Subject: Kansas City Chiefs

• Last Chiefs Blogpost Until August (Barring Unexpected Arrest)

  April 29, 2008

• Chiefs in "O.T.A.s" -- Which Is Not an Acronym for Community Service

  May 28, 2008

• Chiefs in "O.T.A.s" -- Which Is Not an Acronym for Community Service

  May 28, 2008

• Last Chiefs Blogpost Until August (Barring Unexpected Arrest)

  April 29, 2008

• Let The Contentious Contract Holdouts Begin!

  April 28, 2008

• Arrowhead Stadium to Become Stalinist Regime in '08

  July 3, 2008

• Upcoming Chiefs Season Another Exercise in Rebuilding

  July 21, 2008

• NFL Hires Dissembler As Consultant

  August 4, 2008

• How Bad Are the Chiefs? Yahoo Says: Really Bad

  August 19, 2008

• Let's See Some Tailgating!

  September 11, 2008

• No Soccer Secrets

  April 2, 2009

• Blame the Chiefs for the city's violence

  September 25, 2008

• Young QBs who got away

  October 20, 2008

• What next, Clark Hunt in granny glasses and track suits?

  The 2-10 Chiefs are a bad team. But are the Chiefs a bad franchise?The question came to mind during the telecast of yesterday's Raiders game. As the Chiefs struggled to score an offensive touchdown, the stats for Baltimore's quarterback, Joe Flacco, appeared on the crawl. Flacco, a rookie from the University of Delaware, led the Ravens past Cincinnati, 34-3. The win pushed Baltimore's record to 8-4, not bad for a team with a starting QB who played in the Colonial Athletic Association a year ago.

  December 1, 2008

• Stealing Time: Raiders suck worse than Chiefs

  The Chiefs won! It wasn't pretty, but today lacks the usual stink of failure. "Thanks to luck and horrid coaching on the part of the Raiders or this one might have turned out different," Arrowhead Addict writes. "As long as the Chiefs find a way to beat the Donkey's [Denver Broncos] and the Raiders at least once during the season I can stomach them only winning a couple games." Maybe he'll finally take the bag off his head.12th and Main wonders if the Hawthorn Plaza Hotel renovation project at 3

  December 1, 2008

• Fox Sports: Schottenheimer 'a long shot'

  Marty Schottenheimer's return to the Kansas City Chiefs is "a long shot," Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reports. Glazer says Schottenheimer met with team owner Clark Hunt last week to talk about a vice president gig with the team, kinda like Bill Parcells, who may be considering new employment. Glazer notes that the GM search will be "thorough." Chiefs dream coach Bill Cowher isn't linked to any KC opening but does get a mention in the Cleveland blurb. However, the former Steelers coach has said he's n

  December 30, 2008

• Stealing Time: KSHB wants you to make sexy booty calls

  Sexy KSHB wants you to make sexy text message booty calls this sexy New Year. In a sexy story simply titled "Booty Call," sexy NBC Action News reporter Karen Graber apparently didn't know that sexy booty calls can come via sexy text message. In a not-so -sexy development, the story is actually about unsexy Baby Center's Booty Caller, which sends equally unsexy text message reminders when a woman is ovulating. ** Claims of Karen Graber's sexiness can not be confirmed. Sexy Graber does use the sex

  December 31, 2008

• ESPN: Chiefs = bottom feeder

  ESPN released its final NFL Power Rankings for the 2008 season, and Kansas City beat the World Wide Leader's low expectations. Yay! Oh, the Chiefs still finished 30th out of 32 teams. So much for that projection of 31st. Only the St. Louis Rams and Detroit Lions were more worthless. The Chiefs climbed as high as 27th, clinging to the spot for a mere two weeks. Simon on Sports charts the ups and mostly downs of the season, which most Chiefs fans, players, owners, groupies, etc. would rather black

  December 31, 2008

• Stealing Time: Spider-Man breaks Kansas Republican's heart

  Poor Christian Morgan. The executive director of Kansas' Republican Party is heartbroken over Spider-Man teaming up with Barack Obama. Sucks when your fictional heroes let you down. "At least I still have Batman," Morgan writes. Not quite.

  January 9, 2009

• Stealing Time: Midtown Miscreant grounds expectations for Obama's presidency

  Midtown Miscreant tries to temper expectations for Barack Obama's pending presidency. Otherwise, Obama will be the next Jimmy Carter. A great post from one of Kansas City's best bloggers.

  January 19, 2009

• Hermisms silenced

  The firing of Chiefs coach Herm Edwards brings an end to the most quotable coach in Chiefs history ... for all the wrong reasons. Arrowhead Addict breaks down the top 10 "Hermisms." My favorite: "Hey rook, get me some Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I like 'em hot, hot -- hot!" So profound.  

