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A collection of stories covering the average athletes, niche-sport elites and everyone else who are dedicated to the games you’ve never heard of, could easily be a part of, and just might want to love that make Kansas City truly a one-of-a-kind sports town.

Alex Smith celebrating TD

How The Chiefs Can Win The Super Bowl

Last year, the Kansas City Chiefs topped the Texans 30-0 for KC’s first postseason win in 22 years. True, KC lost to New England the next week, but the Houston win was still a watershed. On Sunday, the club will try to build on that success, beginning its most anticipated season since Jeff Gillooly was in…

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Baseball players and gatorade

How The Royals Can Get Right

The Royals finished the first half of the season right around .500. At times, like last night against Cleveland, the club has looked like the world-beaters they were last year. At times, they’ve looked exactly as average as that record would suggest. There are a few very obvious things the club can do to get…

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Kansas City Royals' Yordano Ventura throws during a spring training baseball game

Five Things the Royals Must do to Repeat

The Royals begin their World Series defense on Sunday night. Flatland has five things the team needs to do to repeat as champs. Solidify the Rotation Over these past two, pennant-winning seasons, the Royals bullpen has been ridiculously dominant. Historically so. Despite the loss of All-Star closer Greg Holland and free agent Ryan Madson, the pen could…

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Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore and manager Ned Yost

Royals Trade Hosmer, Perez to Toronto

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI— The Kansas City Royals completed a blockbuster trade today, sending two of the team’s best-known players to Toronto. Coming just days before the start of the 2016 season, the surprising deal sent fan favorites Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez to the Blue Jays in return for slugger José Bautista and a player…

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith (11) calls a play during the first half of the NFL wild-card win against the Houston Texans last Saturday. (Photo: George Bridges | AP)

10 Reasons the Chiefs Could Win Tomorrow

Saturday afternoon, the Kansas City Chiefs take on the New England Patriots in the NFL playoffs. Even if you aren’t from KC, there are plenty of good reasons to root against the Patriots. They are, after all, the most villainous team in sports. Mostly because they are cheating cheaters who cheat. Granted, almost everybody cheats…

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