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$85.6M Haul Makes QB the NFL's Top-Earning Player

Detroit Lions' Jared Goff takes top spot, per Forbes

(Newser) - The National Football League's 10 highest-earning players are set to make a collective $644 million this year—more than twice what the top players earned in 2017, reports Forbes . At the top of the list is 29-year-old Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who helped push his team to their...

Mahomes Completes a Behind-the-Back Pass

Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes pulls one off in a preseason game

(Newser) - Patrick Mahomes now has some unusual bragging rights in addition to his three Super Bowl rings—the Kansas City quarterback managed to complete a behind-the-back pass in a preseason game on Saturday, reports ESPN . Watch a video clip here . The 8-yard pass to Travis Kelce gave the Chiefs a first...

Mahomes Addresses Kicker's Controversy

QB says he doesn't agree with Harrison Butker's beliefs but defends his right to voice them

(Newser) - Patrick Mahomes said Wednesday that while he doesn't agree with all the beliefs espoused by kicker Harrison Butker during a recent commencement address , the Chiefs quarterback nevertheless respects his teammate's right to make them be known.
  • "I've known Harrison for seven years. I judge him by
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One Word Being Used to Describe the Chiefs
One Word Being Used
to Describe the Chiefs
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Feb 12, 2024 6:26 AM CST

One Word Being Used to Describe the Chiefs

'Dynasty' is the term of choice after three championships in 5 years

(Newser) - They've won three Super Bowls in five years and made it to the championship game in one of those "off" years. As a result, a common theme is easy to spot in Monday morning's coverage of Sunday's thrilling overtime win for Kansas City:
  • "It's
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Kansas City Wins a Nail-Biter in Overtime
Kansas City Wins
a Nail-Biter in Overtime
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Feb 11, 2024 9:49 PM CST

Kansas City Wins a Nail-Biter in Overtime

Chiefs defeat the 49ers 25-22

(Newser) - The game more than lived up to the hype. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 58 on Sunday in overtime, 25-22, per ESPN . The Chiefs thus become the first team to win back-to-back championships since the Patriots two decades ago. The 49ers got a...

2nd Member of Mahomes Family Lands in Legal Trouble

Patrick Mahomes Sr. gets DWI before son's Super Bowl game; QB's brother recently faced charges

(Newser) - The father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was arrested in East Texas on at least his third charge of driving while intoxicated, according to jail records. The legal issue comes as the younger Mahomes prepares to lead his team into the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers...

49ers Overcome 17-Point Deficit to Advance to Super Bowl

They'll meet the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas

(Newser) - Brock Purdy threw for 267 yards and a touchdown, and the San Francisco 49ers rallied from 17 points down at halftime to beat the Detroit Lions 34-31 on Sunday and reach the Super Bowl, the AP reports. The 49ers (14-5) scored 17 points in an eight-minute span of the third...

Kansas City Game Was So Cold, Mahomes' Helmet Shattered

It was -4 degrees at kickoff at the NFL's 4th-coldest game on record

(Newser) - Patrick Mahomes walked back to the huddle in the third quarter of the Kansas City Chiefs' wild-card playoff win over the Miami Dolphins on Saturday night, looked around at his teammates and couldn't figure out why they were all staring at him. Might have had something to do with...

Patrick Mahomes Apologizes to a Fellow QB

Chiefs quarterback regrets outburst over call in game against Josh Allen and the Bills

(Newser) - Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes vented in a big way Sunday after a penalty cost his team a win , and now he's apologizing in particular to fellow QB Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills. After the game, mics picked up Mahomes fuming to Allen about the offsides penalty...

Not Sure We Needed to Know This Superstition, Mahomes

Kansas City Chiefs QB says he wears same pair of (supposedly washed) undies for every game

(Newser) - In the world of professional football, there are TDs, FGs, and now, thanks to Patrick Mahomes, TMI. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback showed up Monday on ESPN's ManningCast , hosted during Monday Night Football by brothers Peyton and Eli Manning, and the football veterans (and the world) found out just...

Kelce and Co. Lose Big, Get Trolled With Taylor Swift

Denver Broncos prove merciless in serenading KC Chiefs with 'Shake It Off'

(Newser) - Taylor Swift did not show up to watch the Kansas City Chiefs lose to the Denver Broncos in a pretty major upset on Sunday. But she did show up in song, as the Broncos seized their moment of glory to do a little trolling with one of her hits. As...

The Only Woman to Attend Every Super Bowl Has Died

Chiefs co-owner Norma Hunt died at 85, was a devotee of the game

(Newser) - Norma Hunt, the second wife of the late Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt and the only woman to attend every Super Bowl, has died. She was 85. The Hunt family, which still owns the franchise, announced the passing of the Chiefs' matriarch in a statement released by the team...

Kansas City Chiefs Win Thriller on Mahomes' Heroics
Kansas City Chiefs Win
Thriller on Mahomes' Heroics
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Feb 12, 2023 9:19 PM CST

Kansas City Chiefs Win Thriller on Mahomes' Heroics

KC defeats the Philadelphia Eagles, 38-35

(Newser) - Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are the winners of Super Bowl 57. Mahomes—hobbling around on a hurt ankle—led the Chiefs downfield for the winning drive that was capped by Harrison Butker’s 27-yard field goal with 8 seconds left, sealing a 38-35 victory, per the AP...

For Tom Brady, It's Super Bowl Ring No. 7
For Tom Brady, It's
Super Bowl Ring No. 7
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Feb 7, 2021 9:12 PM CST

For Tom Brady, It's Super Bowl Ring No. 7

Tampa Bay Buccaneers easily defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl

(Newser) - In the end, the much-awaited matchup wasn't much of a contest. Tom Brady won his record seventh Super Bowl Sunday as his Tampa Bay Buccaneers overpowered the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9. The 43-year-old Brady threw for three touchdowns, including two to his old teammate on the New England Patriots,...

Before the Super Bowl, a New Star Poet Speaks
Before the Super Bowl,
a New Star Poet Speaks
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Feb 7, 2021 6:00 PM CST

Before the Super Bowl, a New Star Poet Speaks

Amanda Gorman recites a tribute to COVID heroes before kickoff

(Newser) - Super Bowl LV had an unusual kickoff to the kickoff. Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who gained fame at President Biden's inauguration, recited a poem in the pregame festivities. This, as you may have guessed, is a first for the NFL, reports the New York Times . Called "Chorus...

Star QB's Mom Sets NFL Announcer Straight

Patrick Mahomes' mother faulted ESPN announcer for calling her son 'Pat'

(Newser) - Attention, NFL announcers. It's Patrick Mahomes, not Pat Mahomes. Just ask his mother. Randi Mahomes, whose son is the superstar quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs, was watching her boy play Monday night when she issued this tweet : "If this announcer doesn’t stop calling my son Pat....

He's the First Half-Billion-Dollar Player Ever in Sports

Kansas City Chiefs agree to 10-year contract extension worth $503M for Patrick Mahomes

(Newser) - The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to a 10-year contract extension with quarterback Patrick Mahomes that is worth $503 million, making him "the first half billion dollar player in sports history," his agency tweeted . The Super Bowl MVP's contract is the richest-ever not just at the NFL...

Tom Brady's 'Classy' Gesture to Losing QB

Patriots star went to Chiefs' locker room to speak to Patrick Mahomes after game

(Newser) - Classic game, "classy" gesture afterward. When the Patriots beat the Chiefs in overtime to reach the Super Bowl, Tom Brady made an unusual move in regard to opposing quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Reporter Jeff Darlington of ESPN tweeted that "Brady just quietly approached a security guard waiting outside the...

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