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SportsBeat KC: Parade, draft, conference realignment topped KC sports stories of 2010s

The Royals’ 2015 World Series championship is hands down one of the biggest Kansas City sports stories of the decade.
The Royals’ 2015 World Series championship is hands down one of the biggest Kansas City sports stories of the decade. Star file photo

The 2010s are closing. What were the biggest stories on the Kansas City sports scene in the decade? The Star’s Sam Mellinger, Vahe Gregorian and Blair Kerkhoff identified the news that shaped the sports and the region’s sports identity.

The Chiefs, Royals and colleges are represented in this SportsBeat KC podcast, the first of two conversations about the decade. The second will be posted next Tuesday.

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Royals are World Series champs

For the first time since ‘83. Chiefs draft quarterback in the first round, Patrick Mahomes

Game on: KU, Mizzou agree to six-year resumption of men’s basketball rivalry

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This story was originally published December 24, 2019 at 10:54 AM.

Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star
Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
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