Behind the Stats: Grand jury affects more than Armstrong
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Look at your wrist. Are you wearing one of those wide yellow rubber bands with LIVESTRONG etched on it? Or, if you’re not wearing one, what about the person next to you? Or next to that person, and on down the line? There’s a pretty good chance that if you don’t see one right now, you’ll see one within the next 12 hours. After all, there are an estimated 70 million of them out there.
A few years ago, we wondered how many ... << MORE >>
BLOG: New SRKC lineup
We mentioned this on Facebook and during a couple of our shows yesterday, but in case you missed it, we have tweaked our show lineup on SportsRadioKC.com.
"She's Got Game," for instance, is moving from 1p CT on Mondays and Fridays to noon on Mondays and Fridays (with a previous show replaying at 1p).
"Coach Z Live," hosted by Rich Zvosec, is moving from Mondays at 2 to Wednesdays at noon, followed by "Business of Sports," which is moving up one ...
Behind the Stats: Becoming one of “those” parents
By MATT FULKS
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A memo to the Mallory Holtmans and the NAIAs of the world. Sportsmanship is dead. Take it from a parent who’s now one of those parents. Sportsmanship is being replaced by showmanship in our
smack-talking, highlight-driven sports society.
Maybe you remember the story of Holtman. She was a power-hitter for Central Washington’s softball team. Late last season, Central Washington, which had never reached the NCAA Division ...
<< MORE >>7 Questions with Lonnie Smith
From time to time on their "Behind the Stats" radio show, Matt Fulks and co-hosts Steve Renko and Dave Stewart will pose “7 Questions” to their guests. The following is with former Royals outfielder Lonnie Smith, who joined the show on the last day of April. But, with the St. Louis Cardinals visiting Kauffman Stadium this weekend, it seemed like a good time to post this here.Smith spent 17 years in the Major Leagues, playing in five World Series with four clubs. He helped solidify the Royals outfield when ...
<< MORE >>Behind the Stats: The mystique of John Wooden
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It’s an image embedded in my mind that I’ve shared numerous times in various settings.
As the older man’s daughter helped him to his table in the dark and previously noisy ballroom, people began to stare. They stopped what they were doing and they watched him. They paused their conversations. They stopped adding chicken fingers to their plates and trying awkwardly to stab cubes of cheese with toothpicks. It was as if they never had seen someone of his magnitude. In many ... << MORE >>
Behind the Stats: Wooden, Walker and the integration of national college basketball
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*The following first appeared on Metro Sports' website on 03/27/08. Thought it would be appropriate to reprint with the passing on Friday night of John Wooden.*
Each year, the NAIA men’s basketball tournament leaves us with great memories from some incredible storylines. Although this season offered those, the 2008 tournament left us with a far greater
legacy: the story of Clarence Walker.
No, not the ...
Behind the Stats: Remember the true meaning of Memorial Day
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Memorial Day is one of our most revered of holidays. Or at least it should be. I’m not the only one who feels that way, evidently, as this is one of my most commented on and requested columns each year.
Sure, you might have a day off work or school, at least that’s how I viewed it much of my life. It was the start of summer, and one of the 16 dates of the ... << MORE >>
Where Have You Gone? Jerry Terrell
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It doesn't happen often, but baseball fans can tell you a moment when they've seen it: a "position" player being called upon to pitch in a blowout. Or, in the case of the Mets and Cardinals earlier this season, in a marathon game.
The Royals have had their share of position players on the hill. But few have worked as efficiently as Jerry Terrell.
On August 20, 1979, the Royals were getting pounded at ... << MORE >>
Digging up an old column on legendary Harwell
By Matt Fulks
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This week has been an emotional roller coaster for anyone who every listened to or met iconic broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who passed away on Tuesday after a year-long battle with cancer. Obviously
the sadness of losing someone like Harwell. At the same time, as you might've heard countless times this week, Harwell would want all of us to be celebrating his life instead of being saddened by his
death.
I've been talking quite a bit this week on "Behind the Stats" about ...
Behind the Stats: Hunter and the game that changed the NCAA Tournament
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Something seems to stir a little inside Les Hunter around this time each year, this whole “March Madness” time.
It brings back the emotions he felt as a player throughout the tournament and into the Final Four more than 45 years ago.
“I think about it quite a bit, but generally this is the only time I think about it,” said Hunter, who was instrumental in Loyola of Chicago’s championship run in 1963. “When you see teams in ... ƧČ<< MORE >>
