women's sports

The Kansas City Current lost to season rival the Orlando Pride in a 2-3 semifinal loss, but broke records in its first season in a history-making stadium on the riverfront.

For decades, Kansas City only had a single women's rugby team. Inspired partly by the U.S. Olympic team's success, interest in the sport has grown enough to form a second team — and this weekend, they'll play against each other for the first time.

Kansas City has lots of women’s sports fans and soon, they’ll have a dedicated space to watch matches together. The Dub, the first dedicated bar for women's sports in the state of Missouri, plans to open this year around the corner from the Kansas City Public Library downtown.

Pubs that pledge to play only women’s athletics have taken off around the country as women’s professional and collegiate leagues have seen their fanbases grow. The Dub, Kansas City's entry into the market, will open around the corner from the Kansas City Public Library’s Central branch.

Half of this year's Team USA shotgun trapshooters hail from within an hour of Kansas City. Army Staff Sgt. Rachel Tozier grew up competing in rural Pattonsburg, Missouri, to the north. Derrick Main was raised on a family farm in Walnut, Kansas, to the south.

A survey of Kansas high schools and major universities failed to find an instance where someone was turned away from a sport because of the 2023 law. But it may have had a chilling effect discouraging transgender athletes from trying out in the first place.

KMBC 9 will air a new documentary about the Kansas City Current's historic new stadium, the first ever built for a women's sport. "A Pitch Fit For A Queen" is set to broadcast on April 10th.

The Current opened the National Women's Soccer League season with a win in the team's new Berkley riverfront stadium. It's the first in the world built for a women's professional soccer team.

The Current will take on the Portland Thorns in the first-ever match at CPKC Stadium on Kansas City's Berkley Riverfront, the first arena constructed specifically for a professional women's sports team.

After two years of construction, the Kansas City Current is about to take to the pitch for a historic home opener in the first ever stadium built expressly for a women's sport. KCUR's Up To Date spoke with diehard supporters to hear how they're preparing for the team's opener against Portland on Saturday.

Sowers is having a tough time deciding who to cheer for during the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Sowers, a Kansas native, was on the 49ers coaching staff during the 2020 Super Bowl, but the following year she was coaching with the Chiefs.

Kansas City first announced Gavin Wilkinson as sporting director earlier this month, leading to a quick outcry from fans. Wilkinson was fired from a previous job as a women's soccer team president after multiple misconduct investigations, including his handling of sexual harassment allegations.