Greg Echlin
Sports ReporterSports have an economic and social impact on our community and, as a sports reporter, I go beyond the scores and statistics. I also bring the human element to the sports figures who have a hand in shaping the future of not only their respective teams but our town. Reach me at gregechlin@aol.com.
Ever since setting foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, I've loved the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, I worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. I moved to Kansas City in 1984 and have been here covering sports ever since. Through the years, I have covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games.
With my high metabolism rate, I'm able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when I'm not running around on the sports scene. I love desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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El domingo Patrick Mahomes y los Chiefs defenderán su campeonato de la AFC contra los Ravens de Baltimore. A pesar de sus problemas en la temporada regular, sigue viva la probabilidad de que los Chiefs ganen otro Super Bowl de forma consecutiva.
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Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs will defend their AFC championship Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. Despite their regular-season woes, the Chiefs' chances for back-to-back Super Bowl wins are still alive.
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Wilkinson was fired from a previous leadership role in women's professional soccer over multiple investigations, including into the sexual misconduct of a former Portland Thorns coach. Kansas City first announced him as sporting director last week, to the quick consternation of many fans.
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Before Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen made their names as ball-slingers who could also sprint, Bobby Douglass and Steve Grogan were using their legs to find ways to win football games.
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This weekend's playoff matchup is reigniting memories of a 1971 divisional game that included two overtimes and more than 22 minutes of extra time.
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Kansas City's road to the NFL Playoffs wasn't easy, but it still set them up for a chance to defend their Super Bowl title. As the Chiefs prepare to take on the Miami Dolphins during Wild Card Weekend, here's everything you need to get up to date on the season.
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University of Kansas Athletics hired four law firms to handle an NCAA investigation that dragged on for six years. In one month alone, more than 15 lawyers at four firms around the country worked on the case.
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For the second year in a row, the Tigers, Jayhawks and Wildcats have all been selected for postseason bowl games. Mizzou's team picked up the most desirable invite, from the Cotton Bowl Classic.
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With Patrick Mahomes at the helm, the Chiefs have come remarkably close to five Super Bowl appearances in a row — only a few key penalties stood in the way. Football experts say, with NFL competition as tough as ever, maintaining a dynasty requires a keen attention to detail and some tough decisions.
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The 20-year-old Grain Valley native, who trained in Blue Springs, said on social media last week that a toxic coaching environment at the University of Utah negatively affected her mental health. “The abuse often happened in individual coach-athlete meetings," she wrote.