The Kansas City Roos earned nine Summit League Awards, including the first Coach of the Year win in 19 years.    Men’s basketball head coach Marvin Menzies’ impressive second season in Kansas City earned him the historic win as Coach of the Year. It’s the first...

  College basketball isn’t going well for the three larger Division I schools surrounding the Kansas City area.   The University of Kansas is having one of its worst seasons in recent memory with a 10-7 conference record and slipping in the Associated Press Top 25 rankings....

  The Kansas City Roos are the second seed in the Summit League, making it the first time they rank at that high in the conference since the 2004-2005 season.    During the last week of conference play, eight teams had yet to secure a position within the standings. However,...

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  As the first weeks of school pass, the Oak Street development project continues to trend in multiple directions.    According to a source close to the situation, Chancellor Mauli G. Agrawal is still awaiting the proposal from multiple developers. While the Request For...

The Kansas City Roos’ men’s basketball team will have a newly renovated locker room thanks to a large donation from a supporter of the organization.    KC Athletics announced on Aug. 31 that Herb and Bonnie Buchbinder donated a large sum to help improve the men’s...

  UMKC is in the early stages of hosting one of the largest projects in Volker campus history with the Oak Street Development project, which includes the school's very own arena.   On May 15, the university released a Request For Proposals (RFP) that introduced the plan...

Throughout the presentations and questions, UMKC’s Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration Sean Reeder used one phrase to describe the Oak Street and 51st Street development project.    “A gateway to the campus,” Reeder said.    On June 27, members from...

On May 15, UMKC issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new athletics arena, which includes potential plans for over five acres of land on Oak Street and 51st Street.   In the RFP, the university details how the construction of a new arena is part of the “2021 Master...

 The Kansas City Roos men’s golf team won the Summit League championship and will head to the 2023 NCAA regionals.     After three rounds from April 30 to May 2 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Roos reeled off a victory on a historic performance from sophomore, Summit League...

  Senior guard Shemarri Allen will officially head to the transfer portal.    The Portal Report made the announcement of his decision on May 2, one day after graduate guard RayQuawndis Mitchell pulled out of the NBA Draft to play one more year in the NCAA.     Allen...

  Graduate guard RayQuawndis Mitchell will officially enter the transfer portal.    The Portal Report announced late afternoon on May 1 that Mitchell will seek to play his last season of college hoops for another team in the NCAA. This comes after he declared for the...

The Kansas City Chiefs trade up in the third round to select offensive tackle Wanya Morris. The Chiefs traded picks 95 and 217 to the Cincinnati Bengals for pick 92. A Grayson high school graduate, Morris was a former five-star recruit by ESPN prior to entering college....

The Kansas City Chiefs moved up from the 63rd overall pick to the 55th overall pick to select SMU wide receiver Rashee Rice. The Chiefs traded picks 63, 122, and 249 to the Detroit Lions in exchange for picks 55 and 194. From North Richland Hills, Texas, Rice started his...

Day Two of the NFL Draft starts on April 28, at 6 p.m., in which rounds two and three will take place at Union Station in Kansas City. Roo News will update you on every selection and trade made as the night progresses. Round Two Pick No. 32 With the 32nd overall pick,...

With the 31st overall pick, the Kansas City Chiefs selected Felix Anudike-Uzomah, the defensive end from Kansas State. Numerous sources reported that the Chiefs wanted to trade up with teams like the Dallas Cowboys, but they stayed put and drafted the kid from the metro area. Anudike-Uzomah...

The 2023 NFL Draft will officially start at 7 p.m. Central Time at the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Roo News will update you on every first-round selection and trade as the night continues. Round 1 Pick No. 1 With the first overall pick, the Carolina Panthers...

  As our interview concluded, UMKC alumni George Gaustello asked me when I last visited Science City. I told the well-dressed, high-energy, 1982 graduate about an amusing school field trip in sixth grade.    Gaustello simply replied, “Follow me.”    While the...

Three more players will not return for the Kansas City Roos’ women’s basketball team for the 2023-2024 season.    Sophomore guard Ava Murphy, sophomore center Trinity Moreland and senior guard Sanaa’ St. Andre will look to play for other teams in the NCAA.    Heat...

  Graduate guard RayQuawndis Mitchell officially declared for the 2023 NBA Draft.    In a statement he made on social media on March 27, Mitchell announced that he would also maintain his college eligibility. Prior to his decision, he did not sign an agent, which means...

  The Kansas City Roos’ women’s basketball team will face their toughest task yet as they play the sixth-seeded Omaha Mavericks in the semi-finals of the Summit League tournament.   The match-up will take place on March 6 at 3 p.m. at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center.   After...

