Dipping the Toe in Murky Waters
The weekly verbal mashup dives into our slowly emerging sports landscape
with a weekend beginning that actually feature games and events in Nascar,
soccer, golf , and more. Also baseball’s squabbles as they work to return, and
Sammy Watkins on the docket.
Ideas Crafted From a Lifetime in the Game
Cut from his high school baseball team as a sophomore, Billy would shrug that off
to become an All-American at Oklahoma, and a number one draft pick. But injury derailed
him just when the majors seemed a reality, and he shifted his passion to coaching
his kids, and eventually developing his Keepers of the Sandlot template for coaching.
An Ode to Mothers, Music, and Zooming Along
The couples view of life pays ode to Moms, delves into our still challenging
world with the pros and cons of Zoom meetings, yearning for sunshine, and consuming
entertainments as diverse as tap dancing, symphony orchestras and vintage
rock concerts.
A Wallflower at the Last Dance, Engaged More Elsewhere
A bit of Jordan fatigue has set in for me, while we get a growing sense of
anticipation of games to be played, perhaps soon. But not just anything
competitive gets the pulse going even these days.
Allegations, and A Schedule We Hope To Use
The weekly verbal joustings cover the ongoing
soap opera with the NCAA and KU, the NFL always making
news, and the Chiefs schedule, and other
normal detours.
A Varied, Accomplished, and Groundbreaking Career Explored
From the time of his boyhood in Buffalo, Don Fortune knew that
being behind a microphone was for him. He rapidly made that
happen, and spent a lifetime as a fixture on the Kansas City broadcasting
scene in all mediums.
Raise a Toast To Just About Anything
Danny and Joe get together again to banter, bicker, and laugh.
This time around, Don Shula and football chat, small town diners,
food in general, calamities while running, and other ruminations are on
the docket, along with the famous regular fact check of last outings nonsense.
Weighing The Vagaries of Reopening While Entertaining in the Meantime
The usual lively discussion checks in on local musicians and the way they are reaching their
fans, and helping their colleagues and the community. Meanwhile, we consume music
away from closed venues with documentaries and shows with the likes of Stevie Ray
Vaughan, ZZ Top, Lindsay Buckingham and more.
Optimism Trying to Emerge, If Perhaps Too Soon
We still spend most of our sports time looking back, or dreaming up,
but we can look ahead to a Border War in football, and maybe getting closer
in the short term to real competitions, and games that count.
Drafting, Hoping, and Analyzing
Amid some slightly hopeful signs regarding sports returning, the
NFL draft still resonates in the weekly verbal sparring session. But baseball,
Chinese buffets, and other nonsense enters the picture as well.