INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jets general manager Joe Douglas says the team took notice of Super Bowl star Mecole Hardman saying on a podcast he told the Kansas City Chiefs to “come get me” while he was disgruntled in New York earlier this season. “I’ll just say those comments definitely resonated with us,” Douglas told reporters Wednesday at the NFL combine. …
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Chiefs sign defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo to a contract extension
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has received a contract extension less than a week after earning his fourth Super Bowl ring. The Chiefs announced Spagnuolo’s extension on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday before the parade celebrating their latest Super Bowl title. The announcement didn’t reveal the terms of the deal. Spagnuolo, …
Read More »Chiefs say all players, coaches and staffers are safe and accounted for after parade shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs said all their players, coaches and staffers and their families were “safe and accounted for” after a deadly shooting Wednesday at the end of the Super Bowl championship parade. “We are truly saddened by the senseless act of violence that occurred outside of Union Station at the conclusion of today’s parade …
Read More »Shooting after Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade latest violence to mar sports celebrations
The shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade Wednesday was just the latest example of violence erupting during a championship celebration. Here are other shootings that have taken place over the last decade either the night a team won a league championship or during the ensuing parade or rally. JUNE 2016: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Police said a person …
Read More »Chiefs coach Andy Reid already talking about preparations for next season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid is giving the rest of his staff about a week off after their Super Bowl victory parade through downtown Kansas City on Wednesday, then he expects everyone to be back in the building to begin working on next season. So much for down time. The Chiefs have a three-peat to think …
Read More »The Chiefs have achieved dynasty status with their third Super Bowl title in five years
LAS VEGAS (AP) — This was supposed to be the year when the Kansas City Chiefs were vulnerable. Their wide receivers were dropping passes, their offense was committing penalties, Travis Kelce was supposedly getting old and there was no way that Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes could possibly overcome all of that. Yet they did, and wiped away any doubt …
Read More »Everyone hopes the Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl won’t come down to an officiating call
San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York was asked the other day what comes to mind when he thinks back to his team’s Super Bowl loss to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs four years ago, and he quipped: “I mean, I remember Nick Bosa getting held on third-and-long — and that not getting called.” So perhaps it would be …
Read More »49ers overcame Trey Lance trade to build a Super Bowl roster behind Brock Purdy
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers made the kind of decision that could set a franchise back for years when they traded three first-round picks to draft Trey Lance third overall in 2021. The big investment in a potential franchise quarterback turned into a dud with Lance making just four starts his first two seasons and then …
Read More »Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy are chasing greatness and the greatest in Tom Brady and Joe Montana
Patrick Mahomes is chasing Tom Brady. Brock Purdy is playing in the shadow of Joe Montana. Winning the Super Bowl would be another major step for either quarterback. Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs seek to become the first team in 19 years to win back-to-back Super Bowls when they take on Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers in Las …
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