KANSAS CITY, Mo. — No one would blame Chiefs linebacker Reggie Ragland delivered a little extra effort against the Buffalo Bills, the team that drafted him in 2016 and dealt him to Kansas City before he even played an NFL game, but that’s not the linebacker’s style. “Anytime you play against another grown man who wants to hit you in …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wide receiver Albert Wilson returns to Kansas City’s lineup versus the Buffalo Bills Sunday afternoon, and the Chiefs hope he can inject a spark into the team’s struggling offense. Wilson was not on the field during the team’s early warmups with quarterbacks and receivers, so it remains unclear how much he may play. Coincidence or not, …
The best and worst games of the Chiefs upcoming season KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Not all football games are created equally, and the Chiefs 2017 slate proves no exception. With six primetime games, handful of late afternoon Sunday kickoffs and a bevy of returning playoff teams, the Chiefs own a very attractive and formidable schedule. But not every game makes …
Chiefs playing league-high six primetime games, including season-opening visit to New England KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs kickoff the upcoming NFL season with a visit to the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. The team’s 2017 schedule includes six primetime games, including three at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs face an uphill challenge visiting the Patriots for …
The University of Richmond was good to quarterback Michael Strauss, who thrived on and off the football field after transferring from the University of Virginia in 2011. The native of Key Biscayne, Fla., excelled in the classroom, garnering Colonial Athletic Association All-Academic honors in 2012 and 2013, and graduated with a degree from the reputable E. Claiborne Robins School of …
Austin Willis is wearing shorts, sneakers and a windbreaker jacket – the Emporia State logo over his heart offering a hint of his identity – while waiting in the lobby of an IHOP restaurant in Emporia, Kan. He rises and smiles upon greetings, extending a warm handshake before a hostess leads a party of two to the privacy of a …
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The months since the 2014 regular season ended have been virtually nonstop for former Kansas Jayhawks inside linebacker Ben Heeney. The native of Hutchinson, Kan., played in the East-West Shrine Game, attended the NFL Scouting Combine, and then capped it off Wednesday with Kansas’ Pro Day. Heeney was among 15 former Jayhawk players working out in front …
