Tag Archives: Joe Posnanski

Hearne: The Case for KU-Wichita State Not Being a Rivalry

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Hearne Christopher Jr.

If there’s one thing sportswriters are good at, it’s pocket pool… In a manner of speaking. Because day in, day out they have lots of time to feign high drama and provocative insight for the jock sniffers of the world. … Continue reading →

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Hearne: Posnanski was Right; NCAA Sells Out on Paterno Deal

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Hearne Christopher Jr.

Turns out Joe Posnanski was a prophet… Three years ago the former Kansas City Star sports columnist took a ton of heat for his puff piece biography of disgraced Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. You know, the dude who turned the … Continue reading →

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Hearne: ‘Losers’ @ Sports Illustrated Forecast Royals Rumble

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Hearne Christopher Jr.

Does Sports Illustrated still matter? A handful of years back the editor at the Kansas City Star told me in no uncertain terms that it did not. It was a joke, the dying embers of an outdated dream. Seems SI had … Continue reading →

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Hearne: Star vs. Star & The Winner Is…

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Hearne Christopher Jr.

It’s really quite surreal watching playoff baseball and seeing dudes with the words “Kansas City” etched across their chests…. I can’t think of any sport – with the possible exception of curling or log rolling – I’ve watched less of … Continue reading →

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Hearne: Woe Be to the KC Star if it Loses Sam Mellinger

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Hearne Christopher Jr.

In journalism – as in most businesses – everybody is is expendable… In the case of the Kansas City Star, one need only flash back six years to when frontline columnists Joe Posnanski, Jason Whitlock and myself were practically the face of the … Continue reading →

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Hearne: The Sad State of the Union @ The Kansas City Star

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Hearne Christopher Jr.

Late last year, I took some personal innovatory…  Having written numerous stories about the Kansas City Star since my departure in late 2008 as one of the hundreds and hundreds that have been laid off since the dramatic downturn in both the economy and the … Continue reading →

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