  January 26, 2009

• Chiefs hire Haley; Jack Harry wrong

  Todd HaleyIt's a bad Friday morning for KSHB's Jack Harry. Harry's admittedly unconfirmed big scoop was wrong, wrong, wrong. Mike Shanahan is not the next coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. The Kansas City Star says the Chiefs have hired Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley.Haley's Cardinals made it to the Super Bowl but lost. The Chiefs haven't confirmed the hire yet, but ESPN's Chris Mortensen says Haley is taking the job. Here's the blog talk:Arrowhead Addict: Breaking: Haley-Chie

  February 6, 2009

• Michael Vick, we hope you enjoyed your stay

  Michael VickDogfighting impresario Michael Vick has left the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. I'll miss knowing that the closest thing Kansas City had to a real quarterback was just 50 minutes away -- even if he was locked in a cell for squandering his fame and fortune for the nonstop thrill of dog-against-dog combat. Then again, the Chiefs did just trade for Matt Cassel. Disclaimer: Feelings of hope may be greatly exaggerated.

  March 25, 2009

• Let The Contentious Contract Holdouts Begin!

  By CHRIS RASMUSSEN Chiefs NFL Draft Recap: Carl Peterson Has Good Day, Renders KC Media Baffled And Confused Yay. The Chiefs did a good job on Saturday and Sunday in The Most Critical Draft In Franchise History Until Next Year. ESPN's Bill Williamson describes the selection of Dorsey as the best move made by an AFC West team in the draft. John Clayton extolled the Chiefs as the biggest winner of the draft. Fox Sports' John Czarnecki gave the Chiefs an A-plus. When Jason Whitlock is praising

  April 28, 2008

• Lovetown

  February 12, 2009

• Carl Peterson’s love of grass might cost Kansas City the Big 12 Championship Game

  December 11, 2008

• POST-HALLOWEEN PIRATES

  October 30, 2008

• Beer o'clock kickoff

  October 16, 2008

• Last Home Game

  October 16, 2008

• Down Under Rules

  September 11, 2008

• THE CHIEFS ARE NO. 1

  August 28, 2008

• Have Hometown Pride

  August 21, 2008

• Eyes turn to KC as 'Christmas morning' draws nigh

  As the NFL Draft approaches, the football world turns its attention to Kansas City.Kansas City ChiefsScott PioliBy virtue of last season's cruddiness, the Chiefs have the third pick in Saturday's draft. Also, new GM Scott Pioli last worked for the New England Patriots, a team that liked to wheel and deal on draft weekend. With those factors in mind, the league's media circus is making plans to converge on Kansas City. Peter King, Sports Illustrated's top NFL writer, says in his column this morni

  April 20, 2009

• People magazine doesn't have the heart to tell Elvis Grbac that he isn't sexy

  Secret's out.Elvis Grbac isn't a sexy hunk of man. Sports Illustrated's Jeff Pearlman tells the hilarious story of how the former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback accidentally became 1998's Sexiest Athlete on his blog. Here's a snip of Pearlman's story:The magazine chose Rich Gannon as its Sexiest Athlete. At the time, Gannon was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. Still a couple of seasons removed from his golden tenure with the Raiders, Gannon was 33, handsome and likable. In other words, a sol

  June 25, 2009

• Chiefs rebooting without several Herm 'finds'

  Photo by Michael McClureHerm Edwards​The Kansas City Chiefs reported for training camp last week without 16 players who suited up for the last game of the 2008 season.The '08 Chiefs were a sorry bunch (record: 2-14), so turnover is to be expected. But it's worth remembering that former head coach Herm Edwards believed last year's club had made great progress.Before the season's final game, Edwards said the roster rebuilding was mostly complete. "I'd say 85 percent of it is done now," he said a

  August 3, 2009

• Brett Favre to start against the Chiefs Friday night

  ​Poor Minnesota Vikings fans. The emotions they must be feeling:  After hate, hate, hating a man for so many years only to have their team sign him to a $10 -12 million deal. Here's the part that will matter to Chiefs fans:ESPN analyst Cris Carter reported that Childress already has told the Vikings that Favre would be starting in Friday night's preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs. And so year three of the retirement begins.

  August 18, 2009

• World Cup™ futbol coming to Arrowhead?

  ​Arrowhead Stadium is on the not-so short list of stadiums that could host the heavily trademarked FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 or 2022. How short can a list be that include 26 other cities and stadiums? Well, they cut it from 70. "Bringing the FIFA World Cup™ - the greatest international sporting event in the world - to Kansas City was a dream of my father's throughout his career," Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement. "The New Arrowhead Stadium and Kansas City would be magnificent

  August 20, 2009

• My money is on KC Wolf in the 2009 Dundies

  The Chiefs have finally redesigned their archaic Web site, and it's pretty nice. They even threw in this spoof of The Office. Not bad. Hopefully the new front office is run better than this.  Anyway, the Chiefs get the first crack at Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings tonight in Minneapolis. They're promising more PT for the starters so it can't possibly be as ugly as the first preseason game. Right?Via NFL Blitz Corner.

