Join David Smale, author and sports journalist, as he sits down with fascinating guests that make up the world of sports. For more than 40 years, he has interviewed people in sports and helped to tell their stories. The show brings a fun and intimate look into those sports connections.
Whit Merrifield might be the best-kept secret in Major League baseball today. He’s led the American League in at least o...View Details
May 18th, 2022
It sounds strange to say that Collin Klien is the face of the Kansas State football program since he’s neither a current player nor the head coach. But there are few who will disag...
May 16th, 2022
Roger Espinoza has been with the Sporting Kansas City franchise for so long, he was drafted by the Kansas City Wizards. His time as a player began before Peter Vermes became the ma...
John Mangini is like many men his age. He grew up collecting baseball cards. But unlike many of his contemporaries, he still has much of that collection—and a lot more. He now has ...
Adam Wainwright recently became the first pitcher older than 40 to pitch seven scoreless innings and allow one hit since 2009. Yeah, he’s still got it. But “Uncle Charlie,” the nic...
May 4th, 2022
How does it feel to have your name announced at the NFL Draft? Tim Grunhard, who was a second-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1990, joins us to talk about how he felt. He a...
May 2nd, 2022
The Draft is behind us and now NFL teams are filling their rosters with undrafted free agents and cuts from other teams. It wasn’t that long ago that the short-lived Plan B free ag...
The new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rule has created a seismic shift in college athletics. Now, student-athletes can make money by using their name or face to promote products a...
Apr 25th, 2022
When Carl Peterson took the role of Chiefs President/CEO/General Manager, the franchise was in disarray. They had not won a playoff game—they had lost the only two they played in—s...
Apr 20th, 2022
Chris Klieman had the unenviable task of following College Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Snyder as the head coach at Kansas State following the 2018 season. Klieman has taken th...