  RooNews will announce if UMKC cancels classes for the Chiefs championship parade.   The Kansas City Chiefs, on a last-second field goal, win Super Bowl LVII 38-35.    After weeks of speculation and predictions, the Chiefs found a way to win against a coveted Philadelphia...

Update: Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dr. Brandon Martin provided a statement.    Three more players decided to step down from the Kansas City Roos’ women's basketball team, RooNews has learned.     This comes weeks after junior forward Dani Winslow...

Kansas City Roos’ junior forward Dani Winslow officially stepped down from the women’s basketball team and will be entering the transfer portal.   Her decision comes after being absent for the past couple of games.   “I felt that for my mental and...

  Harry Potter’s chokehold on pop culture is incredible, as the Wizarding World has continued to enchant fans around the globe for over 20 years.    Despite having 500 million copies sold and grossing almost $2.4 billion at the box office, I was not a part of the magical...

 After an offseason of major changes, Head Coach Marvin Menzies and his staff have one goal in mind; elevate the Kansas City Roos men’s basketball team.   “It's time now for his program to blossom. We need to take it to the next level. That's what we're here to...

Update: Davante Adams has been cited for assault, according to Kansas City Municipal Court records. He deleted his statement from Twitter on Oct. 13. In a viral clip, Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams shoved an ESPN cameraman. The crew member identified...

UPDATE: The truck was stolen prior to the collision, according to the vehicle owner's Facebook post. As he sat in his house with his pets, Armando Vasquez received a phone call from one of his employees. They needed him urgently to come to the shop. He was shocked at...

Anchor Island Coffee employees were shocked when a speeding truck slammed into the restaurant during the evening hours on Tuesday.  The accident occurred at around 7 p.m. The restaurant is located on Troost Avenue in the heart of KCMO.  In footage taken by one...

 The Kansas City Roos lose to the Saint Louis Billikens 0-5 after making multiple mistakes on defense. The game started with a defensive duel, as neither team could get anything going on offense. From time to time, the Roos attempted to make a push for a goal, but Saint Louis’...

On opening night, the Kansas City Men's Soccer team tried their best to keep up, but an early Drake Bulldogs goal led to a 0-1 loss on opening night. Here are some key takeaways from tonight’s performance.  The Roos set their sights on an early goal, as senior midfielder...

UrinatingTree is a sports-based Youtube channel founded by Steve Linkowski in 2010. Starting as an unknown video game reviewer and bartender, Linkowski’s historical videos on sports franchises and weekly uploads that cover the NFL season jolted him to over 500,000 subscribers....

The Packast is a channel rising rapidly on the YouTube platform, created by former comedian and teacher Tom Grossi. In anticipation of my upcoming article series, Grossi provides some backstory to some of his most popular video/streaming concepts and the future of his show. The...

UrinatingTree is a sports-based Youtube channel founded by Steve Linkowski in 2010. Even though he started as an unknown video game reviewer, his historical videos on sports franchises and weekly uploads that cover the NFL season jolted him to over 500K subscribers. During...

Wow. I was so wrong about my mock draft, but in all the right ways.  The 2022 NFL Draft ended this past Saturday with the Kansas City Chiefs changing the lives of ten college athletes. After looking over the numerous selections, here are my quick thoughts on who the...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ offseason continues with the 2022 NFL Draft. With 12 draft picks at their disposal (four picks in the top 60), this will be a great opportunity for the organization to bolster a Super Bowl-ready team that’s in need of multiple positions.  For...

The athletic departments has officially announced Marvin Menzies will serve as the new men’s basketball head coach following the departure of Billy Donlon. Menzies started his career with Santa Monica Community College as an assistant head coach. He went on to work under...

In an unexpected move, the Kansas City Chiefs traded away star wideout Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins. In return, Kansas City received five picks. These include a 2022 first, second and fourth-round pick. They will also receive a 2023 fourth and sixth-round pick.  In...

After being selected into the WNIT tournament, the Kansas City Roos bowed out quickly after losing to the Northern Iowa Panthers 75-58.  Senior guard Naomie Alnatas led the team once again in scoring, totaling 24 points in 35 minutes. She also provided three steals,...

Kansas City’s record-breaking season ended on a harsh note when the South Dakota Coyotes knocked the Roos out of the Summit League Tournament.  After defeating North Dakota State 81-74, the Roos lost significantly to the Coyotes by a 81-67 margin. Offensively, Kansas...

The Kansas City Roos will travel to Sioux Falls for the Summit League Tournament to face North Dakota State on March 6 at 3 p.m. Under coach Jacie Hoyt, the Roos have had one of their best seasons. She led her team to a 22-7 record, tied for the most wins since 1991-1992. Even...

