{"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":"What’s next after K-State fired Jerome Tang? Plus, how KC became a World Cup hub","slug":"what-s-next-after-k-state-fired-jerome-tang-plus-how-kc-became-a-world-cup-hub","published_at":"2026-02-17T17:49:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810/what-s-next-after-k-state-fired-jerome-tang-plus-how-kc-became-a-world-cup-hub","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_14052_4baa7213-3d0a-477f-afe9-5363ca77cd32&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/14052/4baa7213-3d0a-477f-afe9-5363ca77cd32/sbkc_02172026_gl_mixdown.mp3","summary":"When it comes to FIFA World Cup base camps, Kansas City can flex. Three of the world’s top-seven teams — Argentina, England and Netherlands — have made it official: They’re summer camping in KC. On SportsBeat KC, the sports podcast of The Star and KCUR, columnist Sam McDowell explains how Kansas City created the conditions to land those teams — and what it means to have them and their fans coming to the Heartland. Also, Kansas State reporter Kellis Robinett goes inside the coaching change at K-State. Jerome Tang is out, and the Wildcats are in the market for a new men’s basketball coach. Complicating matters: Tang was fired with cause for postgame press conference comments, and he plans to fight the school for his $18.67 million buy out. 1:07 — Why England, Argentina and the Netherlands chose KC 9:37 — The barbecue restaurant that lured Argentina to KC 16:58 — Did K-State make the right call in firing Jerome Tang? 29:36 - What’s on Blair’s radar this week","meta_description":"When it comes to FIFA World Cup base camps, Kansas City can flex. Three of the world’s top-seven teams — Argentina, England and Netherlands — have made it…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1834,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sportsbeat-kc-706810/episodes/what-s-next-after-k-state-fired-jerome-tang-plus-how-kc-became-a-world-cup-hub/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/what-s-next-after-k-state-fired-jerome-tang-plus-how-kc-became-a-world-cup-hub.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}