Nobody knows the inside story of why CIA Director John Ratcliffe was in Moscow Tuesday but while he was, 5 "Doomsday Planes" were in they sky over America including one that spend all day flying by KC.  What is going on?

   Dolly Parton was truly loved by millions both young and old and from every possible background.  She was a singer, actor, philanthropist and the person that just made everyone feel great.  What an amazing life.  We have a clip of her on the Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson that displayed every one of her traits all at one time.

   We've got better new names for Lake Ontario than Lake America.  Mayor Q says he stands with Canada now, not with the USA as politics matter more than country.

  In sports, Patrick Mahomes is running the scout team 18 days before the first game of the season.  49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan draws the short straw and has to talk about his owner Jed York getting popped in a prostitution sting.  Charles Barkley blasts the WNBA for it's "awful year."  In DC, the Redskins are making a comeback and we support it fully.  And the Royals have now won 9 in a row.

   The Supreme Court has told a lower court it cannot keep President Trump from implementing his executive order on mail in voting this November and it's a nice win.  But it's a million miles from over as more cases in lower courts are pending and even more are about to be filed.  We explain the difference in this ruling and what the SAVE America Act would do.

   The owner of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers pleads no contest after going out of his way to find a trailer park hooker for $140.  He's a billionaire!   This is the most fun story of 2026 as far as I'm concerned.

   Men are stupid, that's for sure.  But then we focus in on women and why they are so unhappy in America when they have it better than anyone on earth.  Brace yourself as we tell the hard truth.

   Ron DeSantis has implemented communism history classes in government schools in Florida.  It starts in 6th grade and runs through high school and focuses on freedoms that citizens lose in communist countries and the history and lack of success in every country that's tried it.

   We have an update for you on how Harrison Butker kicked a 69 yard field goal into the net.  Patrick Mahomes says two different things about his playing status in the same sentence.  The American League playoff race is wild as a team under .500 could make the post season.  Disney rolls out some really cool NFL team gear featuring Disney characters, we'll tell you what character they picked for the Chiefs.

   Everyone is talking about Harrison Butker's 69 yard field goal Saturday in Tampa but remember, it's the pre-season.  Sure, it looks like real football, sometimes, but it's not.  Not even the kicks.  Last year a Jags kicker hit a 70 yarder.   But you won't even see teams try this in the regular season when the NFL watches over all the kicking balls like a hawk.

   The Royals are just unstoppable right now as they win their 8th game in a row.  What could have been this year if the Royals just had 1 or 2 pitchers in the bullpen.

   Monster Energy drink is the new sponsor of the Big 12 Conference and it's already controversial.  And Monster loves it.

   A new report suggest Tony Romo could be on his way out at CBS Sports after getting a DUI.

   A high ranking member of Iran's Parliament has spoken publicly that Iranians could be starving soon and that will not be sustainable for the regime.  More news on the economic D-Day are set top be revealed Monday.

   A hospital in Nashville mixes up drugs and botches multiple surgeries.  The Negro Leagues Museum in KC has seen a big bump in traffic for one specific reason.  A new covid shot study of over 8 million people has bad, bad news for what they did to us.  A teachers union president asks for people to NOT shop at Target... so I think I will go get some stuff.

   And our Final Final is a football player that got dissed by Tom Hanks at Travis and Taylor's wedding.

   It's almost go time as the first college football games are Thursday, and then, next Saturday TCU plays UNC along with other games in Week Zero.  So let's just jump start the whole thing with a season preview Football Feast!

   Stan Weber gets us started answering the most pressing questions about the Chiefs.

   After that,  we preview Mizzou at the 23:15 mark, K-State at the 34:45 mark and KU at 46:15.   It's all here.

   Are you ready for some football?

   It's almost go time as the first college football games are Thursday, and then, next Saturday TCU plays UNC along with other games in Week Zero.  So let's just jump start the whole thing with a season preview Football Feast!

   Stan Weber gets us started answering the most pressing questions about the Chiefs.

   After that,  we preview Mizzou at the 23:15 mark, K-State at the 34:45 mark and KU at 46:15.   It's all here.

   Are you ready for some football?

   It feels like President Trump is not interested in any more military actions against Iran and has pivoted to economic pressure that he's calling an Economic D-Day.  And it seems it's dragging half the world in with it.  Scary stuff indeed.

   The GOP will have a Midterm Convention September 9th and 10th in Dallas.  Who picked these dates?  It's opening night and night two for the NFL so you can scratch 40 million people out that won't be watching.

   The PGA Tour playoffs are in St. Louis this week and the Pro-Am portion was Wednesday.  Senator Eric Schmitt teed it up with world #1 player Scottie Scheffler.

