Kansas City News Blog

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No one has told Kansas City Royals outfielder Mark Teahen that he's been traded to the Chicago White Sox, but several reports say he's gone.

The New York Daily News gets credit for announcing the deal: Teahen to the White Sox for second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman Josh Fields.

Getz told ESPN's Chicago branch that so far it's just a "rumor."

Could someone let these guys know if they've been traded? Thanks.

Photo via the Kansas City Royals' Web Site.

The cesspool known as The Dirty -- I mean it in the best possible way -- posted this photo earlier today.

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Not sure if the sign is real, but "The Dirty Army" claims it's posted outside of the Chiefs' locker room.

What a nice way to welcome Larry Johnson back next week.

Update (7:28 p.m. Wednesday, November 4): Oh yeah. It's real.

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Workers will be putting in long hours in the next few days preparing the Independence Events Center for its opening weekend.

The building holds 5,800 for hockey. Its principal tenant is the Missouri Mavericks, who are 2-5 in Central Hockey League play. The team practices in an adjacent rink that's open to the public when large, skilled Canadians are off the ice.

In addition to hockey, the events center is vying for concerts too big for the Uptown but not quite worthy of the Sprint Center. The Zac Brown Band and Tech N9ne perform this month.

A ribbon cutting and open house take place on Saturday. At 2 p.m. on Sunday, varsity high school teams representing Independence and Rockhurst will play in the main arena. (The game is free.)

The road-weary Mavericks play their first home game on Friday, November 13, at 7:05 p.m.

Click here or on the photo for a slideshow.

The Chiefs claimed former San Diego Chargers receiver Chris Chambers off of waivers on Tuesday. Here's what they're getting:



Via Arrowhead Pride.

Larry Johnson

​The Internets are out to get Larry Johnson.

First Twitter, and now an online petition/letter to Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli aimed at stopping the Chiefs running back from becoming the franchise's all-time leading rusher.

The petition calls on Pioli to "deactivate" Johnson and gets overly sentimental talking about "role models" like "Bobby Bell, Christian Okoye, Willie Roaf, Lenny Dawson, Priest Holmes, Abner Hayes and the amazing Derrick Thomas."

Derrick Thomas? Yes, he was NFL Man of the Year for his charitable ways, but he also had his vices (several children with different mothers). But we all do.

So far, the petition is up to 928 signatures.

Photo by Scott Spychalski.

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Mayor Mark Funkhouser's squeaked out an ugly win in this week's fantasy football mach-up with Green Bay Mayor James J. Scmitt and his Green Machine. Funk's football won 69-54 and moved to eighth place with a 4-4 record..

I misread last week's schedule and thought Funk was playing Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown. Not so. And that was good news for Funk because Brown's team is really good.

Dallas quarterback Tony Romo (256 yards passing and three touchdowns) and receiver Roddy White (four catches for 108 yards and a touchdown) led Funk's Footballers to glory.

Next week, Funk's Footballers play seventh-place The Commish, led by an anonymous and an unaffiliated player.

Photo illustration by Zachary Trover.

The Chiefs are done talking about Larry Johnson ... for now.

​The Kansas City Chiefs released this exasperated, final statement yesterday afternoon on the team's settlement and suspension of Larry Johnson -- long after details of Johnson's settlement had been reported elsewhere (LJ only has to give up $300,000 of his salary, instead of the $600,000-plus that he would have before).

The Kansas City Chiefs, in conjunction with the NFL Management Council, the NFL Players Association and RB Larry Johnson have settled all matters related to Johnson's recent conduct. Johnson will remain suspended through the club's game at Jacksonville on November 8th. He will not be permitted to participate in any team activities or be on team premises until Monday, November 9th. This matter is now closed, and the Chiefs will have no further comment.

Get the feeling they're tired of talking about King Pink/Toon Icon after this whole homophobic slur, coach bashing fiasco?

Photo by Scott Spychalski.

The chiefs didn't lose Sunday. They also didn't play. Mercifully for us and them. But the Larry Johnson news didn't stop over the weekend. The Chiefs and LJ agreed on a settlement figure the troubled running back will give up during his suspension: $300,000.

