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Hope springs eternal as spring training for Royals approaches Feb 10, 2020

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Baseball’s moment of full confidence arrives this week with the opening of spring training camps. Everybody has pennant hopes in the spring. Royals’ pitchers and catchers arrive on Wednesday and the full squad is scheduled to report to Surprise, Ariz., on Feb. 17. Royals beat writer Lynn Worthy breaks down the known (most of the lineup and batting order) and unknown (starting pitching spots) for the team that has lost 207 games over the previous two seasons. Is 2020 a turning point season for the Royals?

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Are the Royals ready for a win-now mentality under Mike Matheny?

Royals betting former top prospect Maikel Franco still has substantial upside

Royals must consider taking training wheels off top pitching prospects this spring

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Behind the scenes of planning a Super Bowl championship parade Feb 07, 2020

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What goes into planning a Super Bowl parade? We get insight from Kathy Nelson, president and CEO of the Kansas City Sports Commission. Her office helped put together the show through downtown Kansas City on Wednesday, three days after the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers. Where did Kansas City get those double-decker buses, and where were they parked before the parade? Were other dates and parade routes considered? Nelson dishes out details and speaks to the other events that made this the busiest week of her career on SportsBeat KC presented by Big O Tires.

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Patrick Mahomes had the time of his life at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade

KC police video of car chase before celebration parade shows crowd scrambling

Want the paper the Chiefs held up during the Super Bowl celebration? Here’s how to get it

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You saw Super Bowl LIV, now hear it through the NFL’s microphones Feb 07, 2020

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One place that is not accessible to media during a game is the field itself, and the sidelines. But there’s no escaping NFL Productions’ microphones, and this week a wonderful 40-minute program — Super Bowl 54 Mic’d Up — was released on Youtube. You hear what players and coaches think about plays, big moments, winning and losing during Super Bowl LIV Feb. 2 in Miami. We bring you some of the best of those sounds on this episode of our daily SportsBeat KC podcast, hosted by Blair Kerkhoff.

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Who doesn’t love a parade? Kansas City celebrates Super Chiefs Feb 06, 2020

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On Wednesday, Kansas City and the Chiefs let loose. The Super Bowl parade motored down Grand. According to the schedule players were supposed to ride in busses. But that didn’t last long. Soon they were on the streets, greeting fans, and in the case of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tossing footballs. When the Chiefs got to Union Station, Travis Kelce stole the show. Here’s the recap, plus discussion by Vahe Gregornia, Sam McDowell and Blair Kerkhoff.

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Patrick Mahomes had time of his life at Super Bowl parade

Red Storm: Thousands brave the cold to fight for their right to party

Chiefs players ditched the buses during parade to greet fans, dance on the streets

Video shows police chase unfold along Super Bowl parade route in downtown Kansas City

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While awaiting a parade, let’s keep talking Chiefs Feb 04, 2020

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Let’s keep talking Super Bowl shall we? Yahoo Sports reporter Terez Paylor, who used to cover the Chiefs for The Star, joined his old friends for some late night Chiefs chatter. Paylor joined Herbie Teope, Sam McDowell, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff talking the victory over the 49ers, Patrick Mahomes and even how the Chiefs might shape up for 2020. We keep the Chiefs coversation alive between victory and parade.

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Chiefs Super Bowl parade map shows street closures, bathrooms and lost child centers

Update: How to get copies of Chiefs Super Bowl Kansas City Star newspapers, reprints

Chiefs Coach Andy Reid stole a play from 1948 and used it in the Super Bowl

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Just how did the amazing comeback Chiefs win the Super Bowl? Feb 03, 2020

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How did the Chiefs do it? How did they for the third straight playoff game overcome a double-digit deficit to win the game, this time the Super Bowl? The Star’s Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian, Herbie Teope and Sam McDowell join SportsBeat KC host Blair Kerkhoff in a breakdown of the Chiefs’ amazing 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. There were plenty of heroes, starting with quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and football and sports fans across the country were thrilled for Coach Andy Reid.

