Subject: Bill Snyder

• Stealing Time: Tyler Thigpen bangs skeleton, wants a date

  By JUSTIN KENDALLLadies of Kansas City, wanna bang? Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Tyler Thigpen wants to go on a date with you right after the 24-year-old South Carolinian finishes banging this skeleton. KC Magazine will auction Thigpen off December 5 at the Uptown for Big Brothers and Big Sisters. It'll be a double date with 38 the Spot cue-card reader Holly Starr. You'll get tickets to see Thigpen be abused by the San Diego Chargers and then take a limo ride to 810 Zone. I didn't realize he w

  November 25, 2008

• Off the Couch

  July 5, 2001

• Hall Marks

  February 21, 2002

• Yes, notable Kansas Citians really said these stupid things in 2008

  January 1, 2009

• Spin Zones

  Maybe if KC teams gave up their little choirboy acts, they'd win some damn games.

  January 10, 2008

• Home Wrecker

  Brent Barber lives in a million-dollar mansion in Loch Lloyd, while people who invested in his real estate deals are trapped in financial hell.

  May 22, 2003

• A Rocky Road

  Spurned Rockhurst seniors learn a hard lesson about sweet-talking recruiters.

  February 20, 2003

• Speed Fix

  KCK pulls ahead while the Show Me State watches.

  September 26, 2002

• 'Cat Fight

  K-State forces two broadcast-booth buddies to go to war.

  August 15, 2002

• Enjoy, Roy

  Sainted coaches tend to fall from grace.

  March 14, 2002

• Tiger Lilies

  A gilded Mizzou lacks precious mettle.

  February 7, 2002

• Doubting Thomas

  UMKC's sports boss makes Kangaroo coaches jumpy.

  April 12, 2001

• Sofa Awards 2000

  The Best and Worst of Kansas City's Year in Sports -- from the couch.

  January 4, 2001

• K-State No. 70 in Times preseason poll

   A college football writer at The New York Times sees the Kansas State Wildcats posting a 6-6 record in Bill Snyder's return to the sidelines.The Times' Quad blog is counting down the top 120 football programs. KSU checks in at No. 70. The Times likes the talent and coaching on the defensive side of the ball but is skeptical the Cats have the firepower to compete for a Big 12 North title.The 3,000-plus-word post is full of interesting analysis and trivia, such as that during the Civil War,

  July 23, 2009

• Star's football blowout a little less blown out

  ​Yesterday's Kansas City Star did not land on doorsteps with the authoritative thud of Sunday papers from late Augusts past. The Star's multi-sectioned football preview weighs in this year at 6.2 ounces, a slimmer size than 2007's 9.2-ounce colossus.The reduction surely says more about business of running the Star than it does about the passion for football. Newspaper revenues are off by almost a third from this time last year. Missed the 46-page section? Here's a recap:

  August 31, 2009

• And we're back ...

  The big story of the weekend was Kansas City Star reporter Eric Adler's profile of City Manager Wayne Cauthen. Once considered the fixer of Kansas City, Cauthen is now the embattled target of Mayor Funkhouser. And guess what? Cauthen's writing a book. Doubt it's nearly as juicy as Gloria's. Also, Union Station leaders say the fix for the landmark is in taxpayers' pockets. City leaders say not so fast. Union Station is projected to lose $1.34 million this year. Kansas State football coach Bill Sn

  September 14, 2009