Dave Stewart laments the end of the road for Greg Hall and his Off the Couch column. The venerable writer has been around town for years at the Star, Pitch, Johnson County Sun, and most recently the Platte County Landmark. The Pitch and the Landmark both have archives of Hall’s columns.

Royals pull out of Downtown stadium talks

February 13, 2005 | Comments Off

Just a few weeks after agreeing to talk with Downtown stadium proponents, David Glass does an about face and says the Royals have decided to stay at the Truman Sports Complex until their lease ends in 2014. Glass’ main argument was that Royals fans are happy at Kauffman Stadium, thus preferring to be surrounded [...]

After swift kick in the groin from Lamar Hunt, a group of fans and other supporters has organized an effort to find a new local owner for the Wizards, and promote the idea of a new soccer-only stadium. The odds appear kindof long at this point. A local tycoon with the money and [...]

With the huge Sprint Sextel Center announced for Downtown, Overland Park and Ooooolathe are currently in a race to respond with the region’s first suburban arena. Yesterday the OP moved ahead with news that the Comets and Knights will move there from Kemper, if the new arena gets built. The city also signed [...]

Lamar Hunt just announced that the Wizards are for sale, citing the league’s desire for a soccer-only stadium. He would prefer to find a local owner willing to pay for the team and a new stadium, but will only wait a month for someone to step forward.
Reading between the lines, this is Lamar’s “Fuck [...]

Ray-Pec state champs

November 28, 2004 | Comments Off

Last year KC area teams dominated state football championships in both states, this year Raymore-Peculiar is our lone champion.

Laurie’s give up arena naming rights

November 23, 2004 | Comments Off

The Star and the St. Louis Biz Journal are reporting that the Laurie family has voluntarily given up naming rights to the new Mizzou basketball arena. The UM System curators will eventually meet to consider a new name, and the sentimental favorite is sure to be Norm Stewart.

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