So LJ can keep bragging about having money -- but not for long if the Chiefs dump him. Arrowhead Pride compiled a couple of news reports (here and here) surveying NFL general managers, and none seem interested in a back that's nearly 30 and good for about 2-yards a carry.

Arrowhead Pride also dug up this video of LJ mocking ex-Chiefs coach Herm Edwards.



Once this whole football thing flames out, King Pink should try out for one of KC's improv groups.

Also this weekend, six people had really bad Friday nights/Saturday mornings. Four people were shot outside of Independence's Do Drop In early Sunday.

Congressman Todd Tiahrt's hair may be facing an ethics probe.

Stay far away from Weatherby Lake -- unless you like E. coli.

Kansas City's bus service will be in deep shit in five years.

Bad weekend for Kansas' college football teams. Texas Tech "decleated" the Jayhawks (check the video), and Oklahoma held off the pesky Kansas State Wildcats. Missouri rolled Colorado, jumping back in the Big 12 North race.

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Photo by Scott Spychalski

Larry Johnson

​TMZ quotes Larry Johnson's agent claiming that he didn't know that using "fag" or "faggots" is offensive.

Here's what TMZ says agent Peter Schaffer had to say about the now-suspended Chiefs running back's repeated use of homophobic slurs:

"We know the N-word is unacceptable, that's not disputable -- but f*g? I'm learning that there's a segment of our society that finds it offensive and that it should not be used. I didn't realize that, but I do know now..."

A segment of society? Like say the segment that isn't homophobic?

Anyway, Schaffer told The Kansas City Star that he's negotiating a settlement with the Chiefs to resolve LJ's future -- and settlement doesn't necessarily mean Johnson will be leaving KC.

Via Arrowhead Pride.

Larry Johnson awaits his fate

​The Kansas City Star finally released the audio clip of Megatron telling reporters to "Get your faggot ass out of here."

Oh, that was Larry Johnson?

I couldn't understand a damn thing he said, but the Chiefs running back isn't disputing anything other than his suspension. About that: What do you guys think the team should do with the aging, troubled back at the end of his suspension?

Vote early and vote often.



Photo by Scott Spychalski.

George Brett shits his pants twice a year. The oversahring Royals legend admitted as much in great detail during a training camp (and somehow the video found its way to the Internet). And then someone auto-tuned it.


This Halloween, there's no reason you can't look like Brett after some fresh crab legs. You just need a few items that any Royals fan likely already has, plus a cranky-old-man mask.

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After the jump, see the completed costume.

Kansas QB Todd Reesing upon hearing that the Jayhawks basketball team is No. 1.

​Damn ESPN and USA Today's coaches' poll.

Just when the Kansas Jayhawk family feud between the football and basketball teams had quieted down, they go and kick the football team while they're down.

On a two-game losing skid (and facing an unpredictable Texas Tech team in Lubbock this weekend), the Jayhawk footballers got more bad news today: The Kansas men's basketball team is No. 1 in ESPN and USA Today's preseason Top 25 Coaches' Poll.

Ooh, not only are the basketball players more popular with the ladies, they're also more popular with coaches?

I smell another on-campus brawl.

Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr

​The Kansas City Chiefs were so mad at Larry Johnson for calling you guys "fags" and "Christopher Street boys" and us "faggots" that they sent him home -- and suspended him for one game.

Ooh, that'll show him.

With such a harsh punishment, I'm surprised the Chiefs didn't use King Pink's full name, "Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr," in the news release.

Kansas City Chiefs have suspended RB Larry Johnson for Conduct Detrimental to the Club effective immediately. Johnson will not be permitted to participate in any team activities or be on team premises until Monday, November 9th. The Chiefs will have no further comment on Johnson's status at this time.

Johnson isn't about to sit at home and think hard about his punishment. LJ's appealing.

Per PFT, this statement from Johnson's agent, Peter Schaffer (i.e., the hardest working agent in pro sports):

"It is our belief that the action did not warrant the discipline unilaterally imposed by the Chiefs. We'll be asking for an expeditied hearing, and hopefully we can work out a positive, mutual resolution with the Chiefs. If not, we'll defer to the arbitrator's decision. Larry's desire is to get back to his teammates as soon as he can."

