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Chiefs decide to release Larry Johnson

11/10/2009 10:14 AM

The time had come for the Chiefs to make a decision on their Larry Johnson problem, so the power triumvirate of Clark Hunt, Scott Pioli and Todd Haley convened on Sunday night’s plane ride home from the game in Jacksonville, Fla. They talked some more late into the night after their arrival in Kansas City, and again early Monday morning.

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Rivals cooperate on touchdown for player with Down syndrome

ST. JOSEPH | Matt Ziesel doesn’t stray far from coach Dan McCamy on the sidelines during St. Joseph Benton High School’s freshman football games. He likes to stay within earshot.

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Here’s why one former Chief fears CTE

11/09/2009 10:26 PM

Some recent scientific findings must be chilling for current NFL players. Former Chiefs offensive lineman Michael Oriard wrote an essay for deadspin.com last month chronicling his concern and he’s been out of the NFL since 1973.

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Jason Whitlock

Bill Snyder is making it look too easy

Maybe this was all inevitable, Kansas State’s emergence as the only team capable of seizing control of the embarrassingly mediocre Big 12 North.

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Blair Kerkhoff

Going for two: From BCS standpoint, a worst for Big 12

It’s kind of/sort of official: Worst Big 12 football regular season in the BCS era. The latest BCS standings included two from the Big 12, and that’s the second time this season so few found their way into the top 25 teams ranked by a combination of two polls and a computer average.

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Candace Buckner

Rockhurst is team no one wants to play

The most dangerous team in the state began this season with new faces in glamour positions while its best player — a pint-sized tough guy — walked around the practice field in street clothes. At that time, its head coach laughed at the thought that he might be a sadist for enjoying being around these guys so much. Then two games in, this team goes to Hutchinson and gets the blue and white kicked out of it. Those qualifications don’t exactly strike fear in opponents. And certainly not the beginning you would have expected from tradition-rich Rockhurst. But flash ahead to Friday night — the Hawklets look nothing like the team they were a couple of months ago. While blowing out Liberty 35-14 in a Class 6 sectional playoff game and setting up a classic Rockhurst-Blue Springs grudge match, the Hawklets looked like the team they grew to be: the most dangerous team in the state.

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Week 9 fantasy football | starters and benchwarmers

I’ll leave the obvious recommendations to the network bozos and focus instead on players typically on the bubble of most fantasy lineups. Here are my picks to roll, and get rolled, in Week 9.

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Saluting the NFL and U.S. armed forces

Editor’s note: The NFL celebrates the U.S. armed forces throughout November in honor of Veterans Day, and we felt it appropriate to republish Herbie Teope’s 2008 salute to the NFL and military. Herm Edwards and Donnie Edwards are no longer with the Kansas City Chiefs, but the overall message remains relevant to the Nov. 11 holiday.

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