Metro Sports
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Metro Sports is a regional sports network
serving the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
, Lawrence, Kansas
, and the state of Nebraska
. It launched on December 12, 1996, and is currently available on cable systems including Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Knology.
Metro Sports has produced live sporting events for college sports conferences such as the Big 12 Conference
, Missouri Valley Conference
, the Summit League, the NAIA
, and their individual members. Metro Sports' other hallmark programming is its coverage of local Kansas City high school athletics, including its "HyVee High School Game of The Week" featuring top local teams in the sports of Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Volleyball, Baseball, Soccer, and other sports. Metro Sports will also broadcast five games of the Missouri Mavericks
of the Central Hockey League
during the 2010-2011 Central Hockey League season
.
The Metro Sports-produced "Fantasy Huddle", a weekly Fantasy Football show, is also distributed to other Time Warner Cable systems nationwide.
In March 2009, Metro Sports produced and televised live all 31 games of the 2009 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
in Kansas City, Missouri.
Metro Sports used to produce live sporting events for professional sports teams such as Major League Soccer
's Kansas City Wizards
, including simulcasting those events in Spanish
on an SAP channel during its final two seasons of coverage, before the Wizards declined to renew their broadcast agreement, and the Kansas City Brigade
of the Arena Football League
, before the league was liquidated and reincarnated. Metro Sports also produced and televised Kansas City Royals
games from 2003
to 2007
, after which it lost the rights to FSN Midwest
.
Metro Sports has published a book, More Than The Score: Kansas City Sports Memories.
On March 1, 2010, Metro Sports launched Metro Sports HD, a High Definition
feed of its programming, and Metro Sports 2.
, Comcast
, and Knology of Kansas (formerly Sunflower Broadband) in metropolitan Kansas City, Lawrence, Kansas
and Nebraska. As of March 31, 2011, it was available in approximately 500,000 households.
Regional sports network
In the United States of America and Canada, a regional sports network, or RSN, is a cable television station that presents sports programming to a local market. The most important programming on an RSN consists of live broadcasts of professional and college sporting events, as those games generate...
serving the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a fifteen-county metropolitan area that is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri and is bisected by the border between the states of Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,035,334. The metropolitan area is the...
, Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
, and the state of Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
. It launched on December 12, 1996, and is currently available on cable systems including Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Knology.
Metro Sports has produced live sporting events for college sports conferences such as the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
, Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...
, the Summit League, the NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
, and their individual members. Metro Sports' other hallmark programming is its coverage of local Kansas City high school athletics, including its "HyVee High School Game of The Week" featuring top local teams in the sports of Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Volleyball, Baseball, Soccer, and other sports. Metro Sports will also broadcast five games of the Missouri Mavericks
Missouri Mavericks
The Missouri Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League. They play in Independence, Missouri, USA, located near Kansas City, Missouri, at the Independence Events Center.-History:...
of the Central Hockey League
Central Hockey League
The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs....
during the 2010-2011 Central Hockey League season
2010–11 CHL season
The 2010–11 CHL season was the 19th season of the Central Hockey League .-Team changes:The Amarillo Gorillas and the Corpus Christi IceRays folded and both were replaced by a North American Hockey League team.-Expansion:...
.
The Metro Sports-produced "Fantasy Huddle", a weekly Fantasy Football show, is also distributed to other Time Warner Cable systems nationwide.
In March 2009, Metro Sports produced and televised live all 31 games of the 2009 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
2009 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 72nd Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 18 to 24 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 72nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The Heart of America Athletic Conference was the...
in Kansas City, Missouri.
Metro Sports used to produce live sporting events for professional sports teams such as Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
's Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards
Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...
, including simulcasting those events in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
on an SAP channel during its final two seasons of coverage, before the Wizards declined to renew their broadcast agreement, and the Kansas City Brigade
Kansas City Brigade
The Kansas City Command is a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. The team was founded before the 2006 season. Former Kansas City Chiefs Strong safety Kevin Porter served as head coach...
of the Arena Football League
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League is the highest level of professional indoor American football in the United States. It is currently the second longest running professional football league in the United States, after the National Football League. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster...
