Eric Graves

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Journalist @kmbc. Lee’s Summit native. Past: @FOX59, @waff48, @komunews. Learned a bunch at @mujschool. Taller than I look on TV. Say hi [email protected].

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#Argentina fans are taking over the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri! Everyone is ready for KC’s first #WorldCup match tomorrow! KMBC

It’s a party in Indianapolis, fireworks and all. Fans get to celebrate the first NBA FINALS GAME 7 IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. THE PACERS ARENT DONE. ONE MORE! #YesCers FOX59 News CBS4 Indy

This summer, you can take a motor coach from the FIFA Fan Fest to Kauffman Stadium. The route will be apart of the KC's World Cup transportation plan and will run on each of the 13 Royals home games during the World Cup. A day pass is just $5. Full story at 6 on KMBC.

John Sherman starts his remarks thanking former KC Mayor Kay Barnes. Says Barnes wrote him handwritten letters encouraging him to think big and then think bigger. KMBC

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What a flyover for these fans on Carb Day! FOX59 News CBS4 Indy

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Touchdown Kansas City! Lionel Messi and the Argentina national team just safely landed at MCI after a 5,000 mile journey. The defending World Cup champs are the first of KC’s base camp teams to arrive. They’ll stay in KCMO and train in KCK. #WorldCup2026 KMBC

The #Argentina national team chefs were barbecuing at the team hotel near Kansas City’s riverfront when tornado sirens started going off and a severe storm rolled through😳

With an ongoing national conversation about the price of youth soccer in the U.S. - the KC Current are starting a new league designed with no-cost and no-barriers. The league started on Saturday for 120 8-10-year-olds in KC. KMBC

Incredible scene in Kansas City right now! Bikers from across the metro are joining with three men who have biked all the way from Argentina to KC. It’s been a 10 month, 10,500 mile journey that ends today at the Argentina team hotel. KMBC

Here’s something that wouldn’t have made sense a year ago! Netherlands Captain Virgil van Dijk and a few teammates just took a walk around the County Club Plaza near the team hotel in Kansas City, MO. I asked what they thought and got a thumbs up. KMBC #Oranje #OnsOranje

WATCH: Here’s the line to get into Kansas City’s FIFA Fan Fest 15 minutes before it opens on KC’s first match day. The line stretches almost all the way down to Union Station. A TON of #Argentina fans in KC! KMBC

Great idea by the Indiana Pacers. Fans can pay 20 bucks to get the NBA Finals patch pressed onto their jersey. Quick process they do right in the team store or out here in the concourse. #YesCers FOX59 News CBS4 Indy

How did Missouri lose the #Chiefs? We asked Clark Hunt. Both Hunt and President Mark Donovan said when negotiating with MO, they talked with state, county and city. When negotiating with KS, Chiefs only talked to the state. Seems like more united front won. #moleg #ksleg KMBC

GOOD NEWS - the three #Argentina fans who pedaled more than 10,000 miles from Argentina to Kansas City have TICKETS! The trio was honored in Johnson County Saturday. Here's the moment Chairman Mike Kelly surprised them with tickets to Argentina's first match at Arrowhead. KMBC

Here's a look around Lawrence, Kansas at how excited the city is to host the Algeria national team and it's fans! There's green, white and fennec foxes all over the place. Here's a few of the spots that have gone all out! KMBC #LesFennecs

Vice President JD Vance welcomed to Milbank Manufacturing in Kansas City, MO. The crowd started a USA chant as he walked on stage. KMBC

Here's a look at the welcoming party for the Algeria national team last night in Lawrence, Kansas. Lawrence PD took the video and said there were more than 300 fans that waited past midnight in the rain to cheer on their team! Algeria plays Argentina June 16 at Arrowhead. KMBC

The #ThreeLions are in Kansas City! The England national team disembarked their plane moments ago at KC’s downtown airport. They’ll train this afternoon at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri. View from KC’s only news helicopter. KMBC

The Argentina National Team is about to land at Kansas City International airport! They’re the first of KC’s four base camp teams to arrive for the #WorldCup2026. You can see Lionel Messi’s 10 on the plane’s tail. View from Kansas City’s only news helicopter. KMBC

I think Kansas City's part Dutch now. KMBC Photojournalist Javier Luna with a masterpiece of an edit. We love the #Netherlands 🧡

Here’s a look at the new billion dollar Children’s Mercy tower on the Adele Hall campus in downtown KC. Construction starts in the fall and is expected to finish in 2031… around the same time as their soon to be new neighbors. KMBC

I can't believe the day Kansas City just had. Here's one of our stories from being right in the middle of the #Netherlands March to the Match! KMBC photojournalist Javier Luna did a great job behind the lens and on the editor.

WATCH: Ken Morrow, member of the 1980 Miracle on Ice gold medal team and four-time Stanley Cup Champion, celebrates the golden goal against Canada on Sunday. Morrow watched at the Blue Line Hockey Bar in the River Market. You’ll hear from the KC resident at 5 and 6 on KMBC.

We got a behind the scenes tour of Kansas City’s FIFA Fan Fest today. About 500 people are working every day on the National WWI Museum and Memorial lawn to get it ready for opening day June 11. This view is from the ticketed Legacy Lounge. GA tickets are free. KMBC