SportsBeat KC

Before the winter meetings begin next week, The Star's Royals reporter Rustin Dodd and columnist Sam Mellinger discuss the Royals' offseason thus far and what might be coming in December. Will the Royals sign another bat? Is Cheslor Cuthbert going to DH? Are they going to spend any money? And a brief look at the new collective bargaining agreement. ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kansas City Star's Jesse Newell is joined by C.J. Moore of Bleacher Report as the two discuss the University of Kansas basketball team's 6-1 start. Can KU win without low-post scoring? What's wrong with Carlton Bragg ... or is there anything wrong? The two also talk about coach Bill Self's three-point comments and answer Twitter mailbag questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kansas City Star's Jesse Newell and C.J. Moore from Bleacher Report discuss KU's 77-75 victory over No. 1 Duke. What were the main takeaways? And where does KU need to improve most before conference season? The guys also disagree over Josh Jackson's shooting and quiz each other with random KU trivia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kansas City Star's Jesse Newell is joined by Bleacher Report's C.J. Moore as they discuss the start of the college basketball regular season. Is KU ready? How concerned should fans be about Carlton Bragg? The two also preview Friday's game with Indiana beat writer Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Sam Mellinger and Terez Paylor tackled your questions in a Facebook Live video following the Chiefs' 23-7 preseason win over the Bears on Saturday in Chicago. Here is the audio. What's going on with Albert Wilson? How are the cornerbacks looking? All that and much more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The A-Team gets back together to assess the Chiefs after 14 practices. The gang breaks down the camp surprises, camp disappointments and makes early predictions for the Chiefs' 2016 record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Williams-era KU player draft by The Kansas City Star Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Tod Palmer and Blair Kerkhoff talk about the unexpected news that athletic director Mack Rhoades is leaving Mizzou for the same same job at Baylor. The duo discuss Rhoades' tenure at Missouri and what the future holds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KC Star beat reporter Jesse Newell talks to former Jayhawks basketball player Kenny Gregory about church services with Roy Williams, high expectations at KU and his return to Lawrence this week for the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse Newell, KU beat reporter for The Star, and Bleacher Report's C.J. Moore invite ESPN's Jeff Borzello on to talk about KU basketball's recruiting targets and 2016 signees. C.J. also tries to guess past Jayhawks based on Bill Self quotes about them from signing day in previous years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Rustin Dodd, Sam Mellinger and Pete Grathoff sat down during spring training in Surprise, Ariz., to discuss Yordano Ventura and his path to becoming the Royals' top starting pitcher in 2016, as well as how the 25-man roster is shaping up and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louis Riddick, Bill Polian and Greg Cosell give their impressions of the players the Chiefs held on to in free agency, like Derrick Johnson, Eric Berry and Jaye Howard, and players they let go, like Sean Smith and Jeff Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star previews the Big 12 Tournament, which runs Wednesday, March 9 through Saturday, March 12 at the Sprint Center. Blair Kerkhoff, Jesse Newell and Sam Mellinger make predictions, and talk about KU and K-State and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Terez A. Paylor previewed the upcoming NFL Scouting Combine with an eye on the Chiefs' needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Blair Kerkhoff welcomed Bob Davis to the studio for an interview about Davis' career. Not only has he served as the voice of the Kansas Jayhawks, but also as a broadcaster in Hays, Kan., and in Kansas City, where he also called Royals games. Davis is retiring after the end of the KU basketball season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Terez A. Paylor plays interviews of NFL greats Michael Irvin, Cris Carter and Deion Sanders talking about Chiefs rookie cornerback Marcus Peters. Also in this episode, Bart Scott says he could have won multiple Super Bowls with Alex Smith at quarterback. Terez also has interviews about Jamaal Charles and Mitch Morse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rustin Dodd, who covers the Royals for The Kansas City Star, and Star sports columnist Sam Mellinger broke down the team's roster heading into spring training. In part one, Dodd and Mellinger discussed the Royals' key issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rustin Dodd, who covers the Royals for The Kansas City Star, discussed the team's key issues going into spring training. Star sports columnist Sam Mellinger was also in the studio. In part two, Dodd and Mellinger discuss individual players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Rustin Dodd and Vahe Gregorian discuss the Royals as they prepare for spring training, plus a few news items that came out of the team's FanFest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Terez A. Paylor talks with two guests, Louis Riddick of ESPN and former NFL defensive end Chuck Smith, about the Chiefs' offseason, their current players and college prospects to watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rustin Dodd, The Star's new Royals beat reporter, joins columnist Sam Mellinger inside the SportsBeat KC studio to discuss the team's offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Terez A. Paylor and his A-Team gathered after the Chiefs' AFC Divisional round playoff loss at New England to dissect the defeat and discuss what comes next for the Chiefs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Blair Kerkhoff and Tod Palmer discussed the NCAA violations discovered in the Missouri men's basketball program and the effect the self-imposed sanctions will have on the struggling Tigers and coach Kim Anderson. (Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chiefs finally won a playoff game. Terez Paylor, Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Andy