That's the message from Kansas Governor, Mark Parkinson, to the Wizards and OnGoal in regards to the STAR Bond deal the state offered the team. If the Wizards are going to be building at the location out at the Legends, it'll be using the $230 million package that the state of Kansas has presented. Parkinson announced today that the deal they offered to the Wizards was final. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards are still working with the state of Kansas to get the approval of the state government to get the STAR Bond extension approved. Robb Heineman has been spending plenty of time lately in Topeka talking up the project to the state government. The team is now looking for fans to contact the state of Kansas and their legislators to talk up the development. Click to continue reading...

Dave Tenney, the Kansas City Wizards soccer team fitness coach, discusses his training routines. ""My background, what makes what I do a little bit unique, is that I came to this position originally just as an istant coach. A sports coach and not a strength conditioning guy. As an itant coach I [. Click to continue reading...

Kansas City Wizards head coach Curt Onalfo will be looking to finishing practice after his teams defeat to Toronto FC. "I thought Toronto FC played an extremely competitive game," said Onalfo after his teams 1-0 defeat. "Games like this they often come down to a play or two which usually decides the game.

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Someday you will be in Kansas
Towns the size of small anthills
The smell of cow shit
Someday in Kansas
You will grow lonely for a game
Of pickup
Past the railroad tracks
In the back of a park
On an uneven field
Long sticks for goal posts
Run
Move it with your left foot
Charge the ball in the air
In Southwest Kansas
You can play with
el Salvadorians, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans
Beers, loud music, open containers
A Kansas wind behind you
The greeting is the key:
A quick hand slap
and quickly
A solid fist bump
The quick hand slap
The solid fist bump
The quick hand slap
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Yesterday President Barack Obama repealed the Mexico City Policy - the infamous gag rule that pulled funding from health care providers who offered (or even just talked about) certain health care options for women.  Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.  Obama's Day Three ... was a mixed bag, reminding me that change is a process [. Click to continue reading...

Here's just a quick piece from The Huffington Post, highlighting a Robin Roberts interview with Elizabeth Edwards about her commitment to work with the Obama team - especially focusing on health care issues. Meanwhile Charlie Black's disturbing statement quoted in Fortune Magazine has raised lots of eyebrows. Click to continue reading...

Only a couple moves to update here on this list. The Harris to Chivas deal and then an another Red Bull retires. I fully expect this to start picking after the New Year. Between now and then as you all know is a little slower than we'd all like. But I can tell you there [...] Click to continue reading...

The Wizards will be moving to the Community America Ballpark for the next 2 season. The 5 year old ballpark is home to a minor league baseball team in Kansas City, Kansas. Community America Ballpark had a record attendance at only 10,345. Most MLS teams have a higher average attendace than that, but the Wizards are usually at or towards the bottom of the attendance numbers list.

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Readers who like to characterise MLS as a Mickey Mouse league (don't be shy about it, folks) have a little more ammunition today as the poor old Kansas City Wizards announced their home for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. From playing in the absurdly large Arrowhead Stadium (home to the NFL's Chiefs), the [...] Click to continue reading...