Month: February 2020

Sporting has new secondary jersey design

Johnny Russell of Sporting KC recently modeled the new secondary kit for the team. (Photo from Sporting KC)
Alan Pulido of Sporting KC recently modeled the new secondary jersey design for the team. (Photo from Sporting KC)

Sporting Kansas City recently unveiled its new secondary jersey design for the 2020 MLS season.

The jersey features a dark indigo base with Sporting blue Swiss dots. Fans may purchase the new kit at the MLSstore.com.

The new secondary kit is inspired by the iconic silver metal fins that make up the exterior of Children’s Mercy Park, grounded in traditional dark indigo and Sporting blue colors with metallic silver adidas EQT stripes on the right shoulder, according to a news release from Sporting KC.

Additional metallic silver elements include the Sporting crest, adidas logo and Ivy Investment wordmark, with Sporting blue Swiss dots adorning the contemporary jersey. Dark Indigo shorts and socks round out the full secondary kit.

One of nine MLS charter members, Sporting will kick off the 2020 campaign on Feb. 29 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC before playing host to rivals Houston Dynamo in the club’s home opener on March 7.

Tickets to Sporting’s first 10 home matches went on sale to the public at noon Friday.

Ticket information is available at https://www.sportingkc.com/.

Grinter Place plans history program about William Allen White on Saturday

Grinter Place, a state museum, is planning a history program on William Allen White on Saturday, Feb. 8.

The Second Saturday Series program will begin at 10 a.m. Feb. 8 at Grinter Place, 1420 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The guest speaker will be Murrel Bland, who will speak and show a video on White, “The Sage of Emporia,” who was an editor from 1895 through 1944 in Emporia, Kansas. White married Sallie Lindsay in 1893 in Kansas City, Kansas.

White was considered the voice of Middle America and was an adviser to presidents.


The program is free and open to the public. There will be doughnuts, coffee and juice.

Police notes

Shooting at house reported
 A shooting into an occupied house was reported at 5:45 a.m. Feb. 6, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

A victim reported that a suspect shot into the house. There was a juvenile inside the house, with no reported injuries, police stated.

Aggravated battery reported
 A suspect was driving a vehicle while the victim was on the hood, about 8:05 p.m. Feb. 6 in the 1100 block of Pacific Avenue, according to a social media report by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

The victim fell off the vehicle and sustained a major injury, according to the report.

Shooting at occupied dwelling reported
A shooting into an occupied dwelling was reported at 10:26 p.m. Feb. 6, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

Victims were inside the house when a suspect shot into the home, according to the report. A juvenile was inside the home, and there were no reported injuries, police stated.

Aggravated assault and shooting into occupied home reported
 A shooting into an occupied home was reported about 10:31 p.m. Feb. 6, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

Multiple rounds were fired into an occupied residence, according to the report. A juvenile was inside the house, and there were no reported injuries, the report stated.