SportsBeat KC

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss how KU's freshmen guards and how they can improve before previewing the Villanova matchup. Jesse also shares the shot he likes that he believes many KU fans hate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Missouri beat writer Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Kelly Bryant’s commitment to Missouri, Barry Odom’s momentum with the program and a possible postseason appearance for MU basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff talk Chiefs heading into their Thursday Night Football matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chiefs Gameplan podcast is back for the Chiefs’ Week 15 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers (7-6). The Star’s Terez Paylor kicks off the pod with an interview with Chargers beat writer Eric D. Williams of ESPN's NFL Nation. They dive into the Chargers' remarkable worst-to-first turnaround, Philip Rivers' resurgence, the various ways you can still attack the Chargers' lights-out edge rush and much more. That interview is followed up with a weekly A-Team roundtable of Sam Mellinger (@mellinger), Vahe Gregorian (@vgregorian), Blair Kerkhoff (@BlairKerkhoff), David Eulitt (@davidphotokc) and Terez as they wrap up the pod with a long discussion about how the Chargers have blossomed into one of the best teams in the division. They also talk playoff possibilities, Ghostbusters (dead serious), answer your questions and make their predictions. Enjoy! Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss how KU's offense will change without Udoka Azubuike, what Dedric Lawson's potential is and the emergence of freshman Quentin Grimes against Wofford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff discuss Missouri basketball's past week, preview the Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State and discuss Kelly Bryant's impending decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff talk Chiefs heading into their game Sunday against the 2-9 Oakland Raiders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Missouri’s blowout win over Arkansas, Barry Odom’s contract situation and bowl destinations while touching on some Tiger basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by NBCSports national college basketball analyst Rob Dauster, who was in attendance for the Kansas Jayhawks' basketball team's NIT championship victory over Tennessee. The two discuss Udoka Azubuike, Quentin Grimes, challenges for coach Bill Self, Big 12 teams that are impressing and a potential KU coaching candidate if Self leaves in the near future (which he probably won't). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Missouri's blowout win over Tennessee and look ahead to Black Friday's game against Arkansas. They also recap the basketball team's showing at the Paradise Jam and project where MU could get a bowl game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In their weekly podcast, Sporting Kansas City defender Ike Opara and Star reporter Sam McDowell cycle through a series of random questions and get a peek of the conversation inside the club locker room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian and Sam Mellinger talk Chiefs heading into their Monday Night Football matchup with the 9-1 Los Angeles Rams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Jordan Sperber, former New Mexico State video coordinator and current online college basketball analyst (Twitter: @hoopvision68). The two discuss KU's focus on post-ups in the Vermont win, Udoka Azubuike, Dedric Lawson, the Jayhawks' defense, how to best prevent threes in today's game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's Kansas State podcast, beat writer Kellis Robinett and college sports columnist Blair Kerkhoff discuss the Wildcats' closer-than-expected victory over KU and what lies ahead for Bruce Weber's basketball team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is the audio from our postgame Facebook Live session in which The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff discuss the Chiefs' 26-14 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday, Nov. 11 at Arrowhead Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In their weekly podcast, Sporting KC defender Ike Opara and reporter Sam McDowell analyze this takeaways from the midterm elections, how they arrive at their decisions and the races they followed closely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian and Sam Mellinger talk Chiefs heading into their game Sunday against the 2-6 Arizona Cardinals, and then Brooke Pryor talks with Katherine Fitzgerald of the Arizona Republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Kellis Robinett is joined by Vahe Gregorian to talk about Bill Snyder's uncertain future and the Sunflower Showdown football game between KU and K-State this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff discuss Mizzou's bounce back upset win at Florida and look ahead to the Tigers basketball season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is the audio from our postgame Facebook Live session in which The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff discuss the Chiefs' 37-21 victory over the Browns on Sunday, Nov. 4 in Cleveland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooke Pryor is in Cleveland where she talks with Cleveland.com Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot about all the craziness that's going on with the Browns, including her exclusive sit down with recently fired head coach Hue Jackson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Blair Kerkhoff, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian and Sam Mellinger talk Chiefs heading into their game Sunday at Cleveland, but first, Sam explains his "dad tax" after Halloween. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sporting KC defender Ike Opara joins reporter Sam McDowell to preview the MLS playoffs, how the league should tweak its postseason format and Sporting locking down the top seed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Blair Kerkhoff and Kellis Robinett look back at K-State's loss to Oklahoma, discuss the next football game against TCU and wonder how much longer Bill Snyder will continue to coach the Wildcats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two years ago, Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield and Texas Tech’s Patrick Mahomes squared off in Lubbock, Texas in a wild game. This weekend, they’ll meet as NFL quarterbacks in Cleveland when the Browns play the Chiefs. Three reporters who covered the game, The Star's Brooke Pryor and The Oklahoman's Ryan Aber and Berry Tramel, remember the record-setting shootout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff discuss Mizzou's unimaginably damaging football loss to Kentucky on Saturday, which dropped the Tigers to 4-4 and 0-4 in the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Jesse Newell and Blair Kerkhoff talk about how KU fans and also other college basketball fans will perceive the team this year in the aftermath of the Adidas federal trial in New York. The guys also discuss their first impressions from KU basketball's first exhibition win before debating what a victory over TCU means for the football program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is the audio from our postgame Facebook Live session in which The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Vahe Gregorian, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff discuss the Chiefs' 30-23 victory over the Broncos on Sunday, Oct. 28 at Arrowhead Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we talk about he Chiefs’ injuries, potential trade deadline targets, and Brooke Pryor chats with Denver Post Broncos writer Kyle Frederickson about Denver’s off-the-field drama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In wake of the recent federal court case involving corruption in college basketball, reporter Sam McDowell and Sporting KC's Ike Opara delve into how the NCAA can fairly compensate its athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by advanced stats expert Ken Pomeroy, founder of KenPom.com. The two chat about KU's lofty preseason ranking, the Big 12 being the best conference(?), the Elam Ending, analytics and trends to watch this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Alex Schiffer is joined by Blair Kerkhoff for a Mizzou Tigers chat. They cover Jontay Porter's injury, MU's upcoming football game vs. Kentucky and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Kellis Robinett and Blair Kerkhoff discuss the memorial service for legendary basketball coach Tex Winter and K-State football coming off a bye and heading to Oklahoma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooke Pryor and the rest of The Kansas City Star's sportswriters break down the Chiefs' 45-10 victory Sunday night over the Bengals, including Patrick Mahomes, Kareem Hunt, Tyreek Hill the defense and the touchdown celebrations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Jesse Newell and Blair Kerkhoff discuss the federal court case involving corruption in college basketball and what's next for KU following its mentions in evidence and testimony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's A-Team 2.0 discusses the Chiefs inside linebackers and Eric Berry's health ahead of Sunday night's game against Cincinnati, then Brooke Pryor interviews Bengals beat writer Katherine Terrell of ESPN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Kellis Robinett and Blair Kerkhoff discuss excitement surrounding the Wildcats' basketball team and also football going into a bye week after beating Oklahoma State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Chiefs lost 43-40 at New England on Sunday night, The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian discussed what happened on Facebook Live. Here's a replay of their chat and Q&A session with fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Sporting KC defender Ike Opara discusses the trend of single-sport specialization with Kansas City Star reporter Sam McDowell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kansas City Star's A-Team previews the Chiefs big Sunday Night Football showdown at New England and later Brooke Pryor interviews the Boston Globe's Nora Princiotti about the Pats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Jesse Newell and Blair Kerkhoff briefly discuss the Kansas Jayhawks football team at the halfway point of the season before previewing the 2018-19 men's basketball team, which will be preseason No. 1 in most polls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mizzou Tigers lost in crushing fashion to South Carolina and The Star's Alex Schiffer and Sam Mellinger answered questions from fans and preview another tough game for Missouri: at Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chiefs are 5-0 after a 30-14 victory over Jacksonville and The Star's A-Team 2.0 breaks it all down: The defense, injuries and more. Hear Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger & Blair Kerkhoff discuss the Chiefs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's Chiefs episode of the SportsBeat KC podcast, The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregoian and Blair Kerkhoff discuss Patrick Mahomes' voice, his start to the season, the inside linebackers and what will happen Sunday when the Jacksonville Jaguars visit the 4-0 Chiefs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Sporting KC defender Ike Opara discusses mental health and sports psychology with reporter Sam McDowell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Blair Kerkhoff, Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian wrap up the KC Royals' 2018 season and look ahead to 2019 and whether the team's September success means anything for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Missouri's upcoming game against South Carolina and the implications it has for Drew Lock and Barry Odom. They also debate what E.J. Liddell's commitment to Ohio State means for Cuonzo Martin in St. Louis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Jesse Newell discusses Late Night in the Phog, KU hoops commit Issac McBride and the Jayhawks football team's chances against West Virginia with new starting quarterback Carter Stanley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff discussed the Chiefs' thrilling 27-23 victory at Denver on Monday Night Football in which Patrick Mahomes led a fourth-quarter comeback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Kellis Robinett and Sam Mellinger discuss Kansas State's football loss to Texas and the decision to start Alex Delton over Skylar Thompson. They also look ahead to the Wildcats' game Saturday at Baylor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices