Kansas City Chiefs

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrated his 30th birthday Wednesday by welcoming Xavier Worthy and Jalen Royals back to practice. The two wide receivers have hardly played after Worthy hurt his shoulder in a collision with Travis Kelce early in their season opener,

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Each year after the second week of the NFL season, the long odds that teams face to make the playoffs after losing their first two games get bandied about. The odds have hovered at just under 12% ever since the NFL expanded the season to 16 games and

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A man accused of breaking into the homes of Seattle-area celebrities, including baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki and hip-hop artist Macklemore, and pepper-spraying people he encountered inside pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple charges. Patrick Maisonet, 29, was arrested at his home in on Aug. 21

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The fact that Patrick Mahomes has been the Kansas City Chiefs’ leading rusher each of the first two weeks is concerning. About as concerning as their 0-2 start. In fact, the best offense for Kansas City during a season-opening loss to the Chargers in

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Super Bowl rematch turned into bully ball highlighted by the NFL’s ugliest play. Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles pushed — literally — their way past Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-17, on Sunday. Hurts scored a touchdown on a tush push and

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw a pair of deep passes in the waning minutes of a 20-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in their Super Bowl rematch Sunday. Both were intended for Tyquan Thornton, and together they told the story of the Kansas City Chiefs. The

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The goal for the Philadelphia Eagles is to be playing their best at the end of the season. Like they were in February, when they beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. They were far from perfect on Sunday, but they were

Philadelphia 7 3 3 7 — 20 Kansas City 0 10 0 7 — 17 First Quarter Phi_Barkley 13 run (Elliott kick), :46. Second Quarter KC_FG Butker 56, 11:42. KC_Mahomes 13 run (Butker kick), 2:44. Phi_FG Elliott 58, :00. Third Quarter Phi_FG Elliott 51, 11:28. Fourth Quarter Phi_Hurts 1 run (Elliott kick), 7:48. KC_Thornton 49

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes doesn’t know how many times he has watched video of the Philadelphia Eagles’ rout of his Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. At least once after the game, the quarterback said, and probably a couple of times over the summer. A

By The Associated Press Philadelphia (1-0) at Kansas City (0-1) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, FOX BetMGM NFL Odds: Eagles by 1. Against the spread: Eagles 0-1; Chiefs 0-1. Series record: Tied 6-6. Last meeting: Eagles beat Chiefs 40-22 in the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2025. Last week: Eagles beat Cowboys 24-20;

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are downplaying a pair of emotional on-field outbursts, including one that involved star tight end Travis Kelce, that marked their season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil last week. The first came when Kelce got into the face

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The opening weekend of the NFL season was capped by a pair of unlikely comebacks led by the reigning MVP and a quarterback making his NFL debut. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills overcame a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter on Sunday night to beat Baltimore in

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs could be without Xavier Worthy and rookie Jalen Royals because of injuries in a depleted wide receiver group when they face the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Worthy hurt his shoulder in the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are two ways to look at the Kansas City Chiefs’ season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil. The pessimist will say that the Chiefs hardly looked like Super Bowl contenders. Their defense allowed Justin Herbert to throw for more than 300

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer Justin Herbert finished off the Los Angeles Chargers’ season-opening victory in style, sliding for a first down that effectively ended the game. The quarterback earned style points for his scramble and sideline slide that capped a 318-yard, three-touchdown performance in a 27-21 victory over the Patrick Mahomes and the

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs’ red and white dominated in the stands at NeoQuimica Arena on Friday night during their season-opening game against the Los Angeles Chargers, though even some of the local supporters couldn’t hide their frustration that Taylor Swift was nowhere to be seen

FERNANDO LLANO and ANDRE PENNER Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs faced the Los Angeles Chargers in the first week of the NFL season in Sao Paulo. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl See AP Photos in AP Newsroom

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs face Justin Herbert and Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers in the most accessible game to viewers on Friday night in Brazil. It’s the first NFL game streamed on YouTube and there will be plenty of unique elements surrounding

By The Associated Press Kansas City (17-3) vs Los Angeles Chargers (11-7) in Sao Paulo, Brazil Friday 8 p.m. EDT, YouTube. BetMGM NFL Odds: Chiefs by 3. Series record: Chiefs lead 78-51-1. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Chargers 19-17 on Dec. 8, 2024, in Kansas City. Chiefs offense: overall (15th), rush (22), pass (14), scoring (15).

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end and three-time Super Bowl winner Travis Kelce made teammate Patrick Mahomes and reporters laugh on Thursday when asked what has changed in his life since announcing his engagement to pop superstar Taylor Swift last week. “I got one more ring

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Building a team through the draft is a consistent mantra from almost every NFL team because getting cost-controlled young players in a salary-capped league is crucial to success. Pulling that off isn’t as easy with the draft often looking like a crapshoot, with some widely heralded prospects taken

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer Once again, the Kansas City Chiefs open the season coming off a Super Bowl. This time is different, though. They’re not the champions. Last year, the Chiefs were trying to become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls. But they got blown out 40-22

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox Sports’ “NFL Sunday” pregame show will go on the road for the Week 2 Super Bowl rematch between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. Fox’s pregame show on Sept. 14 will be two hours, starting at 11 a.m. EDT from KC Live! in the Kansas City Power & Light

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) — Seconds after Elisa Richter and 5-year-old daughter Helena arrived at the football field in the back of an abandoned racing track in southern Brazil, a flock of emotional fans of the Coritiba Crocodiles team came to hug them. That Saturday afternoon home game was one

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday he wasn’t thinking of the challenges of starting the season in Brazil when he learned Los Angeles would be making the long trip to face the Kansas City Chiefs here as the home team. “I was excited about it.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In some respects, wide receiver Marquise Brown has been waiting for the Kansas City Chiefs to open the season against the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday night in Brazil for more than 13 months. That’s how long ago he hurt his shoulder on the

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Najee Harris has been cleared to participate in full-contact practice, leaving the running back a possibility to play in the Los Angeles Chargers’ season opener Friday against the Kansas City Chiefs in Brazil. Harris injured his eye in a July 4 fireworks mishap, putting

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will be starting a new left guard and tackle, the latter coming off a major knee injury, when they travel nearly 12 hours to play their season opener on foreign soil against one of the NFL’s best defenses. If that

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thursday’s big NFL trade in which star pass rusher Micah Parsons was sent by Dallas to Green Bay has bettors believing in the Packers and even more soured on the Cowboys. The Packers sent their 2026 and 2027 first-round draft picks as well as defensive