In front of a rowdy crowd last Thursday, a composed Kansas City Roos team bested South Dakota 72-63. Graduate guard Evan Gilyard II dominated the Coyotes defense in an impressive first half. With his step-back jumpers and ability to weave around defenders inside the paint,...

A well-prepared North Dakota State Bisons squad couldn’t stop the Kansas City Roos on Senior Night. The Roos turned up the intensity in the final minutes of Saturday’s game, cementing their 76-67 victory.  Graduate forward Brooklyn McDavid’s smooth fadeaway shot...

Graduate forward Kiara Bradley’s late-game heroics ended Oral Roberts’ comeback on Saturday, cementing the Roos 69-63 victory. The performance was one of Bradley’s best games this season. She led the way with 19 points (12 of her points came from the three-point line,...

The 13-9 Kansas City Roos faced the 8-12 St. Thomas Tommies for the first time in UMKC history on Thursday night. By the time the clock hit zero, however, both teams looked like classic rivals.  Kansas City’s first points came via Arkel Lamar’s three-point shot,...

From the moment senior guard Naomie Alnatas scored the first points of the game, Kansas City entered a classic slugfest against Western Illinois on Monday night.  Graduate forward Brooklyn McDavid led the way early with some impressive post moves and physicality to get...

In my many years of watching the Kansas City Chiefs play, I never felt the way I did Sunday night.  It was almost the end of the fourth quarter. The ever-so-athletic Josh Allen had delivered a deadly strike to his up-and-coming wide receiver Gabriel Davis. I got up from...

Before last Sunday’s bout between the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs, fans and analysts set expectations for both of these offenses.  The Cowboys’ offense, led by the fifth-year veteran Dak Prescott, was then surging against an uninspiring Atlanta Falcons’...

Before the Kansas City Chiefs’ 41-14 win against the Las Vegas Raiders, I wrote an article on Patrick Mahomes’ recent decline.  After gathering as much information as possible, I concluded that his poor play looked similar to his weaknesses in college. I wasn’t...

The Kansas City Chiefs megastar is no longer the golden standard.  While superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes bested the Green Bay Packers 13-7 this past Sunday, fans all across the Kingdom saw him make some irregular throws, conservative plays and minimal deep passes.  He...

After Aaron Rodgers was ruled out due to COVID-19, the Green Bay Packers announced that 2019 first-round pick Jordan Love would start in his first game. Fans expected the Kansas City Chiefs to make some significant changes to the playbook, but head coach Andy Reid said otherwise.  "They're...

Chiefs’ fans all across Kansas City set their eyes on Monday Night Football against the last-place New York Giants. After taking a terrible loss against the Tennessee Titans, many were losing faith in the team. That feeling hasn’t gone away. The Chiefs barely managed...

Kansas City bowed out of the regular season with a disappointing but encouraging 2-1 loss to Oral Roberts.  The match opened with a hot start by senior forward Emily Jensen. Within the first ten minutes, Jensen found the back of the net for the first and only Roos’...

After a hard-fought game against Western Illinois, Kansas City kept its head up and secured a win against St. Thomas on Sunday.  The match kicked off with an early goal attempt by St. Thomas, but Kansas City’s sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Caldwell found herself at...

Imagine if you had a best friend who recently got into improv. They invite you to watch a show that he’s been prepping for weeks. However, his entire show is terrible, but you still have to support him because you’ve been there for him since the beginning.  That’s...

Western Illinois contained the Roos’ inconsistent offense on Friday, squeezing in a mid-match goal to defeat Kansas City 1-0.  The match was a defensive slugfest, and Kansas City’s defense played their hearts out for the entire 90 minutes of play.  Throughout...

While a distressing first half spelled doom for the team, a miraculous second-half performance by the Kansas City Chiefs equated to a crucial win against the Washington Football Team. Here are some key takeaways from Sunday’s rollercoaster matchup. A tale of two teams As...

Kansas City’s defense and a game-winning goal allowed the team to soar past Omaha on Sunday, winning the match 2-1.  The game commenced with some bombastic energy from the Roos’ offense. Graduate student Kassi Ginther launched a screamer into the net and scored quickly...

Kansas City looked stifled on both sides of the field in Friday’s 6-1 loss against Denver.  The Roos’ defense tripped up within the first two minutes, and Denver was poised to score in an instant. Luckily, sophomore goalie Mackenzie Caldwell made a crucial save to...

The Kansas City Chiefs continue to make mistakes and were dismantled by a mighty Buffalo Bills team in Sunday’s 20-38 loss. Here are some takeaways and some thoughts on Sunday’s abysmal matchup.  Mahomes is no longer best in the league Star quarterback Patrick...

