The primacy of Kansas City sports is plastered onto a downtown apartment building on Grand Boulevard. On the east side, Mario Chalmers is releasing the most famous shot in Kansas basketball history. On the adjacent wall, there’s Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, MVP of the franchise’s lone Super Bowl, and a picture of the Royals’ first parade in three decades.
The final piece of the mural is the hometown kid who made it big. The athlete who grew up 10 miles from here and still can’t quite believe this is how it’s all played out.
Matt Besler is the face of the Sporting Kansas City franchise, the winningest and most accomplished player in club history.