Chuck

Jayhawk Enthusiast

[Jeffrey Flanagan @FlannyMLB]

The Royals truly must sell their assets before the deadline and refocus on building toward the 27-28-29 seasons leading into 2030 and the new stadium. 2024 was nice but chasing that success is a fool’s gold. Start with seeing if Cruz is your closer of the future. Nothing to lose.

[gceagle @GCEagle14]

A lot of kids with IEPs are just assholes who don’t know consequences and the parents don’t want to try.

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

Thank you, Kansas City! 🙌

[Patrick Mahomes II @PatrickMahomes]

Let’s goo!!! 💣💣

[Bob Fescoe @bobfescoe]

Maybe losing in the World Cup in 2026 will be what changes youth sports in America. Parents are tired of being ripped off so their kid can play a sport. Its time for Youth Sports Reform. Parents incomes should NOT determine if a kid can play a sport.

[Chuck @chuckconnor_]

Need to sub on another midfielder or change the formation here at half. This system isn’t working. Lucky to still be in this thing.

[Ellen Carmichael @ellencarmichael]

The most interesting part of the red card saga isn't the ruling. It's how differently Americans and Europeans process the idea that they might have been wronged.

Europeans are fundamentally different from Americans in one particular way: they expect life to be aggravating and at times unfair. It's just a fact of moving through the world. I joke that in Europe, the customer is always wrong. You didn't read the fine print. The only pharmacy in town is closed every other Tuesday for three hours, and even if the times weren't posted, that's still your problem. Too bad if you want the bill, because the waiter's on his union-mandated half-hour smoke break, and you're just going to have to wait.

To quote the great Mark Knopfler: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. There's something freeing in that. Things are less in your control, so there's less angst in managing your expectations.

In America, things couldn't be more different. We simply can't accept a wrong left unrighted.

The flight attendant sneezed handing you a drink on your one-hour flight? 15,000 frequent flyer miles. Didn't like your appetizer? A replacement is on the way, and the whole course comes off the bill. There's a reason our interstates are lined with trial lawyer billboards.

Europeans have turned complaining into a continental pastime with no expectation that the universe owes them a remedy for their grief. You gripe about the train being late, your friends nod solemnly and everyone goes back to their apéro. In America, we launch a full-blown investigation of the train system, sue the government (and its contractors) that allowed for the tardiness and hold a Congressional hearing on the state of national infrastructure.

So to an objective observer, the red card shouldn't have happened, and VAR was a travesty. To Americans, our star player shouldn't be unfairly banned from a match we couldn't afford to lose for a card he so obviously didn't deserve.

Who cares that FIFA used a little-used reversal to fix it. Who cares that other people are mad about it. We. Were. Wronged. It was unjust. It must be corrected. We would accept nothing less.

Europeans waxing poetic about the sanctity of the game are, of course, talking about a governing body whose last tournament host was decided via confirmed cash bribes — one that imposed dress codes on women, shrugged off widespread allegations of modern slavery and reconfigured the entire tournament calendar to suit the host country. Which is exactly the point. If you've made peace with all of that, at least enough to watch the tournament four years later, a probationary suspension isn't actually a scandal.

Maybe that's the real divide. Over millennia, Europeans have made peace with being the bug. Americans have never once considered it, and apparently, we're not about to start now.

[Chuck @chuckconnor_]

Tonight is our World Cup final. Quarterfinals were always the goal, and anything beyond that is a bonus. 🇺🇸

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

So to recap what happened with the USMNT:

• Balogun received a bogus red card
• VAR protocol isn't followed (no slow-mo)
• Trump calls Infantino to ask about the process
• US Soccer lawyers preapre & submit an appeal

FIFA's independent 18-person disciplinary committee then met, approved the appeal, and told Balogun he could play in Monday's match against Belgium.

That's what everyone is complaining about?

All rules were followed, and that same process is open to every other country. The only difference is everyone knows the red card was a mistake to begin with.

[Cranky Federalist @CrankyFed]

Your pub's flag isn't on the moon

[DawgProcess (Devon Witherspoon Supporter) @DLock4MVP]

Hasn’t been a red all fucking tournament btw

[MatchReport @MatchReportH]

🚨🇺🇸 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Malik Tillman’s Stunning Free Kick

“That is why football is beautiful. You lose a player, everyone expects you to suffer, but then one man walks over the ball with ice in his veins. Tillman didn’t just score a free kick—he killed Bosnia’s belief. The wall was there, the goalkeeper was ready, but perfection doesn’t ask for permission. It simply happens. That is world-class.”

“People think free kicks are about power. No. They are about personality. The ball listens only to players who have complete confidence in themselves. Tillman struck it like he already knew where it was going before his foot touched it. That’s not luck—that’s elite quality.”

“When you are down to ten men, every goal counts double because it crushes the opponent’s spirit. Bosnia thought they had life after the red card. Then Tillman reminded them that one moment of brilliance is enough to finish a World Cup tie. That’s the difference between surviving… and dominating.” 👑

#USABIH

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

ELECTRIC reactions in Kansas City to Malik Tillman's free kick goal ⚡️

[Danny Parkins @DannyParkins]

KC can add highest rated World Cup market to highest rated Olympics market to highest rated local market for a World Series to only market that’s top 5 for college hoops and top 20 for college football.

Just a great, great sports town.

[Chuck @chuckconnor_]

Fire Quatraro @Royals

[JayhawkFocus @JayhawkFocus]

Rockstar could’ve made the ultimate edition $150 and I would still buy it. The game will be playable and updated for 15yrs. This is an absolute steal all things considered.

Also means other gaming companies shouldn’t increase their games to $80. Not every game is worth that.

[Chuck @chuckconnor_]

The NCAA is in such a bad state and I don’t see it getting better anytime in the near future. Sad.

[Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops]

One source very close to Dusty May on the main reason(s) he left Michigan for the NBA:

1) "The state of college basketball and not knowing what it's going to look like tomorrow, in a month or in 5 years."

2) "The organization and the chance to coach Cooper Flagg."

[Piper Optimist Club @PiperOptimistKC]

🏌️‍♂️ Registration is OPEN for the 11th Annual Piper Optimist Golf⛳️

📅 Date: Sunday, August 30th, 2026
⏰ Time: Check-in 11:45 AM | Shotgun Start 1:00 PM

🔗 Register Here: https://t.co/1PKkByJnQE

[Kansas Jayhawks @KUAthletics]

The power of the World Cup 🔥

@Mahrez22 kicking a field goal at The Booth 👀