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Happy New (League) Year: Free agency, draft decisions and Tyreek Hill

Sam Mellinger, Blair Kerkhoff and Brooke Pryor return for the first A-Team podcast of the new league year to discuss the Chiefs free agency moves — including the release of Eric Berry and Justin Houston — along with NFL Draft strategies and the latest in the investigation involving Tyreek Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 20, 201946 min

KU basketball and the 'give-a-bleep' meter

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss KU's chances of extending The Streak, how this roster differs from past ones and the likelihood the Jayhawks win their next two games on the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 27, 201931 min

The elephant in the room with KU basketball

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss Nick's increasing optimism with the Jayhawks, the situation with Lagerald Vick and the odds of K-State winning the Big 12 outright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 13, 201940 min

The NCAA ruling and impact to Mizzou football

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss the NCAA's ruling on Missouri in its academic fraud case, its impact on the football program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 13, 201924 min

Chiefs-Patriots AFC Championship Preview With The A-Team

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff preview the Chiefs AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots at Arrowhead Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 17, 201944 min

Rating our personal confidence in the KU basketball team

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss KU's defensive ceiling, the emergence of Ochai Agbaji and the struggles of Quentin Grimes. They also gauge the Big 12 race about one-third of the way into the schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 16, 201938 min

NFL Draft talk on Drew Lock, Albert O, and recapping both hoops games vs. Tennessee

The Kansas City Star's Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff recap both Missouri's basketball teams games against Tennessee and the aftermath that followed the women's game, talk NFL Draft stock on Drew Lock and Albert Okwuegbunam and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 10, 201937 min

Chiefs-Colts Playoff Preview With The A-Team

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff preview Chiefs playoff football heading into Saturdays game against the Indianapolis Colts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 10, 20191h 7m

Mizzou football wrap-up and SEC men’s basketball preview

The Kansas City Star’s Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff discuss Missouri’s loss in the Liberty Bowl and recap the overall football season. They also get into the basketball team’s six-game winning streak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 3, 201940 min

Chiefs-Raiders Preview With The A-Team

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

Dec 27, 201845 min

Mizzou podcast: Breaking down Braggin’ Rights, previewing the Liberty Bowl

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star discuss Missouri’s win over Illinois in basketball and the preview the Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 27, 201836 min

Chiefs-Seahawks Preview With The A-Team

The Star's Brooke Pryor, Lynn Worthy, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff talk Chiefs heading into their game Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. Also included at the end is a conversation with Seattle Times beat writer Bob Condotta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 20, 201856 min

Breaking down Mizzou hoops and National Signing Day

Alex Schiffer and Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star recap Missouri basketball’s win over Xavier, look ahead to the Braggin’ Rights game and discuss the addition of TCU quarterback Shawn Robinson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 20, 201832 min

On Charlie Moore, David McCormack and energy vampires

The Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Nick Schwerdt of Rock Chalk Sports Talk and 1320 KLWN radio in Lawrence. The two discuss the performances of KU's Charlie Moore and David McCormack, talk about this team's unique collective personality and devote a few minutes at the end to discussion of the latest with KU football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 19, 201830 min

Kansas City Star Chiefs' A-Team breaks down 29-28 loss to Chargers

The A-Team 2.0 breaks down the Chiefs' last second loss to the Chargers Thursday night at Arrowhead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 14, 201840 min

Discussing KU basketball's freshmen with Nick Schwerdt

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

Dec 13, 201831 min

Talking Kelly Bryant, Barry Odom and Mizzou hoops with Blair Kerkhoff

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

Dec 13, 201824 min

Chiefs-Chargers Preview With The A-Team

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

Dec 12, 201846 min

Chiefs-Chargers Week 15 NFL game preview

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

Dec 11, 20181h 16m

What's next for KU without Udoka? Nick Schwerdt weighs in

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

Dec 5, 201835 min

Talking Tiger hoops, the Liberty Bowl and Kelly Bryant

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

Dec 4, 201825 min

Chiefs-Raiders preview with the A-Team

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

Dec 1, 201852 min

Recapping Arkansas, looking at Barry Odom’s contract and bowl projections

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

Nov 28, 201836 min

KU basketball chat with NBCSports' Rob Dauster

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

Nov 27, 201831 min

Recapping Tennessee and basketball, while looking ahead to Arkansas and bowl projections

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

Nov 21, 201840 min

Sporting KC's Ike Opara and random superlatives

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

Nov 18, 201835 min

Chiefs-Rams Preview, and ketchup talk, With The A - Team

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

Nov 18, 201854 min

KU basketball talk with Jordan Sperber

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

Nov 15, 201828 min

The Wildcats Sunflower Showdown win and what's ahead for the basketball team with Blair Kerkhoff

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

Nov 15, 201816 min

Chiefs-Cardinals Recap with the A-Team

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

Nov 14, 201848 min

Sporting KC's Ike Opara on voting, midterm election

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

Nov 9, 201822 min

Will the Chiefs be lulled into a slump against the Arizona Cardinals?

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

Nov 9, 20181h 12m

Bill Snyder's uncertain future and previewing the Sunflower Showdown with Vahe Gregorian

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

Nov 8, 201817 min

Discussing the Tigers upset at Florida and looking ahead to basketball season

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

Nov 7, 201830 min

Chiefs-Browns recap with the A-Team

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

Nov 6, 20181h 3m

Chiefs preview with Browns reporter Mary Kay Cabot

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

Nov 2, 201821 min

Chiefs-Browns preview & the Halloween "dad tax"

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

Nov 2, 201848 min

Sporting KC’s Ike Opara previews MLS playoffs

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

Nov 2, 201825 min

Talking K-State football & Bill Snyder's future with Blair Kerhoff

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

Nov 1, 201822 min

Remembering the record-setting Mahomes-Mayfield game in 2016

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

Oct 31, 201840 min

Discussing the aftermath of Mizzou's loss to Kentucky

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

Oct 30, 201846 min

How will KU basketball be perceived this season?

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

Oct 30, 201827 min

Chiefs-Broncos recap with the A-Team

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

Oct 30, 201854 min

Chiefs-Broncos preview, KC's injuries, trade deadline targets & more

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

Oct 26, 20181h 26m

Sporting KC’s Ike Opara on NCAA corruption case, paying college athletes

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

Oct 26, 201834 min

Ken Pomeroy on KU basketball and the Big 12

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

Oct 24, 201850 min

Jontay Porter's injury, Mizzou football vs Kentucky & more

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

Oct 23, 201854 min

K-State football & Tex Winter's impact on basketball

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

Oct 23, 201822 min

Chiefs-Bengals recap: Mahomes, Hunt, Hill and TD celebrations

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

Oct 23, 201851 min

What's next for KU in the aftermath of the Adidas federal trial?

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

Oct 19, 201825 min