<table> </table> F&#8194;irst, <strong>Bob Gretz</strong> is gone from the Chiefs broadcasts. Now <strong>Mitch Holthus</strong>, too?</p><p>There has been some Internet buzz that Holthus is being wooed by Fox to become one of its NFL play-by-play men.</p><p>Holthus is putting the brakes on that rumor right now.</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s interesting,&#8221; he said by phone. &#8220;It&#8217;s also news to me.&#8221;</p><p>Of course, there is some symmetry to the rumor: Holthus&#8217; predecessor, <strong>Kevin Harlan</strong>, used the Chiefs&#8217; play-by-play job as a stepping stone to the NFL in the early 1990s.</p><p>&#8220;Well, there was some discussion (with Fox) a few years back,&#8221; Holthus said. &#8220;But I have not pursued it.&#8221;</p><p>Holthus did forward this little scoop, though: He will be doing Big 12 basketball starting next season, essentially replacing the since retired <strong>Fred White</strong>.</p><p>Holthus has been doing Missouri Valley Conference basketball for the last 13 years.</p><p>&#8220;I hope I can still manage to do both next season,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve really enjoyed doing the Valley games.</p><p>&#8220;But doing the Big 12 is also an unbelievable opportunity for me. I&#8217;m a Big 12 guy. I look back on my years doing K-State (1983-1996) very fondly. We don&#8217;t have a schedule yet but we&#8217;re probably talking about 15 to 20 games in the Big 12, maybe 15 for the Valley.&#8221;</p><p>As for his future as the play-by-play voice of the Chiefs, Holthus said he would have no problem if he finished out his career with the Chiefs.</p><p>&#8220;If that were to happen, I would consider that a good life,&#8221; said Holthus, who is 50. &#8220;I could be content with that.&#8221;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Gretz&#8217;s column</span></strong></p><p>Though <strong>Bob Gretz </strong>has been replaced by <strong>Kendall </strong><strong>Gammon </strong>as the sideline reporter on KCFX and the Chiefs Radio Network, the Chiefs confirm that he won&#8217;t be bumped off as a columnist on the Chiefs&#8217; Web site.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Non-draft team</span></strong></p><p>Rivals.com put together its list of the best players who didn&#8217;t get drafted over the weekend &#8212; its all non-drafted team.</p><p>And Missouri&#8217;s <strong>Tony </strong><strong>Temple</strong> did get some love &#8212; he made the reserve squad on that team.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Max is up</span></strong></p><p>Former Missouri star <strong>Max </strong><strong>Scherzer </strong>is up with the Diamondbacks and now the organization has a decision to make: Put him in the rotation or develop him and that mid-90s fastball into a closer.</p><p>Tough call.</p><p>But before you start wondering why Scherzer isn&#8217;t a Royal &#8212; the Royals took <strong>Luke Hochevar</strong> over Scherzer with the first overall pick in 2006. Can&#8217;t argue with that. Scherzer wound up going at No. 11 to Arizona.</p><p>And the Royals nearly had maybe another shot at drafting Scherzer anyway &#8212; after nearly a year of holding out, he signed moments before Arizona would have lost the rights to him last June.