Wizards staying in Kansas City for 2006 season

STEVE BRISENDINEAssociated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Wizards are still up for sale but will remain in Kansas City at least through the 2006 season, owner Lamar Hunt said Tuesday.The team also announced that Bob Gansler, Major League Soccer's longest-tenured coach, will return for an eighth season in 2006.Hunt, who has been trying to sell the team for more than a year, said his family's Hunt Sports Group will again operate the team next season. He has said he hopes to sell the Wizards to a buyer who will keep them in the Kansas City area - and build a soccer-specific stadium for them, possibly in suburban Johnson County, Kan."Within the past week we've gotten a substantial offer to purchase the team," Hunt said at a news conference. "We were not able to accept that offer, because there were some conditions we didn't find acceptable. The group interested in purchasing the team wanted to be sure there was a soccer-specific stadium here before they closed the deal."Hunt declined to say who made that offer but said it came from a local group.