Kansas City’s lamented offense once again could not find the back of the net once on Sunday, closing at the scoreless weekend with a 0-1 loss to South Dakota. The Coyotes came out strong from the jump. They executed a counterattack in the fourth minute and scored a goal...

Kansas City dropped Friday’s match to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits in a 0-1 defeat.  The first 15 minutes showed promise for the offense and the remastered squad, where they attempted five total shots while keeping South Dakota State scoreless. In that timespan,...

The fall season has commenced. That’s right, folks, it’s time to bring out the pumpkin spice lattes and the nifty sweaters. Most of all, it’s time to pull out those classic seasonal playlists. While some might enjoy songs that mention this fabulous season in their lyrics,...

Kansas City’s women’s soccer found its stride over the weekend, nabbing back-to-back victories in the first matches of Summit League play.  The series opened with Friday’s matchup against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks. Kansas City started hot, and the team attempted...

The Kansas City Chiefs had a field day on offense Sunday, racking up 471 yards in their 42-30 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. With big plays by both sides of the football, here are some key takeaways. Offense added a new dimension A lifeless running game has...

As a “cheesemonger” for the Better Cheddar, a local cheese shop on the Country Club Plaza, getting to meet customers is a staple of my position. During a normal work day, about one of every three customers break the store’s mask policy — these are often the usual suspects...

The expectations were high for the Kansas City Chiefs this week. After a brutal loss to the Baltimore Ravens, there was an assumption that the team would defeat the Los Angeles Chargers.  However, the Chiefs’ poor play instead led to a massive 30-24 loss to the Chargers....

The Kansas City Chiefs could not stop Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens rushing attack as they lost 35-36 on Sunday night. Here are some key takeaways from the Chiefs' first loss of the season. Run defense is a liability The Chiefs were able to make some big plays...

Kansas City’s women’s soccer team fell to the Drake Bulldogs on Friday in a tough 2-0 loss. For the first 45 minutes of play, Drake’s stout defense kept the Roos stifled while Kansas City did an excellent job on the defensive side of the ball Roos sophomore goalkeeper...

In a game of defensive prowess, Kansas City men’s soccer managed to squeeze in a goal in the 80th minute to defeat the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Cougars. During the wild matchup Kansas City had multiple chances to score, starting with a penalty kick by sophomore...

As the NFL prepares itself for yet another season, teams like the Kansas City Chiefs must trim their roster to 53 total players. Here is a look at some surprising departures, expected cuts and players the Chiefs could bring in to bolster the squad.  Surprising cuts One...

10. 1986: breaking the bad streak Prior to the ‘86 season, the Chiefs were downright bad. Kansas City was always in the bottom part of their division, and the team had not been to the playoffs since the Hank Stram era. In the 15 years since they last entered the playoffs,...

Kansas City took advantage of the Western Illinois pitchers on Saturday, leading to back-to-back victories in the four-game stretch.  The Roos offense was clicking on all fronts, resulting in two masterful games. In the first game, both teams were scoreless through two...

In a two-game series against South Dakota, Kansas City softball relied on a surging offense but could not capitalize defensively, winning only one game.  After facing the likes of Wichita State and Kansas, the Roos were tasked with defeating the South Dakota Coyotes...

Kansas City women’s soccer laid two giant goose eggs against #39 ranked Denver earlier this week, failing to score in either of their two games. The Roos unfortunately end their season on a 4-12-1 record.  The Roos once again could not keep up with their opponent offensively,...

Recently, the sports world has been going through immense changes in reconciling with its history of discrimination. Coaches who are women are becoming common in sports that are male dominated. More men and women have come out and are proud of how they identify. Hell, people...

Kansas City had a so-so free agency, failing to bring in multiple free agent targets. Aside from signing Joe Thuney, Jarran Reed, Kyle Long and others, no one wanted to sign with Kansas City.  The Chiefs missed out on players like JuJu Smith-Schuster, Trent Williams...

Kansas City played a total of 110 minutes and the defense was in the zone during Friday’s soccer match. The offense, however, was a different story.  This game was a reminder of how the Roos need to step it up on offense. From Feb. 28 to March 20, Kansas City had a...

At the beginning of free agency, the Chiefs had some clear decisions to make. Kansas City got rid of both offensive tackles and lost a couple key players. A few days later, the Chiefs managed to fill in some of their many needs. With that in mind, here are some of the recent...

After the Kansas City Chiefs surprised the NFL with the release of starting tackles Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported hours later that former starting center Austin Reiter is expected to find another team in free agency.  These...

After accepting the invitation to the Hall of Fame Tournament, Kansas City’s softball team delivered a huge win in the first of two games on Friday. They beat the University of Houston 9-3, where offense was the name of the game. But then came the best team in the nation. Facing...