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Mellinger: A Chiefs story 50 years coming: “Like a fantasy, and it all came true”

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article239895868.html

Gregorian: Chiefs had to suffer through dark moments before finally winning it all Sunday

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/vahe-gregorian/article239871683.html

Here’s how to get copies of Chiefs Super Bowl Kansas City Star newspapers, reprints

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/vahe-gregorian/article239871683.html

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Who wins Super Bowl 54 and how? A final pregame look from The Star Feb 01, 2020

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Super Bowl 54 edges closer and the A-Team of Herbie Teope, Sam McDowell, Vahe Gregorian and Sam Mellinger breaks down the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. What to look for, who to watch, Patrick Mahomes vs. Jimmy Garapollo, what are the X-factors? We discuss it all on our pregame show, which began as a Facebook Live and now presented as a SportsBeat KC podcast.

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Patrick Mahomes’ resolve is his second weapon. It’s been that way since childhood

The story of the Chiefs’ transformed defense is the story of the franchise’s rise

Not developing a sweet tooth is critical to Chiefs’ defensive strategy in Super Bowl

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Chiefs broadcasters past and present give voice to Super Bowl success Jan 31, 2020

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Kansas City Chiefs broadcasters bring voice to the team, and those voices shared in the celebration of the franchise’s first AFC championship in half a century.

In this daily episode of the SportsBeat KC podcast, current Chiefs play-by-play man Mitch Holthus, national broadcaster and former Chiefs voice Kevin Harlan and Tom Hedrick, who called Chiefs games in the 1960s and was the national radio broadcaster for Super Bowls I and IV, share their feelings about these Super Bowl Chiefs.

You’ll hear some of their most memorable calls. Also, Andy Reid shares insight as the Sunday showcase nears, and Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner offers some thoughts on Patrick Mahomes.

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Voice of the Chiefs through the years are enjoying this long awaited Super Bowl ride

Power of putting the others first made Tyrann Mathieu critical to Chiefs’ Super Bowl berth

Royals’ Dayton Moore: Kansas City fans are why the Chiefs made it to the Super Bowl

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Brett Veach on constructing a defense and Pat Mahomes’ wide appeal Jan 30, 2020

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How did the Chiefs defense come together this season? General manager Brett Veach explains on SportsBeat KC at the Super Bowl. Also, Patrick Mahomes meets the media and expresses his desire to play his entire career in Kansas City. And can the Chiefs become the most popular team in North America? They’re off to a good start in Mexico and Canada with a quarterback who ranks among the game’s best, and offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardiff, who has his hometown of Montreal pulling for him.

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With an internationally known QB and a Canadian doctor, are the Chiefs North America’s team?

Mahomes wants to play whole career in KC, plus other things Chiefs said at Super Bowl

Why we love the Chiefs: Famous Kansas Citians share their passion

Chiefs fans in Florida suffered in solitude. The Super Bowl brought the world to them

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Your Chiefs questions answered ... and Clark Hunt answers ours Jan 29, 2020

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Let’s get to the questions. The Star’s KCQ has hooked up with SportsBeat KC to answer your Chiefs questions from the Super Bowl. We cover Chiefs topics past and present, like handling the hoopla, what’s happened to LeSean McCoy and Patrick Mahomes’ odds of being the game’s MVP. After a break, Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt, who doesn’t often speak publicly, opens up to a small group of reporters about many subjects.

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Here’s the path the Chiefs’ Clark Hunt took to reach the best week of his public life

Travis Kelce, George Kittle set for “some good football for tight ends” in Super Bowl

On forgiving Dee Ford, who had dual roles in this Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl matchup

Andy Reid says Patrick Mahomes “couldn’t pay Alex (Smith) enough” for sharing his experience

49ers Elijah Lee had a security job at Chiefs camp. Now he faces them in the Super Bowl

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