Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

   If you love sports and even remotely love golf, our convo with legendary PGA Professional Jeff Burey is a real treat.  Jeff coached Marty Schottenheimer and George Brett and a host of other sports greats.  
   Jeff served our great country in the Navy and played golf with the ship's Captain in port.  He eagled the 13th at Augusta National and his first caddie job was for legendary broadcaster Jim McKay.  His resume after that?  Pinehurst, Wolf Creek and Prairie Dunes.   His stories are chronicled in a new book available at www.kansasgolffoundation.org called "Blessed...Stories in the Life of a Golf Professional."  

The Royals have recovered from their 11 game skid, and are playing good baseball since. They've won 5 in a row and are giving the fans in KC something to watch every night. A color commentator for a MLB team is taking a leave of absence for an insensitive comment relating black culture to the stereotype of white men imitating black culture, and a KSU grad who was recently hired by ESPN has been let go for tweets sent out years ago. Spencer Kietzman is here to break it all down on the weekend edition of KKHI. 

   Dr. Troy Burns has been practicing medicine in Kansas City for decades.  A pioneer in a unique family primary care system, Dr. Burns has built Pro Partners Healthcare into a better way for patients to have direct access to their physicians.
   I've known Dr. Burns for 20 years.  He's straight forward, to the point and really smart.  During this unique conversation, he talks about what we did right, what we did wrong and what would should do going forward after a pandemic. 
   While this is not a political interview, I think you'll find we would have all been better off if Dr. Burns and so many doctors like him, had been in charge of the policies that impacted us over the past 15 months.  We also talk about good health and the latest trends athletes are using to get into peak physical condition.

   As you probably know, we have a patron program at KKHI and it includes weekly segments with Danny Clinkscale that's a new twist on the old radio show.  BTL 2.0 is a lot different than the show that aired on Sportsradio 810 for almost 22 years when that station was number one.  During a recent episode, we shared stories about our careers, people we met, people we interviewed and events we covered.
   Many of these stories, we had never shared with each other.  We hope this is as much fun for you as it was for us talking about it all. 

   A Jackson County, Mo judge has put a 30 day halt on Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas' attempt to take over $43 million of police budget previously run by the state.   Q vows to fight the state all the way to the Supreme Court so he must not be too confident he will get to control this money.
   President Biden goes to Tulsa to remind us about how awful our ancestors were and winds up bungling the whole thing in a confusing word salad that felt out of touch and from the wrong generation.
   Andrew Benintendi hits a grand slam as the red hot Royals keep rolling.  Benny is so good we almost feel guilty nobody remembers Alex Gordon is retired.
   And Vegas has released odds on which teams have the best chance of winning the Big 12 in football.

   Everywhere Patrick Mahomes goes, he makes news.  The latest?  Mahomes says he would love it if Aaron Rodgers got traded to Denver and played the Chiefs twice a year.
   Adelberto Mondesi has had a great first week, now he's got to stay healthy.  Mondesi plays with the ease, swagger and confidence of a bat swinging Patrick Mahomes.
   We hate that NBA fans are acting badly but continuing to insult them won't fix it.  If the NBA is serious about cleaning this up, it starts with them realizing their players provoked it.
   And we all need solid reminders from Joe Biden on how awful America is.  June 1, it will be epic as Joe gets to pull out the old bread and butter play from the playbook.

   Memorial Day should be a day all Americans can pull together on common ground, honoring our fallen soldiers.  We explore the origins and history of this great day that is much more than the unofficial start of summer.
   Mayor Q had a bad week, can you believe it?  So many citizens are livid he's defunding the police and he's having a bad time with local media that are honest.  Plus, the St. Louis mayor got more attention than Q.  Poor guy.
   There is a free for all to replace Rush Limbaugh in the 11-2 syndicated radio time slot.  Dan Bongino has already gobbled up all the big markets.  Other markets are putting on local shows.  And now Clay Travis and Buck Henry are supposed to replace Rush on hundreds of stations?  That's comical.
   Patrick Mahomes skipped practice for a golf tournament... ok.  Hey, the only thing that matters is what Andy said after the first week of OTA's and that's that Mahomes was a "full go" when he was there.  Boom!
  And the Royals open an important series against the surging Twins this weekend.  Is Kris Bubic the ace?  He gets  a big assignment in game one.
 

   Patrick Mahomes is everywhere... and that's ok.  It used to be so important for the Chiefs starting quarterback to be at the facility, working harder than everyone and showing the way toward teamwork.  But Mahomes is so special, he gets to make his own rules and no teammate would ever think twice.
   Alex Smith is speaking out about the Aaron Rodgers/Packers situation.  This is pretty rare as Alex rarely has an opinion.  But the gloves are off on this one.
   The NBA is dealing with several fan and player incidents right now but that's not the only place.  Rain delays, airline flights and street corners are also places people are acting crazy.  What's going on here?
   And almost every day now another prominent Dem is speaking out against the party going to far left with "wokeness."  They seem to know they have big trouble ahead.

   Phil Mickelson dunked all over Lebron James Sunday with a tv audience bigger than the man former known as King James... who was playing in the playoffs.  It's time to re-think niche sports.
   Adelberto Mondesi is back with a bang and Brad Keller is back from the dead.  Put those two together and the Royals get their best win of the season Tuesday night in Tampa.  It's all good news for KC as they are back to .500.
   The Mike Tyson documentary on ABC is addictive viewing, just sensational journalism and filmmaking.  So Why can't we do this with fair and honest documentaries about, let's say, Clinton, Obama or Trump.  I'd watch.
   And Joe Biden is so good, his spox Jen Psaki says she can't keep up with him some days.  At half Biden's age, I'd say Psaki needs to get to a doctor immediately.
 

   The tired old narrative of racism in America is taking a beating as real racism takes over the headlines.  People waving Palestinian flags are beating up Jews while the number one hate crime category continues to be black on Asian violence.  Defunding the police, closing prisons and opening the borders don't seem to be helping much.
   The GM of the Boston Red Sox that traded away Andrew Benintendi is taking some heat from the media, and he should.  Benny is on fire while Franchy Cordero is hitting .179.  As the Royals get ready to open a series at Tampa against a red hot team they almost never beat, it may be Benintendi they need the most.
  Phil Mickelson's mom fired off a series of tweets to Phil's sister during the PGA Sunday asking her to text Phil while he was playing. "Don't hit bombs," she implored... just make pars.  You gotta hear this story.
   And McDonald's, like so many others is trying to hire good people.  The private sector always figures out a way as this company is luring in applicants with something better than money.