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Background:
This will start in August 2017 (side note: the Expansion news, draft and signings of the new teams will be recaps). It will cover the 5 major sports in Kansas City. The Royals (MLB 2k13), Chiefs (Madden 18), Sporting KC (FIFA 18), NHL Expansion (NHL 18), and NBA Expansion (NBA 2K18). It will feature many updates and will be written with a point of view of an amateur sports blogger called KCMO Sports. The blog will cover all 5 teams just like a newspaper would cover all the teams in the city.

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Expansion in KC:
August 1, 2017-
Today we look back at the major news over the last 4 months involving the two new expansion teams in KC.

April 1, 2017
The NHL and NBA have announced that they are expanding. NBA announced that they will add two teams to make a total of 32 teams. One team in the Eastern conference and one in the Western conference. Kansas City won the bid for the Eastern conference. As Seattle won the Western conference bid. Neither team has announced names but we can confirm that KC will play at the Sprint Center. The NHL has also announced expansion for a 32nd team as Kansas City won that too. They will also play at Sprint Center, and the rumors are they may bring back the Scouts name. The team in KC will join Las Vegas as an expansion team this summer. Both will play in the Western conference.

June 1, 2017
The Hockey team in Kansas City has announced that they will be called the Kansas City Riders. Rumors are floating around that one of their logos they will use is the old Scouts logo. Along with the Riders, the Basketball team has announced that they will be the Kansas City Storm. Both will be announcing their Jersey and Logos on June 19, at an event before the Riders head out for the draft.

June 19, 2017
Former NHL Defenseman, Chris Chelios, named GM of the Kansas City Riders. And Former Goalie, Martin Brodeur, was named Head Coach. Chelios announced that the Riders will have a "Roughrider" logo with a 2nd of a bandit/outlaw type and the 3rd will be the old Scouts logo as they got approval from the New Jersey Devils to use the logo. The colors will be Red, Blue, White, and Yellow similar to the old Scouts colors. The Storm have announced their GM, Chauncey Billups, who named Jake Thomas the new head coach. Thomas coached at a small college in Michigan before the job. Billups announced the teams logo with feature a thunderstorm as well as have Navy Blue, Gold and White as colors. The home jersey will be Gold while the away will be Navy. Announced that there will be a third jersey but won't be reveled till the draft. The City of Kansas City is excited about its new teams as the Sprint Center was sold out for the event.

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Expansion in KC:
June 21, 2017
NHL Expansion Draft:
G Philipp Grubauer (Washington)
D Sami Vatanen (Anaheim)
D Xavier Ouellet (Detroit)
G Malcom Subban (Boston)
RW Emile Poirier (Calgary)
D Ville Pokka (Chicago)
C Mark McNeil (Dallas)
D Zach Bogosian (Buffalo)
LW Joakim Nordstrom (Carolina)
D Calvin de Haan (New York Islanders)
RW Tyler Pitlick (Edmonton)
C Chris Tierney (San Jose)
C Andrew Copp (Winnipeg)
LW Reid Boucher (Vancouver)
C Andy Andreoff (Los Angeles)
LW Jacob de la Rose (Montreal)
LW Miikka Salomaki (Nashville)
D Jake Dotchin (Tampa Bay)
RW Jamie McGinn (Arizona)
C Matt Nieto (Colorado)
RW Josh Anderson (Columbus)
D Jason Demers (Florida)
D Jonas Brodin (Minnesota)
G Mackenzie Skapski (New York Rangers)
RW Devante Smith-Pelly (New Jersey)
D Brain Dumoulin (Pittsburgh)
C Ryan Dzingel (Ottawa)
LW Scott Laughton (Philadelphia)
LW Dmitrij Jaskin (St. Louis)
D Alexey Marchenko (Toronto)

These were Chelio's picks in the Expansion draft. We believe he did get a good base set up as they can look to improve them in the near future.


June 22, 2017
NHL Entry Draft:
The Riders received the 5th overall (Vegas 6th and 3rd (via WPG) overall) pick from the lottery.
C Nico Hischier was taken 1st overall by Vancouver.

Riders picks:
5th C Lias Anderson
94th LW Lawrence Boughner
105th D Howard Riddle
135th D Igor Anisimov
163rd G Dylan Ferguson
176th RW Devin Nevins
185th LW Arttu Ruotsalainen
195th RW Radek Koblizek

Trades:
Kansas City acquired: 2018 2nd round pick, 2017 6th round pick
Columbus acquired: D Calvin de Haan

Kansas City acquired: 2018 2nd round pick, 2017 4th round pick
Dallas acquired: D Brian Dumoulin

Vancouver acquired: 2018 1st round pick
Minnesota acquired: D Alexander Edler, 2017 4th round pick

Florida acquired: 2017 2nd round pick
Edmonton acquired: D Keith Yandle

Kansas City acquired: C Derick Brassard, 2018 5th round pick, 2022 4th round pick
Ottawa acquired: 2022 1st round pick

Colorado acquired: 2017 2nd round pick
Kansas City acquired: D Erik Johnson

Kansas City acquired: 2017 5th round, 2018 4th round pick
Buffalo acquired: 2017 4th round pick

Edmonton acquired: C Valtteri Filppula, LW Michael Raffl
Philadelphia acquired: 2018 2nd round pick, LW Braden Chritoffer

Winnipeg acquired: C Andy Andreoff, 2019 2nd round pick
Kansas City acquired: LW Maxime Comtois, 2018 4th round pick

Anaheim acquired: 2017 3rd round pick
Kansas City acquired: 2017 3rd round pick, 2018 4th round pick

Kansas City acquired: 2018 1st round pick, 2018 3rd round pick, 2019 6th round pick
Pittsburgh acquired: D Sami Vatanen

Kansas City acquired: 2017 6th round pick, 2018 6th round pick
Islanders acquired: 2017 5th round pick

Rangers acquired: 2018 3rd round pick
Vancouver acquired: D Marc Staal

Vegas acquired: 2018 1st round pick, D Damir Sharipzyanov
Kings acquired: C Vadim Shipachyov


June 30, 2017
Re-Sign period:
C Andrew Copp 2 yrs/ $2.25M
RW Josh Anderson 2yrs/ $2.5M
D Xavier Ouellet 3yrs/ $5.55M
RW Tyler Pitlick 2yrs/ $2.7M
C Chris Tierney 3yrs/ $5.925M
G Philipp Grubauer 4yrs/ $11.2M
LW Scott Laughton 2yrs/ $2.3M
LW Reid Boucher 1yr/ $800K(2)
D Ville Pokka 2yrs/ $1.8M (2)
G Malcom Subban 2yrs/ $2M
C Lias Anderson 3yrs/ $2.775M
LW Matt Nieto 1yr/$805k
G Mackenzie Skapski 1yr/ $730k (2)
LW Jacob de la Rose 1yr/ $970k (2)
C Matt McNeil 1yr/ $715k (2)

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Expansion in KC:
July 16, 2017
NBA Expansion Draft:
The Storm have the second pick in the expansion Draft. The Supersonics takes SG Evan Fournier 1st overall in the expansion draft. Storm take C Cody Zeller and PG Jordan Clarkson.

SG Wesley Matthews
SF Evan Turner
PG Isaiah Whithead
PF Deyonta Davis
C Kevin Seraphin
SG Josh Richardson
PF Chris McCullough
PG Kay Felder
C Damian Stone
SG Malachi Richardson
SG Paul Zipser
PF Jordan Mickey

The foundation of what Billups will be starting with. Will be interesting to see all the pieces fall into place.

July 20, 2017
NBA Draft:
The Storm received the 4th overall pick(Seattle 5th) from the lottery. Reports are out stating that the Storm's trainer discovered an injury with C Tony Bradley's knee during combine, he also discovered C Harry Giles had a knee injury, PF had a serious foot concern, reports are that the Storm were expected to avoid them in the draft. The Lakers took Donovan Mitchell 1st overall.

