Sports & Recreation

 Sure, soccer has been "the sport of the future" for 30 years. But the World Cup proved that soccer can be an almost-major sport, at least in Kansas City, where fans earned YouTube attention for their rowdy reception of Landon Donovan's game-winni...

Deep inside Kansas City's biggest parks, there's still the whisper of traffic or the buzz of a motorboat hanging in the air. Remote trails are refuges for runners and cyclists grunting and grinding out their urban frustrations. Powell Gardens is t...

How much does the clean, comfortable Mission Bowl want your fingers in its balls? Enough to let a group of guys claim their lane a full 20 minutes before the announced time. That may sound like a small favor, but across town earlier that Saturday ...