KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Five-time Pro Bowl receiver DeAndre Hopkins is heading to Kansas City to reinforce a Chiefs’ receiving corps depleted by injuries to Hollywood Brown, Rashee Rice and JuJu Smith-Schuster. The 32-year-old Hopkins posted 15 catches for 173 yards and a touchdown in six games with Tennessee this season. The Chiefs will send the Titans a fifth-round pick …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cole Christiansen had just turned 4 years old a few weeks earlier when the events of Sept. 11, 2001, shattered the sense of safety for Americans, Yet there are hazy memories of that time and place for the future Chiefs linebacker growing up in Suffolk, Virginia, a three-hour drive from the Pentagon where one of the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the offseason roster turnover from 91 players down to 53 takes shape and the 17-player practice squad takes shape, it’s time for the annual roster number shuffle as newcomers to the team gravitate toward newly freed numbers and players who status on the roster changes see the digits on their jersey change. For example, punter …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Chiefs player is in stable condition at a local hospital after experiencing a medical emergency at the team’s training complex Thursday morning. Team doctors and athletic trainers responded immediately to the player and the emergency, according to a statement from the club. While the team cannot confirm due to privacy regulations, the emergency involved defensive …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs will begin their quest for an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title with a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship, hosting the Baltimore Ravens at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 5. The game is slated for a 7:20 p.m. central time kickoff and will be broadcast on NBC and streamed on NFL+. …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice, already facing criminal charges over an auto accident in Dallas in March, is now under investigation for allegedly hitting a photographer in a Dallas restaurant, according to a report by WFAA-TV. The alleged incident reportedly occurred early Monday morning near Lit Kitchen & Lounge in downtown Dallas. The restaurant is also attached …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — By the time football players reach the NFL, their jersey number usually becomes special to them. Some players have worn the same number since their first snap on a football field. Even if there isn’t special significance the first time they pull on their jersey, it eventually becomes a part of them. New Chiefs wide receiver …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — To the victor belong the spoils, and after Patrick Mahomes, Chris Jones and even head coach Andy Reid and general manager Brett Veach received pay bumps for the team’s back-to-back Super Bowl triumphs, Monday was Travis Kelce’s day for the spoils. The 34-year-old tight end signed a restructured contract featuring a $4 million raise and $17 …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Make no mistake, the back-to-back Super Bowl champion Chiefs are hoping to run it back in 2024 — and beyond — with the same triumvirate of Andy Reid, Brett Veach and Mark Donovan in charge of the club. The team announced Monday evening contract extensions for the head coach, general manager and team president respectively. No …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs will bring back all but one member of their assistant coaching staff from the group that led them to a win in Super Bowl LVIII, with the only changes coming on the defensive side of the football. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid announced at the NFL Combine that outside linebackers coach Ken Flajole had …
