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Patrick Mahomes Sr. Arrested For DWI

Patrick Mahomes Sr. was arrested for driving while intoxicated for the third time or more ... TMZ has learned.

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Kansas gov. signs effort to entice Chiefs, Royals

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has signed legislation enabling the state to lure the Chiefs and Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums.

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Kansas governor signs to offer Chiefs, Royals stadium help​

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation Friday enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums.

Kelly's action came three days after the Republican-led Legislature approved the measure with bipartisan supermajorities -- an unusually quick turnaround that signals how urgently Kansas officials consider making the offers.

Missouri officials have argued that discussions about building new stadiums are still in the early stages. They said construction of a new one typically takes about three years and pointed out that the lease on the existing complex that includes the teams' side-by-side stadiums doesn't end until January 2031.

The measure Kelly signed takes effect July 1 and will allow bonds to cover 70% of a new stadium's cost. Kansas would have 30 years to pay them off with revenues from sports betting, state lottery ticket sales, and new sales and alcohol taxes generated in the area around each proposed stadium.

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Kansas gov. signs effort to entice Chiefs, Royals

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has signed legislation enabling the state to lure the Chiefs and Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums.

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Kansas governor signs to offer Chiefs, Royals stadium help​

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation Friday enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums.

Kelly's action came three days after the Republican-led Legislature approved the measure with bipartisan supermajorities -- an unusually quick turnaround that signals how urgently Kansas officials consider making the offers.

Missouri officials have argued that discussions about building new stadiums are still in the early stages. They said construction of a new one typically takes about three years and pointed out that the lease on the existing complex that includes the teams' side-by-side stadiums doesn't end until January 2031.

The measure Kelly signed takes effect July 1 and will allow bonds to cover 70% of a new stadium's cost. Kansas would have 30 years to pay them off with revenues from sports betting, state lottery ticket sales, and new sales and alcohol taxes generated in the area around each proposed stadium.

Could the Kansas City (Missouri) Chiefs become the Kansas City (Kansas) Chiefs?

A fool and his money are soon parted. Or in this case, the state's money.

 

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QB Carson Wentz embracing new role as Patrick Mahomes' backup

Wentz, who is on his fifth team in five seasons, is a backup for the first time in his career.

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QB Carson Wentz embracing new role as Patrick Mahomes' backup​

Since this is the first time he's gone into a season as an NFL backup quarterback, Carson Wentz is still searching for the proper way to go about his job.

It's not only about preparing himself to play anymore. He also has to support Patrick Mahomes as best he can.

"We're still early,'' Wentz said shortly before the Chiefs ended their offseason practice. "We're only in here a handful of hours every day and a couple days a week and it's not quite the grind that it will be. So that'll keep evolving and kind of how I find my place, so to speak. But Pat and I already have a great relationship and that'll keep growing and I'll keep finding ways I can help.

"I'll find a way to help him whatever way I can, whether that's off the field, on the field, whatever.''

Chiefs coach Andy Reid prefers to have a veteran with years of NFL experience as a backup for Mahomes, mostly to give him a study partner and sounding board for things he might be seeing in the video room or on the practice or game field as he goes through his preparation. The Chiefs have had veterans Chad Henne, Matt Moore and Blaine Gabbert serve as Mahomes' backups before Wentz.

Wentz, who signed with the Chiefs during the offseason, was with the Philadelphia Eagles for five seasons from 2016-2020. The Chiefs are now his fifth NFL team, and fourth in as many seasons. He made 93 starts in eight seasons with the Eagles, Indianapolis Colts, Washington Commanders and Los Angeles Rams.

"I thought Blaine did a nice job of [helping Mahomes] when he was here last year," Reid said. "Carson I know did a nice job when he worked with the Rams [last season], had a nice game for him actually when he played for them right at the end there. We welcome him in. We talked to him last year when we were talking to Blaine and he was holding off for an opportunity to possibly start. It was good to get him in this position and if he has an opportunity to play, he has an opportunity to play.

"Carson looks sharp. He's picking things up fast, smart guy, and he fits in well. Seems like a heck of a person, and he's good in that [quarterback] room."
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Chiefs bringing back Kareem Hunt, sign him to practice squad with Isiah Pacheco injured

Hunt led the NFL in rushing yards with 1,327 as a rookie and will re-join Kansas City after being gone for six years

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Chiefs bringing back Kareem Hunt, sign him to practice squad with Isiah Pacheco injured​

Hunt led the NFL in rushing yards with 1,327 as a rookie and will re-join Kansas City after being gone for six years​

Tuesday's visit between 29-year-old Pro Bowl running back Kareem Hunt and the team that drafted him in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs, went well enough that the back-to-back Super Bowl champions are signing him on Wednesday, per CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones. Hunt will begin his second tour of duty with the Chiefs on the practice squad.

His signing was necessitated with starting running back Isiah Pacheco heading to injured reserve, per CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones, with a fibula injury that will reportedly cost him the next six to eight weeks. Hunt was cut by the Chiefs in 2018, a year after leading the NFL in rushing yards (1,327) as a rookie in 2017 after a video of him kicking a woman in hotel surfaced.

He has spent the last four seasons with the Cleveland Browns' serving as the Robin to Nick Chubb's Batman. Hunt totaled 2,285 yards and 25 touchdowns with a 4.0 yards-per-carry average in Cleveland. He also caught 147 passes for 1,057 yards and seven touchdowns. Hunt ran for 411 yards and a career-high nine rushing touchdowns in 2023 while splitting time with Jerome Ford after Chubb's gruesome knee injury in Pittsburgh. He did average a career-low three yards per carry that season on 135 carries.
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