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J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain

Kansas City is flowing blue… again

Editor’s Note: This story, which originally published October 3rd, 2014, has been updated. Daniel Boothe contributed to the story. Six of Kansas City, Missouri’s, fountains, as well as several privately-owned fountains and fountains owned by surrounding cities are dyed bright blue to celebrate the Royals making it to the playoffs for the second consecutive year. It…

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Musings on Baseball, Luck and Quantum Physics: Making the Case for Magic Socks

Ask any sports fan about superstitions. We’ll likely give you an earful. We love to wear our lucky socks, hats and jerseys. We sit in a favorite chair for the game or only listen to the radio. We fidget, knock wood, rub totems and visualize. Bud Light had a fun, popular series of commercials a…

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Sounding Smarter

News for People With No Time for News

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Royals edibles

Eat Your (Royals) Heart Out

It’s all blue in Kansas City right now. Folks have donned shirts and hats to tell the world that they’re ready to see the Kansas City Royals take the crown. We don’t have an ocean, but we’re a sea of blue. Since the quickest way to your heart is through your stomach, we set out…

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Because it’s root-root-root for the home team…

Contributor Hampton Stevens and Multimedia Producer John McGrath get hyped at the K.

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The Royals won their first American League Division Championship in 30 years on Thursday night. (Photos: Daniel Boothe | Flatland)

The Royals just won the Division. Where are you going to go?

Last year, first baseman Eric Hosmer made national headlines after the Royals won the wild card game. He threw a huge party at McFadden’s in the Kansas City Power & Light District, paying everyone’s tab after tweeting out an invite to fans. Now that the Royals are heading back to the playoffs after clinching their…

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American League Champs, let’s eat

There is no spring training for eaters. You – the hot dog aficianados and ice cream helmet-scooping public – will have to go in and not know exactly whether your appetite (and intestinal fortitude) is going to show up for Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals, the reigning American League Champions, will…

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