Brett Favre Scandel Could Tarnish Legacy

Celebrated athletes falling from grace is nothing new, and Brett Favre may be the latest to join the list. Favre is currently involved in a sex scandal from his days with the New York Jets. The future hall of famer is accused of sending inappropriate pictures of himself to Jets sideline reporter Jenn Sterger, as well as leaving her voice mails and other signs of evidence. The scandal may produce a suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, which would bring an end to Favre's epic consecutive starts streak. More importantly, it will likely destroy the legacy of America's favorite All-American athlete.

Favre is one of the most popular and enduring athletes in America today, and there are plenty of good reasons why our country loves him so much. He has constantly fought through hardships in his life and came out stronger, from surviving a near-fatal car accident in college to shredding the Oakland Raiders right after his father died. Favre was that good ol' boy from the Mississippi Bayou, the small-town kid who became the greatest player in the history of America's small-town franchise. Then it all went downhill.

Favre started garnering a lot of negative attention in his public war with Packers' President Ted Thompson and later signing with the New York Jets. After an average season in New York, Favre stabbed Packer fans in the back even further, signing with the hated Minnesota Vikings. Favre's legacy slowly turned from All-American hero to spoiled, me-first prima donna. The sex allegations may be the final nail in the coffin. Remember when Favre's wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, and all we heard about for three strait months was Favre's family commitment with the shots of Deanna Favre in the stands? This same player was sending naked pictures of himself to another woman years later. Even worse, we are now learning that this behavior is nothing new for number 4. America has finally caught on, and Favre will now join the long list of Athletes who's personal lives tarnished their legacy.

Kansas City Zoo Offering Free Admission To Kansas City Residents

Kansas City Zoo Offering Free Admission To Kansas City Residents

Once again this year, The Kansas City Zoo will be offering free admission to Kansas City, MO residents for the entire month of October and November. The deal is good any day during normal business hours. You need to provide a photo identification, and proof of residency consisting of utility bill, credit card bill, or some other official correspondence. Normal hours are 9:30AM - 4:00PM on weekdays, and weekends the Zoo closes at 5:00PM.

For those of you who have not been to the Kansas City Zoo lately, they have made lots of improvements in the last several years. The most recent of which is the Polar Bear Passage - a state of the Art Polar Bear Exhibit that houses "Nikita", a three year old male. It has a large chilled water pool for swimming and observation areas from three angles. Pretty cool.

The Africa region of the Zoo is excellent also, in fact it was rated #1 in the country according to "America's Best Zoos 2008". The African Exhibit is 95 acres and represents animals from 5 countries. It includes quite a large family of Chimpanzees, a gorilla, an african plains exhibit that houses Zebras, Giraffes and others.

I highly recommend our city's zoo, if you like it, come back again - you can get an annual zoo membership for $79 - this incudes FREE admission for your whole family for an entire year. Normal admission prices are $11.50 for adults, and $8.50 for kids over 3. For other Kansas City Events and things to do click here.

Chiefs Lose to Colts, Fall to 3-1

The Kansas City Chiefs' magical start to the 2010 season finally hit a roadblock today, as the Indianapolis Colts beat the NFL's last unbeaten team, 19-9. The loss drops Kansas City to 3-1, and brought the team back down to earth after the Chiefs became the talk of the NFL en route to a 3-0 start.

Despite the loss, Kansas City fans can still remain optimistic about this season. The Chiefs lost on the road to Indianapolis, who never loses at home and was hungry after losing at Jacksonville last week. The Chiefs continued to run the ball extremely well and Matt Cassel played well and minimized mistakes. The Chiefs once again were plagued by drops, which has been a theme in Kansas City over the last couple seasons. Dwayne Bowe, known for having a bit of a history with dropped balls, failed to haul in a perfectly thrown ball in the endzone for a touchdown. The running game remains Kansas City's biggest threat, but the passing game must continue to evolve for the Chiefs to remain a contender.

While Kansas City's offense struggled, the Chief's defense played well, frustrating Peyton Manning all afternoon and forcing the Colts to settle for field goals every time it sniffed the end zone. The Chiefs defense under Romeo Crennel has quickly turned into one of the league's better units, and should only get better.

Despite the loss, Kansas City still remains in great shape to have a shot at the playoffs. With the easiest schedule in the league, the Chiefs can afford to drop a few tough games like facing Peyton Manning on the road.

Missouri Tigers Host Colorado Buffaloes Tonight In Columbia

Missouri Tigers Host Colorado Buffaloes Tonight In Columbia

It's been 20 years since the infamous 5th down game almost to the day. Missouri is hosting Colorado this evening just like it did in 1990 in what is likely the last game between the two teams for a long, long, time with Colorado leaving for the PAC 10 next year. In Twenty years, lots of things have changed. In the late 80's, early 90's, Missouri could not buy a win against the Buffaloes - 1990's Fifth Down Game was the rare exception of a competitive match. Of course, even in that game Missouri was aided by the infamous Omniturf playing surface it used at Faurot Field at the time. Those were some dark days for my beloved Tigers - one coach after another (Widenhofer, Stull, Smith)- poor facilities - bad luck. Yes, sometimes it's hard to be a Tiger fan (not to mention a Royals Fan).

In recent years, the tables have turned. Mizzou's football program is no longer a laughing stock, and Coach Gary Pinkel seems to have Colorado's number. In their last four meetings, Missouri has beat Colorado by a combined score of 177-40 - that's an average margin of victory of 34 points. No team has been dominated by the Tigers like Colorado has. Missouri not only has recent history on it's side, but also has the more talented team and home field advantage. All of this points to another Tiger blowout - even Vegas agrees - the point spread is around 11. College Football pundits around the country don't give Colorado a chance in this one.

All this being said, Mizzou is Mizzou, all the crushing defeats and last second losses are burned into the psyche of the Tigers fan. Football games aren't played on paper - the Tigers need to take care of business on the field. After all, it is the "Show Me" State.

Kansas City News Site - Best of 2009

Our humble little Kansas City News site was born on July 12th, 2009 and we wanted to post a "best of" list of articles from our first year.  Thanks to the writers that contributed to the site in 2009 and the great work of our current contributors we have reached a steady position on page 2 of Google for the search term "kansas city news".  We are now positioned above a few local TV news stations and most of the radio news sites, and we are steadily working our way up.  We should be on page 1 of Google by year's end and thus a real force in the Kansas City news arena.  Without further adieu, here are the best KC news blogs of 2009:

Most Read - Highest Number of Hits Award
Kansas City Number 1 Abandoned City - Received the most hits and continues to be a hot blog.

Most Humorous
Revised Articles to the Constitution - Well now that's just funny.

We Got There First
Michael Vick Traded to The Eagles - www.kansas-city-news.pro was the 1st to break Michael Vick's trade to the Eagles (2 minutes after announcement!).

Best Local News Article
Kansas City Light Rail Controversy - Great insight on the Kansas City Light Rail.

Most Controversial Article
Kansas City Neighborhoods - Moving to Kansas City - This article caused so much controversy that we republished it in 2010 HERE - where it caused even MORE controversy.

Best Story Writing
Kansas City Parking Nazi - To qoute Larry David, creator of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, the best writing comes from things that actually happened to you.

Keep the hits coming 2010 staff - we will be a prominent voice in Kansas City very soon.