   We open up the mailbag as many of you share your stories of dumping all your NIKE gear with me years ago.

   In sports, an analytics pro says Patrick Mahomes sack rate will determine the fate of his comeback and it has very little to do with offensive line play.  I've got the numbers.... and I agree.

   A KU grad that reports on the Big 12 has a dire prediction for the Jayhawks this football season.  The Royals are on a heater with a wildly dramatic comeback win over the A's and NASCAR announces it's pair of race weekends at Kansas Speedway next year.

   The four year saga to build a new stadium in KC for the Royals was a blockbuster to watch and we all thought it ended with the big Crown Center announcement earlier this year.  Boy, were we wrong.  It ended with a Royals worker being arrested at a council meeting when it broke out into a free for all.  Hilarious.

   Penn State frat boys got busted running a drug ring and their leader's nickname is one for the ages.  

   The Minnesota award winner for "Refugee of the Year" is charged with 8 counts for fraud stealing millions from Medicaid.  Of course he did. 

    Nike is a failing company and has been ever since it paid millions to Collin Kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem and holding news conferences wearing Castro tee shirts.  This is bad, but they can fix it.  Just do it.

    The most counted on Chiefs O-Lineman misses practice Tuesday with, uh oh, a back injury.  Eric Bieniemy speaks about his son shooting his wife.

   Sporting KC spends millions on an international player and boy do they need something good.  The Advent Health Championship golf tourney starts Thursday at Blue Hills as Tom Watson takes center stage as the tourney ambassador.  And our Final Final is sad news about a legendary rock band.

   Always the eternal optimist, the official position at KKHI has been the that the midterms are in play for Republicans.  But your humble host is going to need a booster shot to keep believing.   Republicans don't seem interested in turning out as the war in Iran drags the party down.

   In Alaska, the dems are so good at elections they found a guy named Dan Sullivan to run against Senator Dan Sullivan in the primary in a ranked choice election.  This is NOT a joke.

   A 13 year old boy on a scooter is hit by a car near at a Leawood school Monday... it may be time to rethink these motorized menaces.

   Independence is putting in a 6:00pm curfew for SantaCaliGon Days for anyone under 18.   KCMO has released their funding proposal for the $600 million they are giving the Royals for a new ball park.

   On the field, Jac Caglianone is going crazy for the Royals right now.  Chiefs number one draft pick Mansoor Delane hits the field for full contact for the first time.  The Dallas Cowboys are the most valuable team in the NFL as the new list is out.  The Chiefs rank will surprise you.

   And our Final Final is a man arrested at a Tokyo airport for what he had hidden inside 22 pairs of socks in his suitcase.  And it wasn't drugs or jewelry or cash.

   We got our first peak at the 2026 Chiefs on Saturday and as you might expect, it was a mixed bag.  Lots of sloppy play, one  player with a disappointing defensive performance and a couple guys on offense that turned heads.  It's a start and was nice to see football again.  One question... why are the Chiefs hyping Patrick Mahomes so much publicly?  The whole broadcast felt like an "oversell."

   You're going to need a bowl of popcorn to watch this one.... Steven A Smith of ESPN is given a thumbs down award from the National Association of Black Journalists and he has now vowed to report things he says he's known for years about this organization.  I can't wait.

   Royals left Noah Cameron is on a heater and his latest is a near no-hitter against the Angels.  Jac Caglianone is on his way to becomgin Royals player of the year. Legendary pitcher Tommy John dies at age 83 and it's a crying shame he's not in the Hall of Fame.  I'll explain why.

    In the news, Donald Trump does a 180 on North and South Korea.  Ty Masterson gets a big union endorsement.  My interaction with an off duty KCK police officer is just fantastic and scientists have discovered the dolphins know how to fish with bait.

   What a shame the status of the brave men and women that serve on the USS Lincoln near Iran has turned into pure politics.  It stinks they've been at sea for 260 days, that's true.  It's also true this is what your sign up for and this is nowhere near the same as being on a battleship in World War II.  Now the left is using this ship as a political weapon against Republicans and that makes them the lowest of the low.

   There's a short list for new press secretary, we've got some thoughts.

   Andy Reid says almost nothing about what the plan is for Saturday's first pre season game other than Justin Fields will start at QB and Patrick Mahomes won't play.  

   Bill Self opens up and says he thought doctors would tell him he had to retire because he had a "heart attack, a pretty significant one."

   And the Boys Of '76 were the Center High School boys basketball team 50 years ago... 29-0 and the greatest team in Missouri high school history.  We chat with the author of the book about this amazing team that won every single game by double digits.  Michael Welsh went to Center and saw every second of it first hand and as the team has its reunion weekend, he shares his thoughts on his book dedicated to the amazing season.