The Sprint Center hosted an NHL exhibition game Tuesday night, with the Los Angeles Kings winning a brawl-filled bout with the New York Islanders 4-2. A small crowd — reportedly 9,792 — of hockey enthusiasts came out to see the Islanders, a team rumored to be a potential anchor tenant (although Sprint Center officials have tried to end that speculation).
Tim Leiweke, chief executive of the sports and entertainment empire AEG, has been involved in some big deals. But no project compares with the challenge of building a convention hotel, he told a group of city leaders on Tuesday. “Hardest project I’ve ever done in my life. Period,” Leiweke said. Standing in the seating bowl of the Sprint Center, which…
Kansas basketballer Tyshawn Taylor is reportedly now a brawler. Taylor, a sophomore guard, was sent to a hospital Tuesday night after a fight broke out between basketball and football players, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. Taylor was reportedly treated and released after the fight broke out in front of the Burge Union on campus Tuesday evening. The Journal-World reports that Taylor…
It’s barely been a week since downtown Kansas City, from Crown Center to the Westside, was lined with cycling fans, ringing their cowbells and clambering on top of anything stable to get a good picture of the international athletes racing in the Tour of Missouri. But the political press for the 2010 race has already started. This summer, cyclists rightfully…
Almost two weeks ago, Raytown’s leaders rejected a smoking ban for bars and restaurants. That’s bad news for Raytown’s drinkers and diners hearts. A pair of recently released studies report that cities with smoking bans see fewer heart attacks. The lead author of one of the studies, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, was David Meyers…
Coalesce, Indaba Music, and Relapse Records have teamed up for a pretty nifty contest. You get to remix “Wild Ox Moan” off Coalesce’s new album, OX (although the “band prefers you reinvent it”), and possibly win amazing prizes like a 1 year Platinum Indaba Membership, pro headphones, and autographed Coalesce merch. Ed Rose has broken down the song into several…
Nobody said Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt wasn’t funny. In this clip, a bunch of blue hairs laugh their asses off at Tiahrt’s claim that there’s a bill that would set a pay scale for doctors. The old folks didn’t buy it. Tiahrt didn’t skip a beat with his animatronic speech. Yeah, what is the deal with health-care reform? Categories: News,…
%{}% An ethics complaint against former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline is coming in the next 30 to 45 days, Prime Buzz reports. The complaint is tied to Kline’s investigation of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri and the late George Tiller’s Wichita clinic. Update: Kline’s spokesman, Brian Burgess, says, “Phill is focused on teaching and has long ago grown…
This morning, The Kansas City Star’s Business section ran a guest commentary by Amy J. Blankenbiller, president and CEO of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. Slugged “Businesses are under fire from Washington,” Blankenbiller’s spin on current events was predictably conservative. But coming from the head of a pro-business organization that expects to be taken seriously, it was also laughably irresponsible….
Today through October 15, area musicians are invited to drop by the Brick (1722 McGee) and enter this year’s Band Scramble. It’ll cost ya $5, but that money goes into the cash-prize pot that bands will compete for at the Scramble’s battle-of-the-bands climax (date TBA). Here’s how it works: Based on your instrument, you’ll be randomly assigned to a band,…
It’s overcast and chilly outside, so I’m starting to get in the Halloween spirit, so macabre and mildly gross topics are going to be showing up more and more in the coming weeks. Over at Comedy.com’s Music site, they’ve got a list of the fifteen lamest rockstar deaths. From Stiv Bators getting hit by a cab to Sonny Bono hitting…
The Missouri Supreme Court just released its 2009 Statewide Juvenile Court Report, which includes a study on what youths in the court system are more likely to re-offend. The study, which looked at a sample of juvenile offenders between 2007 and 2008, concluded that a juvenile is statistically more likely to re-offend if he/she: Had one or more prior visits…
Sick story out of Lawrence. A 35-year-old Lawrence man received less than three years in prison for molesting his 16-year-old daughter, the Associated Press reports. The sick fuck isn’t being identified — don’t want to reveal the daughter’s identity — but he’ll be serving 32 months in jail and registering as a sex offender. The AP says mom was tipped…
Health and public officials have found their villain in the war against obesity. Satan, thy name is cola. Cities across America are considering radical moves in an effort to curb soda consumption. New York City launched an extensive advertising campaign that chides New Yorkers. “Don’t drink yourself fat” shows fat globules spilling over the rim of a glass, evoking images…
God bless venture capital and crazy vending machine ideas. These are the areas where we need our best people if we are to excel as a society. The two have combined for what sounds like a winner: on-demand ice cream. The New York Times reports that MooBella, the makers of a vending machine that creates made-to-order ice cream, have just…
With hamburgers, we’re to the point where we have to start differentiating between the various types. When you have to ask people what kind of burger they’re in the mood for before recommending a place to go, it’s clear that burgers have evolved from a food to a style of food. The blog A Hamburger Today has created an exhaustive…
The Architects have been spending their time post-Warped Tour opening for Flogging Molly and updating their MySpace page with awesome video. You can now view all three of the band’s music videos, as well as some stellar live footage from their CD release show and stops on the Warped Tour. 1. “Knowing Is Half the Bottle,” live at the August…
Casey Printers was once the highest-paid player in the Canadian Football League. Then he became a Kansas City Chief, which essentially killed all that that unbridled success stuff. Now Printers is trying to rebuild his career back on home-soil as quarterback for the British Columbia Lions, Canadian newspaper the Ottawa Citizen reports. Here’s an excerpt: Before departing for Kansas City of…
Thanks to Dan Phillips, owner of Vinyl Renaissance, for sending along this paparazzo-worthy photo of actor Colin Hanks stopping by Phillips’ Shawnee record store on the way to a film shoot in Iowa. Fans of Mad Men will recognize Tom Hanks’ brood as the guy who played Father John Gill, the earnest Catholic priest with a taste for Peter, Paul…
Red Front’s liquor license will be suspended for two days after selling alcohol to minors, liquor control announced today. View Larger Map Red Front’s suspension is scheduled to begin Monday, September 28 at 6 a.m. and end Wednesday, September 30 at 3 a.m. Red Front will be closed both days, and the bar’s employees will get training on how to…
