Subject: Tampa

• Concert Review: JJ Grey and Mofro

  July 19, 2008

• Concert Review: Jon Dee Graham, Nervous Turkey and Exene Cervenka at Davey's Uptown, 7/19/08

  July 21, 2008

• Jimmy Gobble Injured by Ineffectiveness

  July 24, 2008

• KC = Sixth-Worst City to be a Sports Fan

  August 27, 2008

• Chiefs Hall of Famer Ed Podolak "retiring"

  If you get your picture taken while peeping down a woman's shirt ...and gentlemanly court the woman whose titties you inspected ...but look shitfaced ...you may be forced to "retire" when your boss sees the photos. A Des Moines television station says that Iowa Hawkeye radio broadcaster, Chiefs legend and boobie inspector Ed Podolak is "retiring" from calling Hawkeye football games. The official announcement could come today. Podolak made a stupid, drunken mistake during the Hawks' Tampa trip.

  January 14, 2009

• Further Review

  May 2, 2002

• Ed Podolak hangs up beer goggles, seeks treatment

  Photos of Ed Podolak partying in Tampa led to his retirement from broadcasting.Chiefs Hall of Famer, former Iowa Hawkeye broadcaster and boobie inspector Ed Podolak announced today that he's seeking "professional treatment." Podolak made the announcement in a statement released through the University of Iowa. "After considerable deliberation with my family and close friends, I've decided to seek professional treatment," Podolak said in the statement. "Over the last few months the people closest

  January 28, 2009

• Bluesday Tuesday News: International Blues Competition, the Grand Marquis and good ol' Ernie Locke

  Last week, I checked in on Trampled Under Foot, who is leaving tomorrow morning for Memphis to perform at the 25th Annual International Blues Competition. They are set to perform at the opening kick-off show Wednesday night at the New Daisy Theater on Beale Street with previous IBC winners. As previously mentioned, the Kansas City Blues Society entrant is King King, the rootsy-rockabillyish three-piece from KCK. Another band that will add more fuel to the KC blues fire in Memphis: Nervous Tur

  February 3, 2009

• Studies in Crap and Teen Beat Magazine Kill the Video Star

  Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Teen Beat Video Rock Stars Magazine Author: Probably whoever it was who first used the words "monetize" and "youth culture" in the same sentence. Date: Fall, 1983 Discovered at: Willie Aames' garage sale. The Cover Promises: Michael Jackson has been pinned down like a frog in Biol

  April 2, 2009

• Beef on Budget

  March 29, 2007

• Hallmark cares enough to send the very best ... jobs to China

  May 15, 2008

• In Herm's Head

  November 22, 2007

• Don't Feed the Preacher

  October 12, 2006

• Try a Little Tenderloin

  October 5, 2006

• No Headgear

  December 15, 2005

• Super-Size Us!

  November 24, 2005

• No More Mr. Nice Guy

  Aaron Chilen rolls his new skateboarding video Thursday.

  April 8, 2004

• Channeling Social D

  Before there was Mike Ness, there was Tom Corvin — yeah, the Channel 9 guy.

  March 18, 2004

• Big Sexy

  Jason Whitlock's pen gained him local fame (and a favorite nickname) -- then he took to the air.

  January 29, 2004

• Rough Riders

  Dan Jackson and KC's Most Wanted dream big -- but need a little more practice.

  February 27, 2003

• Radio Active

  DJ C-Vaughn takes over the airwaves.

  December 5, 2002

• Once Bitten

  John Webb spends some time with a creepy Vampire Clan.

  October 31, 2002

• Past Due

  A federal judge forces the boys of Rent-a-Center to clean up their bad behavior.

  May 9, 2002

• Shooting Blanks

  The Royals have never brought the long ball.

  May 2, 2002

• A Lion Share

  John Rensenhouse leaves home once again.

  February 21, 2002

• Art Works

  The Kemper suggests that beauty is in the hands of the holder.

  July 5, 2001

• A Real Ball

  No Chiefs. No touchdowns. No problem.

  January 25, 2001

• Balls, bruises, and brews

  Yancy Graf ready for the World Championships as a member of the 2000 U.S. Women's Sevens rugby team

  February 10, 2000

• Inspirational Business Writing Hits A New Low with Studies in Crap and Pro-Sumer Power!

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Pro-Sumer Power! How to Create Wealth by Spending Smarter, Not Cheaper Author: Bill Quain, PhD Publisher: INTI Publishing & Resource Books, Tampa, Florida Date: 2000 Discovered at: 2nd Chance Thrift, Wornall Road The Cover Promises: Back before the tech bubble burst, all you had to do to get r

  June 16, 2009

• North Korea makes a small step toward capitalism

  Sometime in the 1940s, right here in America, the world's first beer commercial was televised. Now, 60-some years later, North Korea has decided to get into the game with a three-minute opus on the wonders of Taedonggang beer. To classic slogans such as "Great taste, less filling" and "Hey Mabel, black label," you can now add "Reminds of the pure and beautiful flow of the Taedong River."The lager is made in a formerly British factory that the North Korean government bought and the

  July 6, 2009

• Lamar Hunt: Son of a bigamist

  Released Wednesday, the period gangster drama Public Enemies sold an estimated $41 million worth of tickets. The movie is based on a book by Bryan Burrough, a special correspondent at Vanity Fair.Burrough' most recent book, The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes, offers an interesting glimpse into the history of one of Kansas City's most influential families: the Hunts.Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt is the son of H.L. Hunt, an oilman who relied on his poker skills before m

  July 7, 2009

• Pepsi with a hint of mouse?

  ​It sounds like something out of a movie, but a Florida couple is claiming to have found a mouse in their Diet Pepsi. Amy and Fred Denegri were grilling at their home in Ormond Beach last week when they reportedly found the nasty surprise in the second-to-last can of Diet Pepsi in a 36-pack purchased from Sam's Club. Amy talked to WFTV Orlando about her husband's reaction:  "He made a face. I was sitting there and he said it tasted awful and something wasn't right." The couple has filed a

  July 30, 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

• 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