The separation anxiety must be killing him.

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 stepping in. U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith said "the NFL does not need Congress to referee this issue," and the Texas Republican said lawmakers "cannot legislate the elimination of injuries from the games without eliminating the games themselves."

Congress' action came in light of a study from researchers at the University of Michigan that found retired pro football players may suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other mental health issues at a higher than normal rate. Researchers haven't found a definitive link, but they say the issue does deserve more study.

Earlier this month, I spoke to Christopher Nowinski of the Sports Legacy Institute, which studies the degenerative neurological condition these players have experienced, which is called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

Photo by Scott Spychalski

Larry Johnson

​The Kansas City Chiefs are primed to release troubled running back Larry Johnson, according to a report on RealGM Football.

RealGM cites "a team source that spoke to RealGM's Jeff Risdon on Tuesday afternoon."

That same day, the Chiefs and the NFL sent LJ home, telling him to stay away from practice and team activities. This came in response to a pair of homophobic slurs uttered by Johnson to fans and reporters.

RealGM says of the ban on "King Pink":

This is a precursory move before the team formally releases Johnson before the end of the week, according to the source.

Part of the delay in releasing him involves going through the NFL's disciplinary investigation, but the source was adamant that Larry Johnson has played his last game in Kansas City.

After Sunday's loss to the San Diego Chargers, Johnson tweeted criticism of Chiefs coach Todd Haley and argued with fans, telling one guy that he had a "fag pic."

Steve Phillips

​Steve Phillips, the baseball analyst ESPN fired after his sexual encounters with a 22-year-old production assistant became public, was considered for the general manager's position that Dayton Moore filled in 2006.

News reports linked Phillips to the Royals job after it became evident that team owner David Glass was fixing to can Allard Baird, the beleaguered G.M. who struggled to field a competent team under the Glass family's chiseling ownership.

Glass reportedly approached Phillips about the job. The rumors were so strong, Phillips called Baird to apologize for the distraction.

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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 defense couldn't save the Funk. Newsom absolutely crushed him, powered by Peyton Manning (235 yards passing and three touchdowns), Chad Ochocinco (118 yards receiving and two touchdowns) and Vernon Davis (93 yards receiving).

Funk's Footballers are now 3-4, which is good enough for ninth place. Things don't get easier. Next week, Funk meets the second best team in the league, Buffalo's Best, which is run by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown.

Photo illustration by Zachary Trover.

Photos by Scott Spychalski

Larry Johnson

​The Kansas City Chiefs just released a statement saying the team and the NFL have told Larry Johnson to stay away from practice and team activities.

In the statement, the Chiefs say a decision on Johnson's status with the team will be made at the conclusion of the investigation.

Here's the full statement:

The Kansas City Chiefs and the National Football League are continuing to investigate the alleged comments made by Larry Johnson. Until that review is complete, the Chiefs have instructed Larry to refrain from practicing with the Chiefs or participating in other team activities. A decision regarding Larry's status will be made once the investigation has concluded.

The Chiefs and the NFL are investigating homophobic slurs reportedly made by Johnson on Twitter and later in a locker room to reporters, the TV station reports. Once it concludes, then that'll be Johnson's judgment day.

Photo by Scott Spychalski

Larry Johnson

​A couple of gay slurs used by Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation calling for the NFL to punish the fading star, reports TMZ.

GLADD president Jarrett Barrio told TMZ:

"All too often this is the word that is used to ridicule and harass young gay and transgender athletes on local sports fields across America.

"Professional athletes who use this word need to be held accountable for feeding a climate of intolerance toward our community. NFL officials need to take action and condemn this and future uses of this anti-gay epithet."

On Sunday, Johnson took to Twitter to criticize Chiefs coach Todd Haley and argue with fans. When one person criticized Johnson's poor play -- "Hey LJ, is it Haley's fault you fall when D-Linemen blow on you?" -- Johnson wrote that the guy had a "fag pic."

