http://www.mail.com/organizations/46298-kansas-city-chiefs.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/46298-kansas-city-chiefs.html http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762484-charles-starring-chiefs-tragedy.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jamaal Charles took the handoff on the first play of the game, skipped to his right and found a crease. He slipped through the hole, made a subtle cutback and then raced to the end zone. On that 80-yard touchdown run against Cleveland, Charles looked as good as ever. What he's gone through made it even more impressive. This is a ru... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762484-charles-starring-chiefs-tragedy.html 2012-12-12T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1756916-chiefs-to-normal-with-loss-to-browns.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Returning to normal for the Kansas City Chiefs is equal parts welcoming and frustrating. The players, coaches and front-office staff may never truly get over the murder-suicide involving teammate Jovan Belcher, which shook the franchise to its very core last week. But they've now played two games since their world was sent spinning... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1756916-chiefs-to-normal-with-loss-to-browns.html 2012-12-10T20:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1754594-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-team-grieving.html CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cowboys bowed their heads, put hands over their hearts and honored a teammate killed in a car accident during a moment of silence before their game on Sunday, their minds never far from the NFL's latest tragedy. Dan Bailey's 40-yard field goal as time ran out gave Dallas a 20-19 win over the Cincinnati Bengals that provided a few sec... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1754594-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-team-grieving.html 2012-12-09T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1754852-tragedy-rocks-nfls-regularly-scheduled-world.html The games go on. For the second straight weekend, tragedy rocked the regularly scheduled world of the NFL. It left families, friends, teammates and coaching staffs grieving over yet another senseless loss of life. It also left the league facing questions not only about efforts to safeguard players on the field but whether it's doing enough to help them st... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1754852-tragedy-rocks-nfls-regularly-scheduled-world.html 2012-12-09T21:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1752516-police-video-released-nfl-player-murder-suicide.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police released video Friday night that shows officers finding Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher asleep in his car just hours before he killed his girlfriend and later shot himself. The recording was among two dashboard videos made available by police nearly a week after the murder-suicide. The second video shows an offic... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1752516-police-video-released-nfl-player-murder-suicide.html 2012-12-08T06:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1749494-nfl-teams-offer-support-players-crisis.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Quinn can't help but wonder whether he missed something in the final days of Jovan Belcher's life. Could the Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback have listened better to his teammate? Could he have noticed a change in the linebacker's temperament? Did Belcher utter something under his breath that may have let on that he was capabl... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1749494-nfl-teams-offer-support-players-crisis.html 2012-12-06T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1744858-belchers-mom-loves-son-slain-girlfriend.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The days since Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend then shot himself in the head have been very difficult for his mother, who said Wednesday that the slayings have not diminished her love for the couple. Belcher's mother, Cheryl Shepherd, had been living with the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker and 22-year-old Kasandra Perkins to hel... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1744858-belchers-mom-loves-son-slain-girlfriend.html 2012-12-06T00:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1745880-chiefs-players-pay-respects-to-belcher-service.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Heads bowed, somber past and present Kansas City Chiefs players turned out Wednesday for a memorial service for teammate Jovan Belcher, who killed his girlfriend and then himself over the weekend. Belcher fatally shot 22-year-old Kasandra Perkins on Saturday at the Kansas City home they shared with their 3-month-old daughter, Zoey.... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1745880-chiefs-players-pay-respects-to-belcher-service.html 2012-12-06T00:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1746470-chiefs-brady-quinn-shines-time-trouble.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — This should have been a big week for Brady Quinn. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback is coming off one of the best games of his career, helping his team win for only the second time this season. He's heading back to Cleveland, where he washed out as a first-round draft pick, brimming with confidence in his strong right arm. ... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1746470-chiefs-brady-quinn-shines-time-trouble.html 2012-12-05T21:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1745974-costas-overstep-bounds-with-gun-comments.html NEW YORK (AP) — Clearly, Bob Costas stirred up a hornet's nest Sunday with a halftime commentary about Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, who killed his girlfriend (and the mother of his child) before killing himself. On Twitter, someone posed this question: "Who put Costas on in the middle of a football game so he could spew his one sided beliefs?"... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1745974-costas-overstep-bounds-with-gun-comments.html 2012-12-05T18:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1744440-column-chiefs-game-heal.html They played a football game in Kansas City the other day. Even as the headlines fade, the question remains. Was it the right thing to do given the tragedy that happened 24 hours earlier? There's no playbook for this sort of grieving. A Chiefs player killed his girlfriend — the mother of their infant child — then turned the gun on himself in front of the ... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1744440-column-chiefs-game-heal.html 2012-12-05T15:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1742094-belcher-told-cops-was-waiting-girlfriend.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher told officers who found him sleeping in his car outside an apartment complex hours before he committed a murder-suicide that he was there to visit a woman he described as his "girlfriend," but that she wasn't home. The apartment complex is about 10 miles from the Kansas City home Belcher ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1742094-belcher-told-cops-was-waiting-girlfriend.html 2012-12-04T21:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1740882-chiefs-picking-up-pieces-heartache.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs returned to work Monday at their practice facility near Arrowhead Stadium, trying to find a sense of normalcy after two days of unimaginable heartache. It proved nearly impossible to do. The locker that once belong to Jovan Belcher, the linebacker who killed his girlfriend and then turned the gun on himself S... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1740882-chiefs-picking-up-pieces-heartache.html 2012-12-04T05:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1740998-portrait-emerges-chiefs-players-tragic.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jovan Belcher walked off the field after his final practice, laughing and joking with Chiefs defensive tackle Shaun Smith about who would get into the game the most on Sunday afternoon. The two walked down the half-dozen steps and into the training complex, past the inspirational signs that coach Romeo Crennel regularly posts on th... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1740998-portrait-emerges-chiefs-players-tragic.html 2012-12-03T22:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1739662-chiefs-beat-panthers-somber-arrowhead-stadium.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Quinn tried to avoid looking at the empty locker when he arrived at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback couldn't bear the sight of Jovan Belcher's jersey hanging from a hook, just like it would have any other game day. "That's when it kind of hit me," Quinn said. "It was kind of tough to step back ... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1739662-chiefs-beat-panthers-somber-arrowhead-stadium.html 2012-12-03T15:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738998-normal-couple-stuff-chiefs-murder-suicide.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As investigators search for a motive to help explain why Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself, a discordant picture of the couple began to emerge. Belcher and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, had lived apart briefly earlier in the year but had gotten back together by Thanksgiving, a... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738998-normal-couple-stuff-chiefs-murder-suicide.html 2012-12-03T11:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1739050-broncos-patriots-falcons-win-divisions.html If NFL executives really adore parity, they must be wincing at the early division clinchings by the Broncos, Patriots and Falcons. Not to mention the Texans securing at least a wild-card berth, with nearly all of December still remaining. Sure, there could still be some close races, particularly in the NFC North and for the wild cards. But after Sunday's ... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1739050-broncos-patriots-falcons-win-divisions.html 2012-12-03T08:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738526-friend-chiefs-lb-slain-girlfriend-seemed-fine.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend briefly lived apart before he killed her and then committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager, a friend of the woman said Sunday. But Brianne York, 21, said that Belcher and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, had gotten back together by Thanksgiving. W... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738526-friend-chiefs-lb-slain-girlfriend-seemed-fine.html 2012-12-03T01:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738212-chiefs-owner-hunt-so-people-hurting.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt offered his condolences Sunday to the families affected by the murder-suicide involving one of his players, calling it "an incredibly difficult 24 hours for our family and for our organization." Hunt spoke to The Associated Press on the field before the Chiefs' game against the Carolina Panthers. He said ... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738212-chiefs-owner-hunt-so-people-hurting.html 2012-12-02T19:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738454-chiefs-players-neighborhood-stunned-violence.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — People are coming and going from the house where a day before Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend before committing suicide in front of his coach. Police did not release any additional information about Saturday's murder-suicide. Belcher and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, had a 3-month-o... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738454-chiefs-players-neighborhood-stunned-violence.html 2012-12-02T19:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738272-kc-fans-observe-moment-violence-victims.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Before the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off their game Sunday, fans at Arrowhead Stadium observed a moment of silence for the victims of domestic violence and their families. Not mentioned was Jovan Belcher, the Chiefs linebacker who killed his girlfriend and then himself a day earlier, across the parking lot from the stadium. Barely ... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738272-kc-fans-observe-moment-violence-victims.html 2012-12-02T18:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1737752-murder-suicide-involving-chiefs-player-stuns-team.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It began like any other Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL season, their general manager and coach at work early to put final touches on this weekend's gameplan. Then they got a call to hurry to the parking lot. The two men rushed through the glass doors of Chiefs headquarters and came face-to-face with linebacker J... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1737752-murder-suicide-involving-chiefs-player-stuns-team.html 2012-12-02T09:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1736584-police-chiefs-belcher-kills-girlfriend.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It began like any other Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL season, their general manager and coach at work early to put final touches on this weekend's gameplan. Then they got a call to hurry to the parking lot. The two men rushed through the glass doors of Chiefs headquarters and came face-to-face with linebacker J... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1736584-police-chiefs-belcher-kills-girlfriend.html 2012-12-02T02:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1723494-manning-sharp-broncos-beat-chiefs-17-9.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — You won't get much argument from Broncos coach John Fox about the value of a solid starting quarterback. You probably won't get much from Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel, either. Not after they stood on opposing sidelines and watched Peyton Manning go to work. The four-time MVP was wooed by both franchises when he was cut loose by India... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1723494-manning-sharp-broncos-beat-chiefs-17-9.html 2012-11-26T09:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1723410-division-races-taking-shape.html As the NFL heads into December, nearly every division race has an outright favorite. Some — Denver, Atlanta, New England, Houston and Baltimore — are on the verge of clinching playoff spots. The Broncos, Falcons, Ravens, Texans and Patriots took big steps toward making the postseason with victories this week. Denver in the AFC West and Atlanta in the NFC ... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1723410-division-races-taking-shape.html 2012-11-26T08:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1722812-mannings-2-tds-leads-broncos-chiefs-17-9.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Peyton Manning was wooed by the Chiefs early in the offseason, after the four-time MVP had been cut loose by Indianapolis and before he signed a five-year deal with Denver. On Sunday, he showed exactly why Kansas City was after him. Manning threw for 285 yards and two touchdowns, and led the Broncos down the field in the final minu... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1722812-mannings-2-tds-leads-broncos-chiefs-17-9.html 2012-11-25T21:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1699676-roethlisberger-rib-injury-too-vs-ravens.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — Right arm tucked into a black sling, weary eyes betraying a decided lack of sleep, Ben Roethlisberger tried to stay positive after the worst — and by far the most harrowing — injury of his career. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback believes he can return this season despite spraining his right shoulder and suffering what he called a dis... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1699676-roethlisberger-rib-injury-too-vs-ravens.html 2012-11-14T20:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1700278-cassel-to-start-qb-chiefs-vs-bengals.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Matt Cassel is getting another start at quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. Brady Quinn still has not been cleared to participate in a game following his concussion, so Cassel will be back under center when the Chiefs play the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. "Brady does feel better. I'm glad he's feeling better. But he hasn't bee... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1700278-cassel-to-start-qb-chiefs-vs-bengals.html 2012-11-14T20:33:00Z