Lots Of Axes, No Victims

An axe thrower steps up and aims at a target.

“Kill shot!” Someone screams a blood-curdling war whoop from the back of the warehouse-like room, which smells of sawdust. There’s a loud, distracting, drumroll of sorts, then an axe whirs end over end through the air, thudding into a wall. A group dressed in office attire huddled around a cooler lets out an “Ahhhhhh”. Missed,…

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Prime Time for Pickleball in Kansas City

A woman serves the ball in a pickleball match.

Dubbed “the fastest growing sport in America” by the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA), Pickleball has come a long way since it was invented on a Saturday afternoon in Washington state back in 1965. It’s booming in Kansas City.

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‘It’s a full-contact, mixed-gender sport’

A Kansas City Stampede keeper looks to pass the quaffle.

Founded in 2016, the semi-professional club exists on principles of inclusivity and a strong sense of community. If Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley happened to watch the Kansas City Stampede play quidditch in the Major League Quidditch Championships in Richmond, Virginia in early August, they may have thought the Muggles have once again…

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How Are Stadiums Cleaned After Games?

worker changing trash bag at children's mercy park in Kansas City, Kansas

When baseball season ends this month, Kauffman Stadium will have hosted 83 Royals home games. That’s 83 days of hot dogs, popcorn and beer. And each night, someone has to clean it all up. A reader asked curiousKC about that process: How do Kansas City’s professional sports venues get cleaned after games? We couldn’t connect…

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