McCullough (in his Kansas City Star swan song) talked about it, previewed the AFC Divisional matchup with the Patriots, played "Who he play for?" and "Old-man football," and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his second-to-last SportsBeat KC appearance as The Kansas City Star's Royals beat reporter, Andy McCullough joined KC Star sports columnist Sam Mellinger to discuss Alex Gordon's four-year, $72 million contract signing with the Royals and more about the team as it prepares to defend its World Series championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Terez Paylor leads another Chiefs edition of SportsBeat KC, this time to discuss the team's playoff chances against the Houston Texans. Guests included Andy McCullough (who had NFL questions), Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Big 12 Conference basketball season starts Saturday with KU taking on Baylor, Iowa State playing OU and West Virginia coming to K-State. The Star's Rustin Dodd and Blair Kerkhoff talk about the league race as KU shoots for a 12th straight title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Terez A. Paylor, Vahe Gregorian, Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff return to the studio after the Chiefs clinched a playoff berth Sunday going into the final week of the season. They also play another round of "Who he play for?" and introduce a new segment to the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kansas City Chiefs' eight-game winning streak gives The Star's Terez Paylor, Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff plenty to talk about in this week's football podcast. The Chiefs are the only team in NFL history to win eight straight games in a season after a five-game losing streak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's A-Team of Terez A. Paylor, Blair Kerkhoff, Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian sat down for a Chiefs discussion that included an assessment of quarterback Alex Smith and whether he follows the 11 commandments of a great NFL QB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Rustin Dodd and Blair Kerkhoff discuss KU basketball after a win over Oregon State at the Sprint Center last weekend (and also a little KU volleyball after the Jayhawks reached the NCAA Final Four). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Andy McCullough and Sam Mellinger talk about what the Royals accomplished (and didn't do) at the Winter Meetings and expound on their payroll constraints as Alex Gordon likely won't return in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Terez A. Paylor, who covers the Kansas City Chiefs, joined Star columnists Vahe Gregorian and Sam Mellinger for a lengthy discussion about playoff chances, future free agents and more, which also included answering questions submitted by our listeners. (Theme music by Kevin MacLeod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Blair Kerkhoff and Rustin Dodd talked about the University of Kansas Jayhawks' close call against Harvard, their new No. 2 ranking and how the front court rotation will shake out with so many players at the position. Continuing coverage of college basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kansas City Chiefs have won five in a row and are in playoff position after beating the Buffalo Bills 30-22 on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The Star's Sam Mellinger and Terez A. Paylor are here to talk about that as well as the remaining schedule and how far the Chiefs could go in the postseason in this edition of SportsBeat KC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rustin Dodd, who covers University of Kansas basketball for The Star, and Blair Kerkhoff explained what went wrong for the Jayhawks in a loss to Michigan State at the Champions Classic in Chicago and look ahead to the rest of the season and the Maui Invitational. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Sam Mellinger and Terez A. Paylor sat down after the KC Chiefs beat the Broncos 29-13 on Nov. 15 and discussed Peyton Manning's decline, the Chiefs' surge from 1-5 to 4-5 and whether they could actually make the playoffs or even catch Denver in the AFC West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's University of Kansas beat writer Rustin Dodd and columnist Blair Kerkhoff talk about the start of this basketball season, the Jayhawks’ frontcourt and backcourt rotations, the development of Wayne Selden and the ongoing eligibility saga of freshman big man Cheick Diallo. The season opens Nov. 13, 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Right before the Kansas City Royals celebrated their World Series championship with a victory parade Tuesday in Kansas City, The Star's Andy McCullough, Blair Kerkhoff and Vahe Gregorian described the season-long ride to the franchise's first title in 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 7-1 in Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium, The Kansas City Star's Andy McCullough and Blair Kerkhoff explained how the Royals have taken control and look like the better team as the series shifts to New York for Games 3 and 4, and if needed, 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star's Royals writer Andy McCullough and columnist Vahe Gregorian preview the Royals-Mets World Series, talk about Andy's days covering the Mets in New York, keys to the MLB series and more baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An analysis of the Kansas City Royals' pitching decisions in the 5th game of the ALCS by columnists Sam Mellinger and Blair Kerkhoff. They debate the 6th inning, calling it the "bridge inning" to the Royals' good bullpen. The Royals lost 7-1 to the Blue Jays to send the series back to Kansas City for Friday's game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kansas City Royals lead the ALCS 2-0 and are in Toronto for Games 3, 4 and possibly 5 against the Blue Jays. The Star's sportwriters Andy McCullough and Blair Kerkhoff discuss the series so far, and Game 3 on Monday night (7 p.m. on Fox Sports 1) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the road: Sam Mellinger and Andy McCullough, sitting outside Minute Maid Park in Houston, try to make sense of the Kansas City Royals' four-run comeback in Game 4 of the AL Division Series against the Astros on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices