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Roos Softball struggles in 2025 season

Roos Softball struggles in 2025 season

Jazmin Romo, Staff Writer
April 20, 2025

  Kansas City’s softball team has struggled so far this season.    The team currently sits at 4-28 on the season, 1-8 in conference play and last in the Summit League standings. The Roos are a far cry from the 28-31 record that it held last season.    This could...

Kasey the Kangroo, UMKC's mascot, does the "roo up" hand sign at a KC Current pop-up on campus.

UMKC to spend nearly $3.4 million on pro sport team partnerships

  UMKC has promised to spend a minimum of $3.4 million in partnerships with Kansas City professional sports teams over the next four years. These deals are aimed at promoting the school and offering unique experiences for some students.    These contracts name UMKC as...

UMKC cheerleaders in action at the Swinney Recreation Center.

Fueled by student fees, KC Athletics reports a revenue of nearly $16 million in 2024

Adriauna Barger, Staff Writer
March 14, 2025

  In 2024, the UMKC athletic department, Kansas City Athletics, brought in almost $16 million. Over 22% of that came from student fees.   While almost $3.6 million came from student fees, only $121,080 came from ticket and concession sales.    Similar to UMKC, Missouri...

Senior accounting major Lily Hay shows off the UMKC and Royals co-branded jersey from 2023 UMKC Night at The K.

The Royals begin Spring training but are UMKC students catching the action?

Jazmin Romo, Staff Writer
March 1, 2025

 The Kansas City Royals had their first spring training game on Friday against the Texas Rangers and UMKC students are eager to see the team defy expectations once again  The 2024 Major League Baseball season was a significant year for Kansas City Royals fans with the team...

Vintage Negro League World Series posters.

Kansas City Royals Foundation celebrates Black History Month by offering free admission to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Kowthar Shire, Intern
February 15, 2025

For the fourth February in a row, the Kansas City Royals Foundation is sponsoring free admission to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) for all who want to visit.   The partnership, which is in honor of Black History Month, helped the museum welcome more than 16,000...

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