Greg Echlin
Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games.
With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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Chuck Dobson was a high school player at De La Salle High School and went on to pitch a home opener for the Kansas City A's. -
Kansas staged a 16-point comeback, the largest in NCAA championship history, to best North Carolina in New Orleans.
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The Kansas Jayhawks had the greatest comeback in national championship history. They beat the University of North Carolina 72-69.
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Kansas ripped away from Villanova from the jump. Jayhawk fans reveled in the chance to play North Carolina on Monday for the NCAA men's basketball championship.
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It’s the first time the team is headed to the Final Four since 2018, and an off-season transfer was the final piece to the Jayhawks’ success.
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The all-time leading scorer for Northwest Missouri State University and an NCAA national player of the year, Trevor Hudgins of Manhattan, Kansas, is raising his team's chances for a third straight NCAA Division II national championship.
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Among the American athletes competing this year is a former Navy Seal who lost his legs in Afghanistan because of a roadside bomb explosion.
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While the Chiefs dominated the first half, the Bengals staged an impressive comeback to win the AFC Championship 27-24 in overtime. Unlike last game, Kansas City couldn't capitalize on winning the coin toss.
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Buck O'Neil, the late Negro Leagues first baseman, manager and Major League Baseball coach, had been overlooked for past induction — a point of contention for a long time.
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Marty Schottenheimer holds the NFL record for most games won without getting to the Super Bowl.