  August 21, 2009

• Under-studlies

  August 27, 2009

• This week's Pitch and 30 things we learned this week

  ​This week's Pitch is on the street and so is Darlene White, the subject of Casey Lyons' feature, "The Oldest Professional." White sells $5 blow jobs so she can buy $20 rocks of crack. She claims she was once lit on fire by a John. It's a hard life out there. Also, Martin looks at the dog park mess. Harper and Gintowt preview the Crossroads Music Fest (so does the Buckle Bunny). Ferruzza reviews Zest, and Scherstuhl tells you whether you should see L'Histoire d"Amour.In other news:1. KCK Commu

  September 11, 2009

• When will the Kansas City Chiefs win a game?

  ​This Kansas City Chiefs' season is just one kick in the ding ding after another. The New York Giants laid the smack down on Sunday, and the Cowboys are coming to town this week. So we're wondering when the Chiefs will snap this four-game losing streak. (I'm looking at you, Cleveland; nothing like waiting until week 15 to break the skid.)Our friends over at the Riverfront Times gave us this idea. (Hey, did you hear who might buy the Rams? God save the NFL.) So we're asking you: When's the blee

  October 6, 2009

• And we're back ...

  ​Stealing ambulances is popular in Kansas City. The trend popped up again in Lawrence over the weekend. A 21-year-old jacked an ambulance from 10th and Mass. Street early Sunday morning, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. Why take the ambulance? The guy needed a ride home: The man, whom [Lawrence Police Sgt. Susan] Hadl said believed he had no other means of transportation home, led police on a brief low-speed chase. Police charged the guy with driving under the influence. No kidding? T

  October 12, 2009

• Hey, Chiefs, where is our Miles Austin?

  Football power Monmouth College helped lift the Cowboys over the Chiefs​Following the Chiefs is an education in the consequences of bad management.Yesterday an undrafted receiver from Monmouth College torched the Chiefs' secondary for 250 yards and two scores. Miles Austin's performance begs a question: When was the last time the Chiefs' front office found such a diamond in the rough? Has there been anyone since Brian Waters? Golly, that was nine years ago.Fans not done with the pain from yest

  October 12, 2009

• Halioli kicks another 2008 Chief to the curb

  KCChiefs.comTank Tyler​The Chiefs have traded defensive lineman and sleep apnea sufferer Tank Tyler for a fifth-round pick.Tyler's departure brings to 25 the number of players who suited up for final game of the 2008 season but would get turned away by security if they showed up Arrowhead today.The dizzying number of trades and releases reflect a lack of regard for the talent evaluation skills of the former regime, headed by Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards. Seemingly every week, the new guys, G

  October 20, 2009

• When it comes to KC's black history, Professor Pellom McDaniels says it's time to get beyond Negro Leagues and jazz

  October 29, 2009

• Chiefs to release Larry Johnson?

  Photo by Scott SpychalskiLarry Johnson​The Kansas City Chiefs are primed to release troubled running back Larry Johnson, according to a report on RealGM Football.RealGM cites "a team source that spoke to RealGM's Jeff Risdon on Tuesday afternoon." That same day, the Chiefs and the NFL sent LJ home, telling him to stay away from practice and team activities. This came in response to a pair of homophobic slurs uttered by Johnson to fans and reporters.RealGM says of the ban on "King Pink": This i

  October 28, 2009

• Chiefs send Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr to his room for two weeks

  Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr​The Kansas City Chiefs were so mad at Larry Johnson for calling you guys "fags" and "Christopher Street boys" and us "faggots" that they sent him home -- and suspended him for one game. Ooh, that'll show him. With such a harsh punishment, I'm surprised the Chiefs didn't use King Pink's full name, "Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr," in the news release. Kansas City Chiefs have suspended RB Larry Johnson for Conduct Detrimental to the Club effective immediately. Johnson w

  October 29, 2009

• This week's Pitch and 9 things we learned this week

  ​Yeah, yeah. We know Pellom McDaniels is a former Kansas City Chief. But there's more to the man than his time on the gridiron, as Casey Lyons shows us in this week's feature story, where the ghosts of Kansas City's past come to life.Also in this week's issue, Martin looks at the latest tiff involving the TIF Commission -- and a $2.2 million surplus. Harper remembers former Recycled Sounds owner Anne Winter, who committed suicide last week. Ferruzza pulls double duty with reviews of Frank's It

  October 30, 2009

• And we're back ...

  The chiefs didn't lose Sunday. They also didn't play. Mercifully for us and them. But the Larry Johnson news didn't stop over the weekend. The Chiefs and LJ agreed on a settlement figure the troubled running back will give up during his suspension: $300,000. So LJ can keep bragging about having money -- but not for long if the Chiefs dump him. Arrowhead Pride compiled a couple of news reports (here and here) surveying NFL general managers, and none seem interested in a back that's nearly 30 and

  November 2, 2009

• Comment of the Week

  Photo by Scott SpychalskiLarry Johnson​Larry Johnson reports back to work on Monday. His suspension will be over, and the news about his homophobic slurs and criticism of his coach will be forgotten and everyone will kiss and make up. Uh, probably not. Fans are banding together to keep LJ on the sidelines and away from the Chiefs' all-time leading rusher record. They're circulating a petition/letter to general manager Scott Pioli, asking him to keep LJ off the field and 80 yards shy of the rec

  November 6, 2009