"England are in talks over a behind-closed-doors game against Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City after the World Cup opener against Croatia." #SportingKC
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KANSAS CITY IS LOVING ARGENTINA 🇦🇷
KC firefighters greeted Argentina fans who are in town for their team's World Cup opener vs. Algeria, where they’ll begin their campaign to become back-to-back champions 🏆
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Mo Abualnadi, graduate of @bvhs_tigers, takes the field with the Jordan National Team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup today! ⚽️🏆🏟️
Abualnadi is just the second Kansan ever to play in the FIFA World Cup, joining Blue Valley West's Matt Besler. Best of luck to Mo and Jordan as they make their historic tournament debut!
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📸: Mohammad Abualnadi
Today in Rock History
June 16, 1967
The first Monterey International Pop Festival kicks off at the County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California, featuring acts like The Who, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and The Animals. Widely seen as the start of the “Summer of Love,” it sets the stage for future rock festivals.
ROCKY II was released 47 years ago today.
Bill Conti’s “Gonna Fly Now” became so popular that it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Few movie themes have become as inseparable from a character as Rocky’s iconic training anthem.
I just saw a magazine that ranks the best 500 albums of all time. I flipped through it long enough to find #7 was Hounds of Love by Kate Bush. This is like ranking the top 500 baseball players of all time and putting Buddy Biancalana at #7.
On this date in 2014 the great Casey Kasem passed away at the age of 82.
BITE-SIZED FACT | As a kid who didn’t know his work from voicing Shaggy and Robin, among others and a little program called American Top 40. #80s
On this date in 1979, “Rocky II” starring Sylvester Stallone premiered in theaters.
BITE-SIZED FACT | The boxing sequel grossed over $200 million globally.
On this day in 1775, Congress establishes the Continental Army to defend the 13 Colonies. Before finally being disbanded in 1783, it will reach a peak strength of 80,000 men.
For more about America's first army, see: https://t.co/OgpS8hzIdc