailing wisdom is that Carmelo Anthony is one of a handful of the best NBA players and the ones the Knicks gave up are only so much fodder -marketable commodities simply by virtue of the fact that they play in D'Antoni's system. There is some truth in that, but not much.read more ...

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Archives exhibit in KC is the real thing

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 4:15 a.m.

They are the actual documents on display -- not fakes or copies. Yet during my visit to the National Archives at Kansas City last week to see "Documented Rights," an exhibit now on display, not one other person was taking it in. I had the entire place to myself. And that's a shame. There should have been hordes of young people taking in the exhibit as well ...

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No. 17 Syracuse finishes off No. 15 Villanova 69-64

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 4:15 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA For one night, free-throw shooting in the Big East turned upside down. No. 17 Syracuse, last in the 16-team league in that stat at 65.5 percent, made the free throws that counted Monday night in a 69-64 victory against No. 15 Villanova, the conference's best team at 76.8 percent ...

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