The Kansas City Star reported Monday that Johnson told reporters that he didn't want to talk until Thursday.

As the reporters left the locker room, Johnson reportedly whispered: "Get your faggot ass out of here."

Johnson's agent said the former Pro Bowler would apologize. He didn't say if LJ would mean it.

Larry Johnson in happier times.

​"Get your faggot ass out of here."

Those words are reportedly from Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson to a reporter on Monday. At least in a hushed tone.

The Star's Kent Babb wrote today that Johnson refused to talk to reporters, telling them he wasn't talking until Thursday.

Johnson's agent, Peter Schaffer, says an apology is coming.

Chiefs head coach Todd Haley didn't comment on Johnson's outbursts from Sunday evening when he called a fan a "fag" or this incident.

Hey, he didn't rub in how much money he's making. Baby steps. But I gotta feeling we'll be hearing from "King Pink" before Thursday.

Via Arrowhead Pride.

Arrowhead Pride nabbed this screen shot of Larry Johnson's Twitter page.

​The never-ending embarrassment that is Chiefs running back Larry Johnson vented on Twitter last night about Coach Todd Haley and blasted fans, calling them poor and saying a fan critical of his poor play -- "Hey LJ, is it Haley's fault you fall when D-Linemen blow on you?" -- has a "fag pic." Thanks to Arrowhead Pride, you can read most of King Pink's tweets.

Red Zone, The Kansas City Star's blog about the Chiefs, says Johnson confirmed that the Twitter account belongs to him and the "Toon Icon" is one of LJ's nicknames.

The blow back from fans didn't appear personal. DrewK30 wrote: "@ToonIcon You have the same amount of TDs this year that I have." And "@ToonIcon Sorry to tell you, but you're one of the reasons why the Chiefs are where they are."

Those posts ed Johnson to say the fan was "broke"and call the guy a "lil gril," which was probably supposed to read "lil girl."

Criticism of Johnson isn't unfair. Look at his stats. The 29-year-old's best days appear to be over.

Mac Tonnies

​After some technical difficulties this morning, we're finally up and running.

Sad news. Mac Tonnies, author and local blogger of Posthuman Blues, has died.

Coast-to-Coast AM had a nice write up about Tonnies, calling him an "acclaimed fortean writer and researcher."

The prodigious blogger was a fixture of the online esoteric community with his site Posthuman Blues and was highly respected by many leading researchers who saw him as a bold and fresh new voice on the paranormal scene.

Tonnies appeared on Coast-to-Coast on September 28, discussing "his groundbreaking 'cryptoterrestrial hypothesis' with George Noory."

A blog titled Amuck says Tonnies died in his sleep a week ago.

He passed peacefully though in his sleep sunday evening due to a problem with his heart. Mac had told us once that many years ago he had some irregular heart beats. Tests had been done then but nothing was found; obviously there was a problem!

Tonnies' last Twitter update was on October 18.

Also over the weekend ...

Scott P. Roeder

​Need a good bomb recipe? Do a bunch of anti-abortion extremists have a deal for you. They're auctioning off manuals with bomb-making recipes as well as recipes for prison cheesecake (delish!) to raise money for the legal defense fund for the man accused of killing Wichita abortion provider George Tiller. Also in the auction, drawings autographed by accused killer Scott Roeder.

Here's a clip from The Kansas City Star story:

One is a sketch of David and Goliath.

"It has David with a slingshot in one hand and the head of Goliath in his other hand and the name 'Tiller' on Goliath's forehead," she [Roeder's friend Regina Dinwiddie] said. "On the corpse on the ground, it says 'child-murdering industry.'"

Bet prosecutors will be interested in those.

Finally, some quick hits ...

Early Sunday morning, there was a shootout outside troubled strip club Gerry's Silver Slipper.

The girl with amnesia in New York isn't missing Belton girl Kara Kopetsky.

The Chiefs resumed their losing ways, and KU and Mizzou got their asses handed to 'em by Big 12 South powers Oklahoma and Texas. Oh, and K-State stayed winning.