, before the league was liquidated and reincarnated. Metro Sports also produced and televised Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
games from 2003
2003 Major League Baseball season
*World Series MVP: Josh Beckett**American League Championship Series MVP: Mariano Rivera**National League Championship Series MVP: Iván Rodríguez*All-Star Game, July 15 at U.S...
to 2007
2007 Major League Baseball season
The 2007 Major League Baseball season, began on April 1 with a rematch of the 2006 National League Championship Series; the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played the first game of the season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, which was won by the Mets, 6–1...
, after which it lost the rights to FSN Midwest
FSN Midwest
Fox Sports Midwest is a regional sports network that operates in eastern and central Missouri , central & southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Nebraska, and Iowa.-History:...
.
Metro Sports has published a book, More Than The Score: Kansas City Sports Memories.
On March 1, 2010, Metro Sports launched Metro Sports HD, a High Definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
feed of its programming, and Metro Sports 2.
Carriage
Metro Sports is available on Time Warner CableTime Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
, Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
, and Knology of Kansas (formerly Sunflower Broadband) in metropolitan Kansas City, Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
and Nebraska. As of March 31, 2011, it was available in approximately 500,000 households.
Regular shows
- Metro Pro Wrestling (11 P.M, Saturday- Replay Thursday Midnight)
- High School Roundup (10:30 P.M., Friday)
- Metro Sports Zone (10 P.M. Monday through Sunday)
- The Red Zone (Kansas City Chiefs)
- The Blue Zone (Kansas City Royals)
- Varsity KC (High School Sports)
- College Gametime (College Sports)
- Basketball and Football Coaches shows featuring the University of KansasUniversity of KansasThe University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
, University of MissouriUniversity of MissouriThe University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
, University of Nebraska, University of OklahomaUniversity of OklahomaThe University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
, Oklahoma State University, and Iowa State UniversityIowa State UniversityIowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
. - Total Access
- Fantasy Huddle
- Braggin' Rights
- Miscellaneous
Executive staff
- Chris Huwe, General Manager
- David Haden, Operations Manager
- Sean McDowell, Managing Editor
On-Air Staff
- Dave Stewart, Metro Sports Zone Anchor
- Leif Lisec, Metro Sports Zone Anchor
- Mick Shaffer, Anchor/Reporter
- Brad Porter, Anchor/Reporter
- Chris Gough, Anchor/Reporter, Host of Fantasy Huddle, Braggin' Rights, and Metro Pro Wrestling
- Erik Ashel, Anchor/Reporter
- Kennetra Pulliams, Anchor/Reporter
- Natalie Moultrie, Anchor/Reporter, Co-Host of Metro Sports Youth Weekly
- Herbie Teope, Co-Host of Fantasy Huddle, editor of FantasyHuddle.tv
- Dave Neilson, Co-Host of Fantasy Huddle
Announcers
- Kevin Wike, play-by-play
- Stan Weber, Football/Basketball Analyst
- Brian McRaeBrian McRaeBrian Wesley McRae is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays from to . McRae is the son of former major league All-Star, Hal McRae, and was also managed by the elder McRae for four...
, Baseball Analyst - Richard Baldinger, Football Analyst
- Jayice Pearson, Football Analyst
- Danan HughesDanan HughesRobert Danan Hughes is a former American football wide receiver that played in the National Football League.-College career:...
, Football Analyst - Doug Elstun, Basketball Analyst
- Patti Phillips, Basketball Analyst
- Greg Gurley, Basketball Analyst
Metro Sports Alumni
- Neil Harwell, Former Metro Sports GM
- Duke Frye, Anchor (1996–2000)
- Danyelle SargentDanyelle SargentDanyelle Sargent-Musselman is an American sports television reporter.-Education and early career:She is a graduate of Florida State University and began her television career at WGXA, in Macon, GA....
, Anchor/Reporter (2002–2004) - Erin Bajackson, Anchor/Reporter