Storm picks:
4th PG Lonzo Ball
26th SF Og Anunoby
32nd Jordan Bell
59th Drik Schumacher (signed contract overseas)

Trades:
Hornets acquired: 2017 1st round pick, Kosta Koufos
Kings acquired: Kemba Walker

Timberwolves acquired: Dwight Howard, 2019 1st round pick
Hawks acquired: 2017 1st round pick, Nemanja Bjelica

Mavericks acquired: 2017 1st round pick, Marco Belinelli
Hornets acquired: 2017 1st round pick, AJ Hammons

Kings acquired: Kyle Kuzma, Marvin Williams
Hornets acquired: 2017 1st round pick

Nuggets acquired: 2018 1st round pick, 2020 1st round pick
Spurs acquired: 2017 1st round pick, Jameer Nelson

Heat Acquired: 2018 1st round pick, 2020 2nd round pick
Hawks acquired: 2017 1st round pick

Trailblazers acquired: 2019 1st round pick, 2018 1st round pick
Jazz acquired: 2017 1st round pick, Al-Farouq Aminu

Suns acquired: 2017 1st round pick, 2020 2nd round pick
Bulls acquired: 2019 1st round pick, Tyson Chandler

Blazers acquired: 2019 1st round pick, 2017 2nd round pick
Bulls acquired: 2017 1st round pick, Meyers Leonard

Thunder acquired: Kent Bazemore, 2017 2nd round pick
Hawks acquired: 2017 1st round pick, 2020 2nd round pick

Nets acquired: 2019 1st round pick
Hawks acquired: 2017 1st round pick

Kings acquired: 2017 1st round pick, DJ Augustin
Magic acquired: Willie Cauley-Smith


Storm Trades:
Storm acquired: 2017 1st round
Hawks acquired: SG Malachi Richardson

Storm acquired: 2019 1st round pick, 2020 1st round pick
Warriors acquired: PG Jordan Clarkson

Storm acquired: 2017 1st round pick, 2017 1st round pick
Jazz acquired: 2017 1st round pick

Storm acquired: 2017 2nd round pick, 2019 2nd round pick
Jazz acquired 2017 2nd round pick

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August 1, 2017-
The Chiefs open up the preseason August 11th. With a few training camp practices under way we can see some of the teams focus. The team relied on their top defense last season as their offense had struggled. The coaching staff is looking to improve the wide outs. A big question is how will the teams running game go with Spencer Ware on IR.

Coaches focus:
WR Jehu Chesson- KC's Wide outs have struggled the past few years. They believe they can develop Chesson to an underrated WR in the league.
QB Patrick Mahomes II- KC invested a lot to pick him in the 1st round. The 21-year old is currently behind Alex Smith on the depth chart as everyone is wondering what will come from this QB situation.
CB Ashton Lampkin- the UDFA rookie is set to be the 5th CB on the Depth chart with Steven Nelson on the IR. With a 6'0" frame KC is hoping he can learn under Marcus Peters who has a similar frame.

5 things to watch:
QB situation- the Chiefs took Patrick Mahomes II 10th overall in this past draft. They already have a starter in Alex Smith and he has two more years on his contract. We will see how this will play out as it shows that the organization may be moving on from their current QB.
RB Situation- with Spencer Ware out for the year, who will replace him? Will it be rookie Kareem Hunt, Charcandrick West, or CJ Spiller that will take control or will they look for outside help.
Defense is solid- the Defense is returning which is huge as they played a major role in the success for the Chiefs last year.
Is Andy Reid the coach to take them to the next level?- the Chiefs are a good team but are they ready to be a great team? This year will prove a lot for the organization.
Early Test- the Chiefs open at New England who was last seen coming back from a 28-3 deficit to win the Super Bowl. Over the offseason the Pats improved by getting Brady more weapons. This game will prove if the Chiefs are real or not.