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Jason Whitlock on a night out

​I asked for "strange tang" but I got "Pussy Galore."

Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock has delivered his Steve Phillips sex scandal column and his rules on who gets to have affairs.

Did you make the cut? Whitlock says:

I say a moderately famous man earning between $250K and $500K a year should be allowed a mistress he can see weekly, one week-long, $8,000 vacation he can take with his mistress and five strip club nights with his boys a year.

A moderately famous man earning between $500K and $1 million a year should be allowed a mistress he can see weekly and every other weekend, a 10-day, $15,000 vacation with his mistress, a $1,500-a-month, fully-furnished apartment for his mistress and seven strip club nights with his boys.

Any man earning more than $1 million a year should come and go as he damn well pleases.

Whitlock's pay grade puts him in category No. 2.

via cnsnews.com

Mark Muller

​A couple of days ago, we read about Mark Muller's boycott of the NFL.

Muller, owner of Max Motors and wannabe arms dealer (he offered $450 vouchers so Missourians get an AK-47 with the purchase of a truck from his dealership), claimed he was giving up his Kansas City Chiefs season tickets after the NFL supposedly blocked Rush Limbaugh's attempt to buy the St. Louis Rams.

I finally caught up with Muller yesterday, and he clarified: It's not about Rush. It's about America being "destroyed by a bunch of bunch of left-wing, politically correct morons."

"When the NFL decides that they want to step up and condemn a whole segment of America -- conservatives -- because he's [Rush] not appropriate for the NFL, then I'm not an appropriate fan," Muller said.

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Jason Whitlock and friends

​Kansas City Star and Fox Sports columnist and noted fitness expert and master gardener Jason Whitlock apologized to Rush Limbaugh for last week's column in which he used a couple of unsourced quotes attributed to Limbaugh by Jack Huberman in his book 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America. These two to be exact:

• "You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray (Dr. King's assassin). We miss you, James. Godspeed."

• "Let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back. I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."

Limbaugh denies saying either.  And now Whitlock is sorry for using the unverified quotes. As I pointed out, there's a volume of work for Whitlock to pull from. He didn't have to use these quotes. And he knows it.

What really irritates me about my column last week is that I certainly didn't need the quotes to make my point.

He's right. Even though he apologized, Whitlock didn't back down from his stand that a man with Limbaugh's cache --  a man with the reputation of a little-blue-pill-popping sex tourist -- doesn't belong among the NFL's owners.

The word from Whitlock:

I'd write the exact same column if [Al] Sharpton and [Jesse] Jackson tried to buy a piece of the Chicago Bears.

It doesn't matter that many of the owners enjoy Limbaugh's hustle or agree with his politics. They earned or inherited their money legitimately, and they don't spend three hours a day on the radio trying to stir up racial animosity.

If that's not clear enough, think of it this way: Steve Hirsch, the founder of Vivid Entertainment, is wealthy enough to buy a piece of an NFL franchise. Porn is legal, enjoyed by many football fans and probably a few owners. No one would think twice if the NFL declined to associate its brand with Hirsch. No one would think it unusual or unfair if feminists and sportswriters objected to Hirsch purchasing an NFL franchise.

Solid point. Now can we get back to writing about "strange tang," already? Steve Phillips' sex scandal is calling your name, Whitlock.

Half of an "Eiffel Tower"

​Kansas State football fans, your team is No. 1 in the Big 12 North. But the Wildcats are doing it without wide receiver Chase Mejia who's no longer among old man Snyder's footballers.

What happened to Mejia? Take a gander at the photo on the right taken from Deadspin's where-are-they-now report on a guy they say just might be Mejia playing a new position of sorts.

Deadspin credits the hilariously named Herm's Perm (here's your NSFW warning, although floating permed Herm heads cover most of the naughty bits) for busting open the story. And thanks to them to defining "Eiffel Tower."

Mejia was a former high school standout at Shawnee Mission Northwest. He committed to Northern Illinois but transferred to Missouri State and later to K-State. But then he didn't show up on the roster, and Herm's Perm called K-State and found out that Mejia is no longer on the team. Then a tip led them to an adults-only pay Web site -- Herm's Perm will show you how to get there -- that shows a guy who looks a lot like Mejia under center.

