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Why is Don Henley's hair so weird
in that Last Worthless Evening song?
by NotAHippie on Sep 17, 2009 1:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he really had the long hair in the late 80s...
I love the raging youtube comments controversy about if Jeri Ryan is in the video… personally, i like the contortionist girl better
by Will McDonald on Sep 17, 2009 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I Loved "Building
The Perfect Beast"; I believe it is the ultimate Henley album, including the Eagles albums which he essentially dominated. I bought “The End Of The Innocence” as soon as it came out, and I was really disappointed. I can appreciate is now more than I could then, but it still pales in comparison to its predecessor to me.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 17, 2009 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would they put a hockey team in KC?
They do seem to have them in a bunch of weird places, like Phoenix and Nashville and Tampa Bay, but as far as I know KC has zero hockey tradition and minimal hockey interest. Like, when I was in high school, no one cared about anything but baseball, football, and basketball. I assume the same is still true, with the addition of pro wrestling. Does anyone go to the Wiz games these days?
Besides that, KC’s a borderline-sized market for pro sports teams. The NBA’s already failed here, and the taxpayers had to kick in a bunch of money to get the Chiefs and Royals to stay.
As a matter of fact, I think there actually was a hockey team here once and they moved it somewhere else after a couple of years, but that was before my time.
Put me down on the list against spending a dime of taxpayers’ money on getting an NHL team.
It's pronounced Poo-ZHOLS in Catalan.
by Juancho on Sep 17, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Empty stadium with a partner willing to make money
The NHL does not care about who has hockey tradition, they care about where they can make money. AEG has already made it clear that anyone who wants to move to KC will make money.
I think the Coyotes are more likely than the Islanders. They are bankrupt and need an owner. Wang I think is just using KC as a chip to get a new arena in the Lighthouse Project.
“Besides that, KC’s a borderline-sized market for pro sports teams. The NBA’s already failed here, and the taxpayers had to kick in a bunch of money to get the Chiefs and Royals to stay.”
I think that’s a fair point, but I’m not going to stop an owner who wants to move here. Let them determine if this is a good market or not. As for taxpayers spending a bunch fo money to get teams to stay – well that happens everywhere! Look at how much NYC taxpayers spent on the Yankees!
“As a matter of fact, I think there actually was a hockey team here once and they moved it somewhere else after a couple of years, but that was before my time.”
The Scouts. That failed for a number of reasons that have little to do with the NHL and the KC market now. It was the 70s, the NHL was still a garage league outside of the Original Six, KC’s ownership was ridiculously under-capitalized, Kemper Arena was a poor location, and there was no TV coverage. The NHL is much different now, as is KC’ situation.
“Put me down on the list against spending a dime of taxpayers’ money on getting an NHL team.”
That ship has already sailed. We have already built the Sprint Center. May as well put a team there so we can recoup some of our money.
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by RoyalsRetro on Sep 17, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are right about the tradition
It’s meaningless. It has been since the Winnipeg Jets, from hockey loving Winnipeg (the coldest major city in Canada) moved to Phoenix. Phoenix! In the middle of the desert! At least Quebec went somewhere with a winter tradition.
by kcbottom9th on Sep 17, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just an idea
To get some use out of the Sprint Center, how about a nationally televised Big 12 basketball game of the week from there? You’d have to get a bunch of different people to agree to that, but I bet it would sell out every week and be popular on TV, with big national draws like Kansas, Missouri, and Texas. And KC is the geographic heart of the Big 12.
It's pronounced Poo-ZHOLS in Catalan.
by Juancho on Sep 17, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one gives up a home game for a neutral court game during the Conference season
That would be suicide for top ranked teams. Neutral sites favore underdogs. An MU-KU game is acceptable because of the geography, but distance makes that a tough sell for other teams.
Hockey would be pretty big here I think, especially if the tickets are affordable. NBA however, would be a waste of time. That league is in the crapper.
by AxDxMx on Sep 18, 2009 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ahhhh....b/c the NHL is such a thriving league....
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Sep 18, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is actually
Still smaller, by far, than the other “big 3” but compared to its past it has never been better.
by kcbottom9th on Sep 18, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the revenues are nowhere in the same ballpark as the NBA....and the NHL has a team in bankruptcy court now...
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Sep 18, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If those two leagues are in trouble
maybe they should merge. It worked for the ABA and the NBA — the NBA added some of the healthy franchises and even picked up some ABA innovations (although not necessarily right away), such as the 3-point shot.
Could this work for the NHL and the NBA? It’s worth thinking about. Although it may not be correct, common perception is that the NBA is too much more about size than skill these days, and putting the game on ice, giving everyone sticks, and allowing body checking might be just the thing to bring a human element back into the game. On ice, Shaq might actually get called for traveling. And wouldn’t it be fun to see Kobe checked into the boards?
by 2X2L on Sep 19, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd be all in favor
of a roller-derby team, though. Anyone ever seen “Kansas City Bomber,” starring Raquel Welch’s assets?
It's pronounced Poo-ZHOLS in Catalan.
by Juancho on Sep 17, 2009 12:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They have one that plays at Municipal I believe
but I could be wrong.
by AxDxMx on Sep 18, 2009 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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