{"podcast":{"title":"SportsBeat KC","slug":"sportsbeat-kc-706810","podcast_index_feed_id":706810,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/14052/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/sportsbeatkc?selected=MCCLATCHY6638053640","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/14052/images/9dbca7dd-6fd0-4b99-8978-91b840aa6af0/SportsBeatKC-Tile.jpg","author":"KCUR and The Kansas City Star (webeditors@kcstar.com)","episode_count":1302,"summary":"Kansas City’s biggest sports stories of the week, for the diehards and the casual fans alike. A podcast covering the Chiefs, Royals, Sporting, Current, Missouri and Kansas college teams, and more. Hosted by longtime Kansas City Star sports reporter Blair Kerkhoff and produced by KCUR Studios.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T06:18:38.090330+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810"},"episode":{"title":"Did Chiefs strike gold with Kenneth Walker? Grading Chiefs’ start to free agency","slug":"did-chiefs-strike-gold-with-kenneth-walker-grading-chiefs-start-to-free-agency","published_at":"2026-03-10T16:59:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810/did-chiefs-strike-gold-with-kenneth-walker-grading-chiefs-start-to-free-agency","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_14052_3704ca3e-93b9-442f-a1da-4dc96b75aaff&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F14052%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/D4A77F/dovetail.prxu.org/14052/3704ca3e-93b9-442f-a1da-4dc96b75aaff/sbkc_03102026_gl_v2.mp3","summary":"Free agency quickly impacted the Chiefs from the opening minutes Monday. It was reported that the team had signed Super Bowl MVP running back Kenneth Walker, while resigning star tight end Travis Kelce. But with major additions also came subtractions. Gone are cornerback Jaylen Watson (Rams), safety Bryan Cook (Bengals) and backup quarterback Gardner Minshew (Cardinals). How did the Chiefs fare overall? Columnists Sam McDowell and Vahe Gregorian shared their thoughts on SportsBeat KC, the sports podcast of The Star and KCUR. Also, the Big 12 tournament arrives in Kansas City and Missouri heads to the SEC tournament in Nashville. What are the prospects for KU, K-State and Mizzou this week? Rundown (timestamps are approximate) 1:25 — Did Chiefs overpay in signing Walker? 9:25 — Travis Kelce’s return 20:20 — KU & Mizzou’s chances in the Big 12 & SEC tournaments 33:01 — What else is on Blair’s radar?","meta_description":"Free agency quickly impacted the Chiefs from the opening minutes Monday. It was reported that the team had signed Super Bowl MVP running back Kenneth Walk…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2021,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sportsbeat-kc-706810/episodes/did-chiefs-strike-gold-with-kenneth-walker-grading-chiefs-start-to-free-agency/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810/did-chiefs-strike-gold-with-kenneth-walker-grading-chiefs-start-to-free-agency.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}