Subject: Sports Stars

• A Search For A Virtual Championship

  May 12, 2008

• A Search For A Virtual Championship

  May 12, 2008

• ESPN Classic Far From It

  July 18, 2008

• Steve Thomas and Chris Goode on the Plaza

  September 30, 2008

• Adrian Peterson's agent guilty of criminal deprivation of property

  November 11, 2008

• Best Chief

  October 19, 2000

• Best Ball Handler

  October 18, 2001

• Best Sports Sound Bites

  October 18, 2001

• Hollywood Square Meal

  August 1, 2002

• Best hoopster

  October 9, 2003

• Tour de Farce

  July 22, 2004

• Best You-Know-You've-Made-It-When Moment, College Division

  October 7, 2004

• G stands for geeks

  Ten days ago, we wrote about Gatorade's new line of drinks called "G" and how a large part of its audience is people with hangovers whose only exercise is 12-ounce curls.Besides athletes and drunks, Gatorade apparently has a third audience -- geeks. If the company's new commercials are any indicators of who drinks Gatorade, it's comedy nerds who can quote Monty Python and have 10 minutes to watch Kevin Garnett err... King Garnett the Glorious and other athletes (Sir Jeter the Gifted, Sir Bolt th

  March 2, 2009

• Dwight Howard a Jayhawk?

  I'm so glad that this is just a fantasy commercial. Adidas filmed ads with NBA players who skipped college wearing the college jerseys that they never donned. In this ad, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard holds up a Kansas jersey and sings "Rock Chalk Jayhawk."  He's also seen here wearing a white No. 12 home jersey. All I wanna know is where LeBron James is with his Iowa State jersey?

  March 13, 2009

• EATSTRONG

  August 28, 2008

• Soccer Party

  May 15, 2008

• Traders or Traitors?

  March 27, 2008

• Vroom Vroom

  April 26, 2007

• Something Candid

  Something Corporate's Josh Partington dishes the dirt on Shakespeare, masturbation and rock-star living in the Holiday Inn.

  December 11, 2003

• Black Hawks Down

  Jason Whitlock shows his true colors.

  December 26, 2002

• Mexico's Pride

  Raytown launches a country boy into the big leagues.

  July 12, 2001

• Whitlock: Juice up the Royals with Barry Bonds

  Photo illustration by Kym GriswoldBarry BondsSweet baby Jesus, we agree with Grimace-shaped Jason Whitlock. Yesterday, the Kansas City Star columnist wrote that it was time for the Royals to sign Barry Bonds. Well, it's beyond time to sign the jacked up 44-year-old slugger. Back in December 2006, we begged the Royals to inject some life into their pitiful lineup by trading for Bonds. Alas, general manager Dayton Moore doesn't sound too interested in the former San Francisco slugger. Moore told W

  April 30, 2009

• Author Joel Goldman

  May 14, 2009

• Michael Vick's salty tears soaked the pillows of Fort Leavenworth

  During an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes last night, dogfighting impresario and Philadelphia Eagles footballer Michael Vick never named the federal penitentiary he was locked up in for eight months. In the video below, which appears to be an outtake from the the TV interview, Vick is talking about crying in Fort Leavenworth. Watch CBS Videos Online After the jump, the full 15-minute interview in which Vick "encourages you to love your animal."

  August 17, 2009

• Funk pins fantasy hopes on Jessica Simpson heartbreaker

  KCChiefs.comFunkhouser's backup WR has yet to meet the team photographer​Drafting against other big-city mayors, Mayor Mark Funkhouser followed his heart instead of his head and put three Chiefs on his fantasy football team.Funkhouser selected Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel to back up the Cowboys' Tony Romo. He supplemented his bench with wide receiver Amani Toomer, presumably as first lady Gloria Squitiro shouted "Reach!" in the background.A former small-college basketball player, Funkhouser

  August 21, 2009

• Under-studlies

  August 27, 2009

• Wheaties Fuel set for release today

  ​You probably haven't thought about Wheaties recently -- you haven't thought about the 1984 Olympics either, which was when Wheaties probably peaked. But General Mills is hoping to change all that with today's introduction (at 1 p.m., according to the Facebook page) of Wheaties Fuel -- an athlete-tested, souped-up version of the standard cereal. It's a radical move for "The Breakfast of Champions," which seemingly hasn't changed since that slogan was introduced in 1933. Those who are nostalgic

  September 9, 2009

• Waterboy Watch, week 1: Funk's Footballers win

  ​Not a lot to complain about after Mayor Mark Funkhouser's first week of fantasy football. Funk's Footballers defeated the Tampa Con Leches 95-85, putting Funk's team in a tie for third place. Funk is going head-to-head with big-city mayors from across the country in the Yahoo! Sports Mayoral Face-Off Fantasy Football League. His charity of choice, should he win the $15,000 prize, is the Police Athletic League. Funk's Footballers were spurred by big games from Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony R

  September 15, 2009

• Waterboy Watch, week 7: Gavin Newsom is too pretty for Funk

  ​When I read this headline on ESPN, "Philadelphia Eagels' Brian Westbrook (concussion) leaves game," I knew Mayor Mark Funkhouser's fantasy football team was screwed. Funk needed a rally led by Westbrook (13 yards) and Washington running back Clinton Portis (43 yards) to beat San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's BarbaryCoast Bombers. He got five points. Out of both. So Funk's Footballers fell, 108-87.Even a monster game out of Tony Romo (311 yards and three touchdowns) and the Indianapolis defe

  October 27, 2009

• Kick Kick

  November 19, 2009