Behind the Stats Radio

Wednesday, June 17thOriginally, I was going to title this entry, "So, You Think You're a KU Fan?" but I'm not so sure that's the most accurate for this. Basically, I'm working on a fast-track book featuring Kansas Jayhawk fans telling their best/favorite/most memorable stories about, well, being ...

Friday, June 12thLong-time no blog. I'll get better. And this is a great way to kick off the "new and improved" Matt blogging -- or something like that...

Former Royals catcher Don Slaught recently joined me for a phone interview as "Behind the Stats" gets tweaked. Here's a link to a recent "Where Have You Gone?" that I wrote on Slaught for Metro Sports.We hope you enjoy this shortened show...

Monday, April 6th During the past few posts, I've been reliving a couple Final Four memories from the book I compiled, CBS Sports Presents: Stories from the Final Four. Somewhat appropriately heading into tonight's championship game, here's a little story from 1988...

Friday, April 3rd As I mentioned yesterday, this week I'm presenting first-hand accounts of memories from men who have been through the Final Four experience -- players, coaches and broadcasters. The full-length stories are featured in the book CBS Sports Presents: Stories from the Final Four. ...

Thursday, April 2nd As you might've read in my "Behind the Stats"column on Monday for Metro Sports, this week I'm offering a few Final Four memories, mainly coming from my book from a few years ago, CBS Sports Presents: Stories from the Final Four.After all, similar to the Super Bowl, for...

Wednesday, March 25th I'm not sure why I'm doing this, but starting today -- right now, actually -- at least once a week I'm going to post a few interesting, intriguing or just goofy articles I come across. W...

Wednesday, March 4th Remember how I said in my last post that I'd be updating you during this little hiatus and posting "Best Of..." shows and all of that? Oh, you don't? OK, great...

Hey BtSR Buddies, (one of my favorite inside jokes of all time, thank you Matt)As Matt had mentioned to all of you earlier, I am writing this email to you from the Hawkeye State, a.k.a. Iowa. Pl...

Monday, Feb. 16th Wow, long time, no communication. Actually, it's been only a little more than a week, but it seems a lot longer. At any rate, I wanted to start updating you on the current status of our "Behind the Stats" radio show. I...

As is usually the case with long-time major-league pitcher (and friend of the show) Steve Renko, we had a great time recording the show Tuesday at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The following are the show's first three segments...

Saturday, January 31st Finally! Or, it's about time! Either way, Chiefs great Derrick Thomas, who died nearly eight years ago -- on Feb. 8 -- was announced earlier today as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2009. Frankly, this is long overdue...

I had an absolute blast this week at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum with Pellom McDaniels and Bob Kendrick. Pellom, without question, is one of the true gifts to sports in Kansas City...

Monday, January 26th As you might've noticed on our site or in The Star, this week we're recording the show at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the historic 18th and Vine district. We've said it here before, but if you've never been to the museum, do yourself a favor and go sometime...