Season Predictions:
10-6, The first 9 weeks leading up to the week 10 bye, are alternating home and away each week. With 5 of the 9 games being played on prime time, it shows that the NFL believes the Chiefs are real. Now it's time for KC to embrace the spotlight. The toughest game is the opener at New England. We have the Chiefs going 5-4 that span losing 3 of the 5 road games to New England, Oakland, and Dallas. That would put them at 3-2 on prime time. After the bye week they have 2 away games sandwiching the Bills home game. These three games are all wins for the Chiefs. That puts them at 8-4 going into the last 4 games of the season that feature 3 home games for the Chiefs. This is where the offense struggles and they lose the West, but back into the playoffs as Wild Cards. They lose two division games to the Raiders and Broncos to finish the season 10-6.

NFL postseason predictions:
AFC North- Steelers
AFC East- Patriots
AFC South- Titans
AFC West- Raiders
AFC Wild Card- Chiefs, Jaguars.
NFC North- Lions
NFC East- Dallas
NFC South- Falcons
NFC West- Seahawks
NFC Wild Card- Packers, Buccaneers.
Super Bowl- Dallas vs Raiders
Raiders Super Bowl champs.

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Sporting KC Recap:

August 1, 2017-
The MLS season is coming to its last few months. As KC is currently 6-5-11. They sit in 5th place in the West with 29 points. They are in the start of the last month in the transfer period and we already seen some moves made by the club. The teams next game will be home against Atlanta United FC.



Transfer:

LB Seth Sinovic has been sold to Minnesota United FC for $720,000.

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NHL Free Agency:
August 1, 2017-
Big Signs:
Kansas City spends big as they sign Tatar, Shattenkrik, and Hudler.
Arizona signed D Karl Alzner to a 2 year deal
Rangers agree to deal with 3 year deal Hanzal
Ducks sign Trevor Daley
Stars and Gagner agree to a 3 year deal
Oilers sign Williams
Rangers have put in an offer for Niederreiter, Wild have declined to match receiving 2018 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks.
KC has put in an offer for Draisaitl, oilers have declined the option receiving 2018 1st, 3rd round picks
Dallas signs Tlusty to a three year deal
Toronto signs Vrbata to a two year deal.
Sharks sign veteran Fisher to a 1 year deal

Riders Signed:
RW Jiri Hudler 3yrs/ $8.1M (solid vet)
LW Thomas Tatar 2yrs/ $11.6M (star signing, young full of potential)
D Kevin Shattenkrik 4yrs/ $19M (vet on the blue line)
D Jared Cowen 2yrs/ $5.4M
D Simon Despres 3yrs/ $12.7M
C Leon Draisaitl 2yrs/ $11.75M (Star RFA signed for 1st and 3rd)

Riders missed:
C Gagner- Dallas
C Hanzal- New York Rangers
LW Martinook- Arizona (matched offer)
LW Gaunce - Vancouver (matched offer)
C Olsen- Arizona

Riders other signs:
G Daniel Marmenlind 3yr/ $2.32M
C Ryan Dzingel 1yr/ $1.825M
D Cam Clarke 2yrs/ $1.85M
RW Petrus Palmu 3yrs/ $2.7M
LW Taylor Leier 2yrs/$17M
C Ville Leskinen 1yr/ $650k
RW Martins Dzierkals 3yrs/ $2.325M
D Howard Riddle 3yrs/ $1.95M
D Jake Dotchin 1yr/ $950k

Trades:
Riders acquired: Jagr, 2018 4th round pick
Florida acquired: 2018 2nd round pick.

Arizona acquired: LW Jones, 2018 1st round pick, 2018 2nd round pick
Anaheim acquired: D Hjalmarsson, RW Dadonov

Stats acquired: RW Gregorie, D Lernout
Canadians acquired: RW Hemsky, RW Cracknell

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August 1, 2017-
Big Signings:
Clippers re-signed Chris Paul to a 5 year deal
Warriors re-signed Durant and Curry for the next 4 years
Celtics agree to terms with Paul Millsap.
Storm sign Gordon Hayward and Drik Nowitzki
Suns lock up Blake Griffin
Kings sign Noel for 3 years

Storm signs:
SF Gordon Hayward 4yrs/ $120.00M (star player a new team needed)
PF Dirk Nowitzki 1yr/ $3.9M (veteran to help all the youth)

Storm missed:
C Nerlens Noel- Sacramento
C Justin Patton- Golden State Warriors