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Aug. 5—David Smale was courtside covering the 2020 Big 12 basketball tournament when his phone rang. He figured he would pick it up after the games as it would be too loud to hear anything with the action going on.

He called back later that night and it was a publishing company asking him to write a book on the history of the Kansas City Chiefs. Smale had written books before, but this one was a different challenge.

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