Fox brings nearly a decade of experience to the newsroom’s leadership role. Starting her career as a reporter with KCUR’s Kansas News Service, Fox has held multiple editor roles within the organization and served as interim news director since March 2025.
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amen!!
"Very happy for Jordan. She's a player we didn't want to lose. I think that this was the best decision for her career. She's getting very meaningful minutes. I'm just happy that she's playing." -Vlatko (? from @maddycfox.bsky.social)
"Honestly, comparing the two, scoring a goal is just the most exciting thing ever. And you see the excitement and joy on my face." -Cooper on scoring a goal for KC Current in the home opener versus scoring for USWNT (? from @maddycfox.bsky.social)
COOP GOAL COOP GOAL
GAH noticed an error — the Yohannes/Ryan setup was for the Cat Macario goal. Tara McKeown assisted Sentnor (and very nicely, I’d add)
The USWNT's opening goal against Colombia in the SheBelieves Cup was one Catarina Macario had scored countless times.
But this five-second sequence was different. It was a moment Macario had been working towards for years.
@melanieanzidei.bsky.social has more ⤵️
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Good morning! I have usurped Lisa’s Bachelor analysis to give you my U.S. Women’s National Team hot takes after their match against Colombia last night to open the SheBelieves Cup. Buckle up, it’s long! First, Current fans got to see forward Michelle Cooper get her first senior national team minutes. Claire Hutton warmed up, but ultimately didn’t play last night – I would expect to see her first cap soon, though. As mentioned in my budget email after the roster was announced, this USWNT is missing the “Triple Espresso” forwards who led the U.S. to Olympic victory, as well as the people’s princess, defender Naomi Girma. We saw some new starters instead. Utah’s Ally Sentnor stunned with an absolute rocket into Colombia’s goal, set up beautifully by a smart pass from young phenom Lily Yohannes and a brilliant cross by Gotham’s Yazmeen Ryan. Midfielder Sam Coffey got a ball directly to the face, and yet still had a decent shot on goal minutes later. She’s a tank! But I hope they put her through concussion protocols this week. Cat
Utah’s Ally Sentnor stunned with an absolute rocket into Colombia’s goal, set up beautifully by a smart pass from young phenom Lily Yohannes and a brilliant cross by Gotham’s Yazmeen Ryan. Midfielder Sam Coffey got a ball directly to the face, and yet still had a decent shot on goal minutes later. She’s a tank! But I hope they put her through concussion protocols this week. Cat Macario, who missed the World Cup and the Olympics because of injury, sunk a neat first-half goal. I believe I’ve complained about Emma Hayes continuing to play Lindsey Heaps (nee Horan) for pretty much full minutes, and I stand by that – her shots aren’t on target, and her passes have been sloppy – but last night’s game reminded me that one reason to play her is, basically, to get beat up. She got tripped and tugged and knocked down several times, yielding several free kicks for the USWNT. Colombia plays a very physical game, so you kinda need a punching bag player to draw fouls. I’d recommend they bench Heaps for the Japan game, though – Japan plays with a finesse that requires more precision than I’ve seen from her in years.
Justice for Lynn Biyendolo (nee Williams), who should always get more minutes than she does. Finally, this is the start of the post-Alyssa Naeher era. Replacing her as a goalkeeper feels as unfathomable as it felt to replace Hope Solo before her, but I have faith that, like with the Solo-Naeher transition, we’ll end up with someone stellar. The U.S. has a deep bench of excellent goalies, and Jane Campbell, who played last night, is certainly one of them. What made Naeher stand out to me is the way she was a true eleventh player on the team . She made unbelievable saves, absolutely, but she also had a knack for coming out of goal to contribute at exactly the right moment, and judging when she needed to stay back in the box. It takes time to build that soccer IQ and confidence, but I expect we will eventually see that from her replacement.
I continually abuse my platform in KCUR’s daily budget email to spread my women’s soccer hot takes™️
Ok but what if instead of Korbin Albert: Claire Hutton
I’m guessing that’s where she was aiming for, based on the power behind it
she put her foot clean through that shit
Sentnor Stunner!
First senior USWNT goal for Ally.
The kids are alright.
still dazed by that beautiful ball from Sentnor, USWNT 2
Lily to Yaz to Cat, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Honorable mention: initial pass from Lilly 🤯
Emma needs to get those girls doing sprints, Colombia is outrunning the US a fair bit
Untangling this tale yesterday took me and @maddycfox.bsky.social a little while...this woman was accused of killing two people in KC in 1960, fleeing to Mexico, killing another there, then escaping prison. She was free until she died (of natural causes) in 2022. www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Last night we published what was called an "emergency" episode of "Overlooked" to report on the Golubski suicide on the first day of his federal trial. @maddycfox.bsky.social and I unpacked the day (in a word, whew!) and what this all means in KCK. Listen here: www.kcur.org/2024-12-02/g...
…our talk show host Steve Kraske, his producers Zach Wilson, Halle Jackson, Claudia Brancart, Liz Ruiz and Josh Marvine, our announcers who run the board, our newscasters who get it out to you, and the many editors and higher-ups who cleared the decks to let us all do that work.
We are quite good at this. It takes multiple people and a lot of resources: reporter Peggy Lowe, editors me and Kris Husted, producer Mackenzie Martin, Byron Love on the podcast mix, Gabe Rosenberg on digital updates and fine-tuning and him and Allison Harris on social…
- a soon-to-be released podcast episode for our Overlooked series that goes deep into Golubski’s history and what got us to now www.kcur.org/overlooked
- a version of which will appear on our daily news podcast, Kansas City Today
- a radio spot that aired nationally on All Things Considered
- three sets of local spots — from Golubski’s home, the courtroom and the protest outside the courthouse — for local radio
- a segment on All Things Considered www.npr.org/2024/12/02/n...
- a live segment on our daily talk show, Up to Date, that the producers pulled off when they were already mid-live show
- an obituary www.kcur.org/news/2024-12...
Today, Roger Golubski died — apparently by suicide — the very hour his trial on federal civil rights charges was supposed to start. Here at KCUR, we produced
- a quick-hit digital story with multiple updates
www.kcur.org/news/2024-12...
those are good dogs!!
I still report occasionally. I made myself KCUR’s Kansas City Current reporter, and am at most home games in the press box and on the radio talking about it. www.kcur.org/sports/2024-...
