Written by Kansas City Guard Will Shields retires at End Zone Buzz
Courtesy "Will to Succeed" Foundation Will Shields is by many standards the best offensive guard in the history of the National Football League. This may seem like hyperbole, but if you ask running backs Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson and a slew of Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks, most of them won't hesitate when confirming this declaration. Shields, who is retiring after 14 seasons in the NFL, is leaving a huge void on [...] Read More
Kansas City Chiefs 2007 NFL training camp preview at End Zone Buzz
Anzlyzing the Kansas City Chiefs As Larry Johson goes, so go the Kansas City Chiefs. At least in theory. The surprising chiefs reached the 2006 NFL playoffs, winning a tie-break over the Denver Broncos. This run-first, run-often team would have handed the ball to the overworked Johnson every single play, if possible. Instead, when starting quarterback Trent Green was lost for the season with a severe head injury, the Chiefs turned [...] Read More
Larry Johnson is NFL’s best pure runner at End Zone Buzz
Wikimedia Commons End Zone Buzz continues its series on the NFL's Best with the best pure runner. Unlike most Heisman Trophy candidates and college superstars, Larry Johnson did not burst onto the NFL scene. Johnson, who was a yard-eating machine at Penn State, languished on the bench in his first two seasons in Kansas City, carrying the ball only 140 times. Of course, the Chiefs had Priest Holmes, who was widely considered the [...] Read More
Kansas City’s Jazz Scene at Hidden Travel Gems
Kansas City was the epicenter of the 1930s jazz revolution. The standard big band styles of The Roaring Twenties gave way to the more improvisational sounds of Bebop. How did this non-descript, mid-sized American city become a mecca for musicians who were among the most forward thinking in their day? The city's leaders ignored liquor laws and did not enforce any sort of restrictions on closing times. Jazz artists came [...] Read More
Eddie Johnson Joins Kansas City Wizards at The Soccer Weblog
source: getakickoutofreading.org Big news in MLS is that FC Dallas has traded Eddie Johnson to Kansas City Wizards for two draft picks. 21 year old Johnson has 8 goals in 10 appearances for the national team, and if the name doesn't sound familiar now, then it probably will after the World Cup. His pace, power and eye for goal make him a constant threat, and as long as he steers clear of [...] Read More
