Game of the year, NCAA champs, World Cup call. Can ’23 top ’22 in KC sports?

Sure, we could have rolled out a SportsBeat KC podcast review of 2022 sports in and round Kansas City in, you know, 2022. But what if Kansas State had won the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Eve? That would have made anyone’s yearly sports highlight list.So Star columnists Vahe Gregorian and Sam McDowell joined host Blair Kerkhoff and did the prudent thing by waiting. The Wildcats did not reward our patience, but their winning the Big 12 championship was one of the area’s biggest stories in a year full of them.A Chiefs victory for the ages, quickly followed by its most crushing defeat in the Patrick Mahomes era; the Tyreek Hill trade; Royals moves and a big decision about their future home; Kansas’ men’s basketball season ending winning streak that continued into football season; Missouri’s hot start in basketball with a new coach.And perhaps the biggest news of all...landing a piece of the planet’s biggest sporting event, the World Cup.We discuss all of those events and more plus look ahead to the moments that will shape Kansas City’s sports landscape in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices