Sam Mellinger

Mellinger Minutes For Your Ears: Here’s a Peter Vermes story you have to hear 

Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes.
Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes. Special to The Star

The newest Mellinger Minutes For Your Ears podcast talks about baseball’s tone-deaf mistakes, examines the protests happening around the country and a shares a story about Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes we’d never heard before. Listen here.

Sam is also answering questions about Royals ownership’s willingness to raise pay , and he spitballs the question: Would Patrick Mahomes be just as good without Chiefs coach Andy Reid?

New to the show? Here’s what we’re doing:

We are constantly trying to think of new ways to deliver you information, entertainment or something else you won’t get anywhere else. Part of that is evaluating how you and I can connect. My hope is this can be one more way — a podcast you can listen to whenever and wherever you like.

Join us every Friday for behind-the-scenes access to interviews with Kansas City’s coaches, fans and reporters. We’ve talked with Bill Self, Mike Matheny and Mayor Quinton Lucas — and more. You can get all the episodes in one place right here.

This story was originally published June 5, 2020 at 1:21 PM.

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Sam Mellinger
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Sam Mellinger was a sports columnist for the Kansas City Star. He held various roles from 2000-2022. He has won numerous national and regional awards for coverage of the Chiefs, Royals, colleges, and other sports both national and local.
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