According to Deadspin, the description of the supposed Mejia sex tape reads:

A couple of beers and a game of spin the bottle leads to hot girl-on-girl action and the whole room fucking like champs ... one dude even eats a slice of pizza while getting head!

Uh, great?

Herm's Perm's claims Mejia's last Facebook status before it went dark read:

fuck all the haters, you're only young once, live with no regrets, i got paid 1500 and a free trip to miami so fuck you guys HAHAHAHAHA."

High five, bro!

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Tank Tyler

​The Chiefs have traded defensive lineman and sleep apnea sufferer Tank Tyler for a fifth-round pick.

Tyler's departure brings to 25 the number of players who suited up for final game of the 2008 season but would get turned away by security if they showed up Arrowhead today.

The dizzying number of trades and releases reflect a lack of regard for the talent evaluation skills of the former regime, headed by Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards. Seemingly every week, the new guys, G.M. Scott Pioli and head coach Todd Haley, eject a player from a roster that Edwards laughably declared "85 percent" complete before he coached what turned out to be his final game in Kansas City.

Here's a breakdown of the departed:

Traded players
Tyler Thigpen (Miami)
Tony Gonzalez (Atlanta)
Tyler (Carolina)

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KJ was no match for the Funk.

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser's fantasy football team laid the smack down on former NBA star and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's Sack-town's Finest, 100-62. Funk's Footballers are riding a two-game winning streak.

This week, Funk got a huge game out of New England receiver Wes Welker (150 yards receiving and two touchdowns for 27 fantasy points) and good games out of Atlanta wide receiver Roddy White (56 yards receiving and a touchdown) and Green Bay kicker Mason Crosby (four field goals made and two extra points).

​The latest report on Kansas City's standing among cities clamoring for an NHL franchise isn't good.

The Toronto Star cites an October 11 comment from deputy commissioner Bill Daly that gives good vibes to Canadian cities where the NHL once called home: "Both Winnipeg and Quebec have already done that (supported an NHL team). We'll see how things evolve. That doesn`t mean that Hamilton won`t be considered. It will be."

The Star cites sources close to the hockey league that say "the six Canadian teams have become important for the NHL since the economic crisis hit the U.S. ... That has resulted in teams like the New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lighting, Atlanta Thrashers, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators and Phoenix Coyotes all facing serious financial troubles."

The good news: This is all speculation. The Star reports that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Daly wouldn't officially rank the cities.

But you gotta think the poor attendance -- under 10,000 -- for the L.A. Kings-New York Islanders game didn't help Kansas City's standing.

Photo by Scott Spychalski

Rod Jetton

​The big story of the weekend was the Kansas City Star's look into one of the most powerful men in Missouri politics: political consultant and former lawmaker Rod Jetton. It's a must-read story that looks into campaign donations to Jetton's clients, especially those coming after controversial votes and allegations that Jetton is more of a lobbyist than a consultant, thus skirting ethics laws. The Star reports that the way Jetton "conducts political business has attracted the scrutiny of the FBI as it probes 'pay for play' allegations in Jefferson City."

Great reporting by Jason Noble and Steve Kraske.

From the blotter: One person was in critical condition after an early Saturday morning shooting. Two firefighters were burned on an early Sunday morning call. A For Riley soldier is facing rape charges in two counties.

A woman allegedly dropped her 1-year-old son off a balcony. Someone caught him; he's OK.

Sixteen cops could get laid off in KCK.

The JoCo kids aren't all right; they're on the heroin and OxyContin.

Kansas Democrats still somebody -- anybody? -- to run for governor against Sam Brownback. Larry Gates is out.

Fox 4 turned 60.

The Wizards were knocked out of playoff contention. The Missouri Mavericks dropped its first two games.

Colorado shocked Kansas. Missouri is still winless in conference play. And K-State is on top of the Big 12 North.

The Chiefs won ugly (four field goals and a safety). A win is a win.

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Monday is here. Let Metallica pull the strings.