{"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":"KC moves closer to new downtown ballpark for Royals. But these questions remain","slug":"kc-moves-closer-to-new-downtown-ballpark-for-royals-but-these-questions-remain","published_at":"2026-04-14T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810/kc-moves-closer-to-new-downtown-ballpark-for-royals-but-these-questions-remain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_14052_b4067af3-a41a-4325-b9c5-0b75fb1cadb5&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/b4067af3-a41a-4325-b9c5-0b75fb1cadb5/sbkc_04142026_gl_.mp3","summary":"Kansas City has detailed plans for a new Royals ballpark at Washington Square Park, offering to contribute $600 million to the stadium’s $1.9 billion price tag. Is this the Royals’ future? Well, a few questions remain. Star columnist Sam McDowell, who helped break the news of the stadium proposal, identified what obstacles may lie ahead on SportsBeat KC, the sports podcast of The Star and KCUR (89.3 FM). Also, a talent drain is taking shape on the Kansas basketball program. Seven players have already entered the transfer portal, with just one announcing that he was staying. And no player from another program has announced he was joining the Jayhawks. KU beat writer Shreyas Laddha discusses why for the second straight year, KU seems to be playing catch-up in the portal. Rundown (timestamps are approximate) 1:15 — Is the downtown ballpark actually happening? 7:00 — What would the nearby stadium district look like? 11:55 — KU’s transfer portal madness 26:22 - What else is on Blair’s radar?","meta_description":"Kansas City has detailed plans for a new Royals ballpark at Washington Square Park, offering to contribute $600 million to the stadium’s $1.9 billion pric…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1703,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sportsbeat-kc-706810/episodes/kc-moves-closer-to-new-downtown-ballpark-for-royals-but-these-questions-remain/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/kc-moves-closer-to-new-downtown-ballpark-for-royals-but-these-questions-remain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}