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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 …

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 …

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 …

The voting for the 2023 NFL Most Valuable Player selected by The Associated Press in balloting by a nationwide panel of media: (Voting is on a 10-5-3-2-1 basis) Voting for AP MVP (10-5-3-2-1 scoring): Lamar Jackson, Baltimore, 49-0-1-0-0=493 Dak Prescott, Dallas, 0-17-13-11-6=152 Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco, 0-17-12-11-4=147 Brock Purdy, San Francisco, 0-9-5-12-13=97 Josh Allen, Buffalo, 1-5-11-3-6=80 Tyreek Hill, Miami, 0-2-6-9-14=60 …

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings filled two coaching staff vacancies Friday by hiring former Denver Broncos defensive line coach Marcus Dixon and adding outside linebackers coach to Mike Pettine’s role. The openings were created last year when outside linebackers coach Mike Smith took a leave of absence prior to the regular season and defensive line coach Chris Rumph …

PITTSBURGH (AP) — New Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith added to his staff on Friday, hiring Tom Arth as quarterbacks coach, Zach Azzanni as wide receivers coach and Mateo Kambui as offensive assistant. Arth replaces Mike Sullivan, who held the job each of the last three seasons and spent the final weeks of 2023 calling the plays after the …

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals hired Justin Rascati on Thursday to fill the newly created position of pass game coordinator. The Bengals also promoted Brad Kragthorpe from assistant quarterbacks coach to quarterbacks coach, and Jordan Kovacs was promoted from assistant linebackers coach to secondary/safeties coach. Both have been on the Bengals staff for five years. Rascati comes to Cincinnati …

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Trent Williams’ accomplishments are already worthy of a Hall of Fame career with 11 Pro Bowl bids, three first-team All-Pro selections and near universal recognition as the best left tackle of his generation. All that was missing for the San Francisco 49ers star was something he never envisioned would be possible as he spent the first …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Dolphins are hiring former Tennessee Titans outside linebackers coach Ryan Crow for the same position in Miami, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the hiring. Crow has spent his entire six-year coaching …

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 …