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Regular co-hosts Miranda Jamison and Shawn Roney talk with part-time co-host Micah Dillman about their recent trip to cover the Kansas City Chiefs at training camp in St. Joseph, Mo. They also share their thoughts on pro football, baseball and other sports. The episode also features excerpts of the following ...

• Press conferences with Dave Toub, Chiefs assistant coach/special teams coordinator; Rashee Rice, Chiefs wide receiver; and Ashton Gillotte, Chiefs defensive end.
• An interview with Richmond High School varsity football coach Nick Persell, and Richmond teammates Mack Misenhelter and Nolan Quick following the Spartans' Red and White Game Aug. 18.
• From June 2023: A postgame interview with then-Excelsior Springs varsity baseball player Brendan Blackburn following the Tigers' comeback win in the third-place game at the Class 4 state tournament.

Updates:

• Since the Rashee Rice press conference, the NFL has announced it's suspending him for six games, effective with the regular-season opener.
• About a week after the recording of this episode, the Chiefs placed Ashton Gillotte on their 53-man regular-season roster. In addition, Excelsior Springs graduate Sam Webb was waived by Las Vegas, but then signed to the Tennessee Titans' practice squad.
• Katie Pierson, the Richmond graduate who signed with North Central Missouri College, is listed on the Pirates' roster as an infielder. She also has been issued a jersey number, No. 3.

Credits:

• Hosts: Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Producers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Sales director: Sharon Donat
• Editing: Shawn Roney
• Edited, mixed and mastered using Audacity, Auphonic and LANDR

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Co-host Shawn Roney talks with longtime umpire Mike Karl, softball player Ruby Stein and Ruby's mother Sara about Ruby's gesture of giving Mike a figurine of Jesus Christ and a coin during a club softball game in 2025 at a Midwestern tournament. Other topics they discuss include the treatment of umpires and the toughness of softball players.

Notes:

• Clarification: Shawn's work colleague at The Examiner in Jackson County, Mo., probably only used the length of an average softball game to measure the length of baseball games once or twice.
• To read Shawn's "Prep to Pro" column that mentions the figurine exchange, visit https://www.richmond-dailynews.com/sports/comp-softball-baseball-are-calling (subscription required)
• Mike graduated from Richmond two years after Shawn. He has umpired softball games for 37 years.

Credits:

• Hosts: Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Producers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Sales director: Sharon Donat
• Editing: Shawn Roney
• Music: "God Bless Hardin," composed by Shawn Roney, performed by Sacred & Secular (solo incarnation; used with permission from Mo-Mutt Music
• Edited, mixed and mastered using Audacity, Auphonic and LANDR

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Aaron Host, who recently retired as Excelsior Springs varsity baseball coach, talks with co-hosts Micah Dillman, Miranda Jamison and Shawn Roney about his career and what's ahead for him.

Notes:

Clarification: Pro football player Odell Beckham Jr.'s knee-related injury was an ACL tear.

A story about the interview with Holst appeared in The Excelsior Springs Standard's July 25 print edition. It's on The Standard's website at https://www.excelsiorspringsstandard.com/index.php/news/one-last-embrace-new-beginning (subscription required).

Credits:

Hosts: Micah Dillman, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney

Producers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney

Sales director: Sharon Donat

Editing: Shawn Roney

Music director: Shawn Roney