
Sam McDowell
Sports Columnist at Kansas City Star
Sports columnist for The Kansas City Star. Hit me up: [email protected].
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2 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Sam McDowell
The Missouri General Assembly has ponied up an offer to keep the Chiefs and Royals in the state, approving a stadium incentives package one year after Kansas passed its own bill to lure the teams a couple dozen miles west. We now have the particulars from not one but two states. Your turn, Royals and Chiefs. A yearlong conversation examining what two border-war states might provide Kansas City's sports franchises - what truce? - predictably resulted in a pair of lucrative offers.
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2 weeks ago |
gazettextra.com | Sam McDowell
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The best throw of Super Bowl LIX didn't mean a thing. Not really, anyway. It arrived long after the outcome became obvious, deep into the fourth quarter of a blowout. And it actually came from the arm of the losing quarterback, the one who would arrive at his team's facility only days later, there to ask his coaches a series of questions that could be summarized rather vaguely:Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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2 weeks ago |
thederrick.com | Sam McDowell
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The best throw of Super Bowl LIX didn’t mean a thing. Not really, anyway. It arrived long after the outcome became obvious, deep into the fourth quarter of a blowout.
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3 weeks ago |
dailygazette.com | Sam McDowell
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The best throw of Super Bowl LIX didn’t mean a thing. Not really, anyway. It arrived long after the outcome became obvious, deep into the fourth quarter of a blowout. And it actually came from the arm of the losing quarterback, the one who would arrive at his team’s facility only days later, there to ask his coaches a series of questions that could be summarized rather vaguely: × Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content.
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3 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Sam McDowell
The best throw of Super Bowl LIX didn't mean a thing. Not really, anyway. It arrived long after the outcome became obvious, deep into the fourth quarter of a blowout. And it actually came from the arm of the losing quarterback, the one who would arrive at his team's facility only days later, there to ask his coaches a series of questions that could be summarized rather vaguely: "How can I get better?"A sour ending prompted the interaction, Patrick Mahomes left with an offseason to contemplate it.
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Red Gold & Bold - E241 06-05-25 https://t.co/lalnZcCtlM

Another six shutout innings for Noah Cameron today. His ERA through five starts: 0.85. His story here:

Noah Cameron gets the nod for the Royals in St. Louis tonight. His historic start has provided the Royals a jolt — but it's a far bigger jolt to his family and 70,000 more an hour north of KC. The Noah Cameron story, from St. Joe: https://t.co/ybMtuA4lKk

Missouri's plan to entice the Chiefs, Royals to stay in the state is close to becoming law after passing the state Senate. The Star’s @Kacen takes you inside the complex buildup and then the vote itself, which took place just before 2:30 am in Jeff City: https://t.co/ubFRSOJ1gU