Subject: Injuries and Traumas

• Jimmy Gobble Injured by Ineffectiveness

  July 24, 2008

• Young QBs who got away

  October 20, 2008

• Best Pro Athlete

  October 9, 2003

• After a brutal beating a year ago, Git Hagan returns to art, life.

  This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of one godawful-bad night for musician and artist Jeff "Git" Hagan. On March 5, 2008, Hagan was hanging out with a friend at the News Room on Broadway. Hagan ended the night being beaten within an inch of his life by two men at the bar. I posted the police report at the time. Hagan spent the next two months in a coma, followed by months of therapy, relearning how to walk, how to talk and how to make art and music. "I had buddha guide me through it,

  March 6, 2009

• Killa City: Man accused of abusing, killing 2-year-old girl

  Jarrett E. Tinsley is accused of killing and abusing his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter Wednesday at the couple's Raytown apartment (8611 Utopia). This morning, Jackson County prosecutors charged Tinsley, 20, with second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and abuse of a child resulting in death. View Larger Map  The girl's mother told police that she left her 2-year-old and 6-month-old daughters with Tinsley at 9 a.m. Wednesday. At 9 p.m., the girl's mother saw her daught

  March 13, 2009

• Hang ’Em High

  February 15, 2007

• Cowboy Bill Martin

  September 18, 2008

• Diminished Capacity

  July 3, 2008

• Soccer Party

  May 15, 2008

• Sharda Rocks On

  November 1, 2007

• End Zone

  A generation of pro football players gave their bodies to the NFL. Now, they have to beg the NFL for some health Insurance.

  September 13, 2007

• Ironhead

  April 20, 2006

• Wheels of Fortune

  Cyclocross takes strength, endurance -- and balls.

  December 2, 2004

• Wicked Wonka

  Friday, October 10, at Memorial Hall.

  October 9, 2003

• Johnny Hamil Benefit

  Thursday, July 31, at Davey's Uptown.

  July 31, 2003

• Vinx

  Thursday, August 1, at the Grand Emporium.

  August 1, 2002

• Killa City: KCMO homicide No. 64, second woman killed by stray bullet

  It's getting scary out there. A second woman was killed by a stray bullet this weekend -- and a man was seriously injured.Kansas City police were called to a shooting at 34th and Troost Sunday morning at 1:21 a.m. View Larger Map They found the a man and a woman with gunshot wounds. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the man was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. Police say two vehicles were engaged in a rolling gun battle southbound on Troost. Police believe the ma

  July 20, 2009

• KC Police Chief updates condition of officer injured in scuffle

  Chief Jim Corwin​On his blog today, Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin updated the status of the police officer who was knocked out in a scuffle in the Power & Light District Sunday night. The officer, a 14-year veteran of the force, "suffered a traumatic head injury" but "his condition was upgraded and he was taken out of intensive care" Tuesday night, Corwin wrote."All of us here at KCPD also are praying for the recovery of this officer," Corwin wrote. Court records say the officer was

  August 12, 2009

• The Metalocalpyse Apocalypse

  Last night's Metalocalypse show was so good we feel bad for anyone who couldn't go. So for those of you unable to attend, here's a small taste of what it was like. If anyone knows if the dude with the broken leg is all right, let us know.

  October 13, 2009

• Retired KC Chief Turley donating brain to research

  Kyle Turley​A month ago, three NFL players became the first active players to donate their brains and spinal cord tissue to Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, a collaboration of the Sports Legacy Institute and BU's medical school to study the effects of repeated concussions. Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu and Arizona Cardinals receiver Sean Morey all promised their brains and spinal cord tissue to the center after t

  October 15, 2009

• Congressman wants records on pro football head injuries

  Kyle Turley​The United States government may finally be on the verge of looking into brain injuries suffered by pro football players. At a congressional hearing today, U.S. Rep. John Conyers requested records on head injuries suffered by professional football players. The Associated Press reports that Conyers, a Democrat and House committee chairman, is seeking an "independent review of all the data" due to the "life and death" nature of the issue. Not everyone is for federal government steppi

  October 28, 2009

• Waterboy Watch, week 9: Funk's Footballers lose

  ​Mayor Mark Funkhouser didn't do shit with his fantasy football team this week, and he got his ass handed to him by The Commish, 74-45. Funk played Philadelphia running back Brain Westbrook -- who hasn't played a game since October 26 when he suffered a concussion. Why the fuck he's in Funk's lineup is beyond me. Also in Funk's lineup, Baltimore Ravens running back Willis McGahee, who ran the ball twice for negative 1 yards, and Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Marcedes Lewis, who caught one pas

  November 11, 2009