In Big Game James We Trust. Key to AL Wild Card game: Royals must score 2-3 runs off Jon Lester by the 4th. Give James Shields the lead and then get through the first six innings. Then use the Royals formula that includes Herrera, Davis and Holland out of the bullpen. Get on base, run on Lester. […]
Fall feels good again – especially in Kansas City
September 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Fall Classic is right around the corner. You can feel it in the air. You can see it on the calendar. It’s Sept. 28, the final day of baseball’s regular season for 2014. Cool, bring-your-jacket games are upon us – even if the thermometer passes 80 degrees today in Connecticut. The leaves are changing […]
Talking UConn football, John Toner’s legacy tonight on SMCRadio.com
September 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s Thursday night, so that means a new episode of College Countdown with Ken Davis will air from 8-9 p.m. ET. Please listen in live, either on SMCRadio.com or with the TuneIn app on your mobile device. Of course, everyone is invited to call in and join any discussion, ask questions, make a statement – […]
UConn fans have new destination for Husky talk
September 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
There’s a new radio show in town. Actually, we are internet radio so you can tune in just about anywhere with a laptop, mobile device or tablet. The main dish is one hour of college sports talk, with a very generous portion of UConn football and basketball on the menu every week. College Countdown with […]
Writer Roger Angell finally crosses home in Cooperstown
July 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It was May 1978. I was just days away from completing my sophomore year of college and I was wrapping up my first full season as the University of Kansas sports correspondent for the Kansas City Star newspaper. Certain moments mark time in our travels through life and our journey down a career path. In […]
At long last, my first taste of Grapefruit League baseball
March 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
FORT MYERS, Fla. – As a kid growing up in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kan., there was a mythical quality to the idea of spring training baseball, especially a location straight out of paradise known as Fort Myers, Fla. When my beloved Kansas City Royals were born in 1969, they would congregate […]