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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? Story links: 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 What are the similarities between the 2015 Royals and 2019 Chiefs? Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Story links: 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 Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Story links: 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 Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Story links: 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 Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Story links: 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/article239871

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. Story links: 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 Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Story links: 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 Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca

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. Story links: 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 Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Story links: 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 Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Opening Night at the Super Bowl was quite the spectacle. The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers met the media and others with credentials with fans looking at Marlins Park. The A-team discusses what they hear and saw, and you’ll hear some of the best comments from such Chiefs as Frank Clark, Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce. Story links: “That one hurt:” Super Bowl approaches but Chiefs still dealing with Kobe Bryant news Six weird sights from the Chiefs portion of the Super Bowl’s opening night in Miami Cameras click, questions fly as Chiefs officially kick off Super Bowl at Opening Night Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Party in the city where the heat is on ... Welcome to Miami.” The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers have arrived at the Super Bowl host city, and we get a jump on the conversation with The Star’s former Chiefs beat writer Terez Paylor, now a national football reporter for Yahoo Sports. Oh, and no chat with Terez would be compete without Terez’s own bagging on his hometown Lions. Also, news of Kobe Bryant’s death Sunday was stunning. Host Blair Kerkhoff remembers one of the NBA’s greatest. Story links: Patrick Mahomes, other Chiefs join KC celebrities past and present in mourning Kobe Road to the Super Bowl: How the Chiefs made it to Miami The Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some trivia: Between Len Dawson’s last start and Patrick Mahomes’ first, there have been 29 starting quarterbacks for the Chiefs. Taking a team to the Super Bowl is such a rare thing, and we get Mahomes’ first thoughts on the task ahead since winning the AFC Championship. Also, two defensive players who will play critical roles in the Super Bowl, lineman Chris Jones and defensive back Kendall Fuller, tell us about playing in the biggest game of their lives. Will Chiefs’ Chris Jones be full for the Super Bowl: “1,000-percent,” he says From Montana to Smith and plenty in between, Chiefs enjoyed some San Francisco treats at QB Patrick Mahomes’ Super Bowl run began with his longtime trainer building a better body Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The San Francisco 49ers rolled through the NFC playoffs to reach the Super Bowl meeting with the Chiefs. They did it with a powerful running game and great defense, and The Star’s Herbie Teope and Vahe Gregorian join host Blair Kerkhoff in a first look at the Niners on SportsBeat KC. Story links: Strange by true: Chiefs’ Coach Andy Reid’s future was shaped at San Francisco State Chiefs improved defense preparing for 49ers dynamic run game in Super Bowl LIV Mitchell Schwartz: No grudge against Dee Ford, who Chiefs will see in Super Bowl Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For 39 minutes and 59 seconds, Kansas’ 81-60 victory over Kansas State was about the outstanding play of KU freshman guard Christian Braun. Then the last second happened. A benches clearing brawl ended the action. The fight spilled into spectators who sit in the end zones, including some in wheelchairs. Beat writers Jesse Newell, Gary Bedore and Kellis Robinett discuss what went wrong. KU, K-State players brawl in seating area behind basket at end of Jayhawks’ victory. Bill Self calls fight with Kansas State an “embarrassment,” promises quick action “It should have been avoided:” K-State’s Bruce Weber laments final seconds before brawl Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Royals outfielder Alex Gordon is closing in on a one-year deal with the club. The seven-time Gold Glove winner and three-time All-Star is a rarity in today’s game, playing his entire career with one MLB team. Also, the Royals re-signed Jorge Soler to a one-year deal. But what does that mean for the home run champion after 2020? And we remember the late Royals owner David Glass with beat writer Lynn Worthy and columnist Vahe Gregorian. Links to stories we discussed on today’s show: David Glass’ life in Kansas City started rocky and then it go so much better Royals and AL home run champ Jorge Soler sign one-year deal to avoid arbitration Royals appear poised to bring Alex Gordon back for 2020 season Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Super Bowl is set and for the first time in five decades it includes the Kansas City Chiefs. Confetti was still on the field when the A-team of Herbie Teope, Sam McDowell, Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian broke down the Chiefs’ 35-24 victory in the AFC Championship Game and take a first look at the Super Bowl foe, the San Francisco 49ers. Story links: Super Bowl-bound Chiefs return to football’s biggest stage for first time in 50 years Patrick Mahomes and the moment that sent Chiefs to first Super Bowl in 50 years Patrick Mahomes, 24-year-old face of the Chiefs, is now face of the Super Bowl You knew Mahomes and the offense would be good. Defense made the difference for Chiefs Travis Kelce stole the show in Chiefs’ trophy presentation. Here’s how and why Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the final day of workouts before the AFC Championship game, we hear from three assistant coaches who will develop the Chiefs game plan against the Titans: special teams coordinator Dave Toub, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy. Hear what they say about the game, the Titans and head coach Andy Reid. Story links: Why “I’d probably hug him forever” speaks for many rooting for Andy Reid now The Chiefs special teams made amends last week. Now they must do same agianst the Titans “People are making something out of nothing” Bieniemy says of calling plays Thanks to our sponsor Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to handle Derrick Henry … The impact of the previous meeting … Patrick Mahomes … Chiefs experience in this spot were all topics addressed by the A-Team at Big O Tires in Lee’s Summit. Herbie Teope, Sam McDowell, Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian break down the AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and Tennessee Titans on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Story links: Chiefs have spark plug in Mecole Hardman who has energized teams in back to back games How will this Chiefs-Titans game different from the first? Start with the quarterback No team has bumfuzzled Chiefs’ Andy Reid like the Titans. He’s out to change that Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Chiefs met the media for the first time as they prepare for the AFC Championship Game against the Tennessee Titans, and you’ll hear from Patrick Mahomes, Tyrann Mathieu, Andy Reid, Anthony Hitchens and Mitchell Schwartz on their playoff path and Super Bowl dreams. Story links: Chiefs keys vs. Titans in AFC Championship Game? The mission is simple: Stop Henry Chiefs-Titans players to watch: You know about Mahomes, Henry. Here are others Chiefs share stirring highlight video from playoff victory over Texans Thanks to our sponsor: Big O Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices