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Bad-boy Bearcats used to fighting against the world By Pat Forde Special to ESPN.com Aggrieved and injured, the Cincinnati Bearcats may have been backed into the corner theyve been longing for all season. Bob Huggins and his teams have always seemed more comfortable with a chip on their shoulders. All teams nowadays moan about a "lack of respect," but Huggins crew hungered for disrespect and used it as fuel for its furious style of play. The coach tends to be in his element when hes in combat -...

Published March 17th, 2021 at 6:00 AM WATSON, Mo. — Trey Garst hops into his black Chevy pick-up truck at 8 a.m. on a Thursday morning. Heavy metal blares from his speakers as he sips water out of his large silver thermos. “Most people think because you’re a farmer that you like country music,” Garst says. “I like metal.” He talks about Corey Taylor, lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour, while pulling out his phone to play a YouTube video of the singer’s “Wicke...

About $600 Million in Rental Assistance Coming in Kansas, Missouri About $600 Million in Rental Assistance Coming in Kansas, Missouri Help Getting the Rent Paid Share this story Published March 16th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Kansas City organizations are mounting a virtual meeting this Friday to help landlords and tenants tap into emergency rental assistance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo | Unsplash) Get the rent p...

Tap List | Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Kansas City Style Tap List | Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Kansas City Style Have Fun, Drink Responsibly Share this story Published March 16th, 2021 at 11:00 AM Above image credit: Just embrace the green. Embrace it, we say. (Gregory Bull | AP File) There’s so much lore surrounding St. Patrick’s Day. Did you know, for instance, that Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, never...

curiousKC | Flexible School Schedules May Become New Normal curiousKC | Flexible School Schedules May Become New Normal Pandemic Exposed Need for Educators to Innovate for Working Families Share this story Published March 15th, 2021 at 11:30 AM Above image credit: COVID-19 has forced schools to embrace alternative schedules. (Photo | Unsplash) For some parents, fatigue is cresting as they carry the burden of being a breadwinner and monitor...

Robert Moore Reclaims His Freeform Radio Roots at 90.9 The Bridge Robert Moore Reclaims His Freeform Radio Roots at 90.9 The Bridge I Cant Describe How Lucky I Feel Share this story Published March 12th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: A red vinyl album spins on a turntable. (Emily Woodring | Flatland) He likes to call it his “little music show.” Even so, Robert Moore’s “Sonic Spectrum,” a show as admirably accessible to the ...

Meet Two Kansas Women Who Helped Integrate South Park Elementary School Meet Two Kansas Women Who Helped Integrate South Park Elementary School Johnson County Case Came Before Brown v. Board of Education “Schools shouldn’t be for color. They should be for the children.” These were the words of school teacher Corinthian Nutter during her legendary fight against the state of Kansas to integrate South Park Elementary School in Merriam. Nutter linked arms with white Jewish housewife Esther Br...

Tap List | A Very Brief History of Women in Brewing Tap List | A Very Brief History of Women in Brewing Knowledge is Power Share this story Published March 9th, 2021 at 11:00 AM Above image credit: Servaes Brewing Co. was founded by Courtney Servaes in 2012. (Courtesy | Servaes Brewing Co.) To say that women have contributed to the history of beer would be a radical understatement. Did you know that the ancient Sumerians venerated Ninkasi,...

KC Symphony Moving to Webster House, New Movement for Old School KC Symphony Moving to Webster House, New Movement for Old School Historic Building Closed Last Year Due to Pandemic Share this story Published March 5th, 2021 at 7:43 AM Above image credit: The Webster House opened as a school in 1885 and was renovated by the Helzberg family to become a restaurant and antique shop in 2002. (Kevin Collison | CitySceneKC) The historic Webster H...

Recalling ‘Cactus’ Jack Call, the Man Patsy Cline Came to KC to Honor Tribute Show for Country Music DJ Was Clines Final Performance Share this story Published March 4th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Mildred Keith shot the famous "last photograph" of Patsy Cline. (Contributed | Keith family) Almost everybody knows the Patsy Cline-comes-to-Kansas City story. Fewer people know the “Cactus” Jack Call story. Cline died on March ...