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Leftridge: Crap for Sale on Craigslist: Chiefs’ Edition

Well, football season is well underway, and the Kansas City Chiefs are a firm 1-1… They are, depending on which Craig Glazer article you read, either “… in the mix this season for the postseason” or they will “…lose to … Continue reading

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Leftridge: What to do in St. Joseph When the Chiefs’ Practice is Over

If watching dudes practice football plays is your thing, this is your time of year. And lucky for you (unless you’re our one, weird Malaysian reader), you’re probably within an hour’s drive or so of being able to watch real … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Fans Revolt After Chiefs Announce London Game

Yesterday, the Kansas City Chiefs announced that they’d join in the NFL’s aggressive push for global domination by playing a game next season against the Detroit Lions in London, England. Unsurprisingly, the announcement was met with calamitous fury from “Chiefs’ … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs Could Have Gone 4-0 in the Preseason, Would Still Suck This Year

In case you missed it, the Kansas City Chiefs did not have a very good preseason. In fact, it was pretty abysmal. This has caused uneducated football fans around the city to declare “THIS TEAM IS GONNA BE REAL BAD … Continue reading

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Stomper: Blame it on Mom – Keeping the Rock Em, Sock Em Out of Youth Sports

Our esteemed administrator has been on me to offer another piece and I fear that my obsession with politics is painting me into a corner so… Time to branch out. And while I’m confident Chuck will take issue with this, I try to … Continue reading

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Leftridge: The Pointlessness of NFL Training Camp Reporting

Ah, Training Camp. Are there any two words in the English language more apt to illicit sexual squeals from NFL beat writers across the land? (Perhaps “free sandwiches,” but my point stands.) It’s clear that we’re firmly in late July … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Well, it’s the NFL Draft, or Whatever

I officially don’t give a shit about the NFL Draft. Maybe it’s the fact that it now seems to be a month-long process teeming with pre-draft shows leading up to the actual event. Video vignettes about how a 400-pound orphan … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs Release Schedule, Could Go…All…The…Way!

Shortly after Easter—when Christ was risen from a grave-cave with a giant boulder in front of it?—the true Holy Day for football fans occurred: Commissioner Roger Goodell descended from Mount Lombardi and shone unto his Zubaz’d believers the 2014 NFL … Continue reading

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Leftridge: NFL Free Agency Starts, Chiefs Departing Left and Right

As is custom this time of year, the NFL free agency period is underway. There have been some big (though mostly unexpected) moves, like the Chicago Bears releasing DE Julius Peppers, the Dallas Cowboys releasing DE DeMarcus Ware (who is … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs Lose, How They’re Like Breaking Bad (Hear Me Out)

I was going to sit down and write about the Chiefs’ loss. How it makes me feel. How it ripped my heart out and shat all over it, unceremoniously. How it’s not surprising, but it’s no less disheartening. How we … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Why the Chiefs Will Win Their First Playoff Game in 20 Years

Here we are, on the precipice of the Chiefs’ biggest game in 20 years, and it doesn’t really feel like it. Oh sure, the fountains are bloodbath-red, and there are roving hordes of local news people standing in a frigid … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs Key to Success Hinges on Winning the Game

The Chiefs are less than three days away from what is inarguably their biggest test in 10 years. Not since the 2003 season’s playoff matchup against the Indianapolis Colts has a game meant this much. (I’m excusing 2010’s anomaly from … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs Midseason Report Card, One Game Late

Last year, I didn’t do a “midyear progress report” on the Chiefs, because how do you even grade horseshit? It would have looked something like, “oh man, is this team bad. I mean, really, REALLY bad. F’s all around. The … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs Win; All Hail King Houston

Chiefs fans, rejoice. Only three games into the 2013 season, and they’ve already exceeded last year’s win total. And while that’s not saying a whole hell of a lot—two victories is an embarrassingly low mountain to overcome—let us not dwell … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs’ 2013 Record Prediction (Spolier Alert: I Don’t Have Them Winning the Super Bowl)

There’s simply no way to sugar coat horse plop: last year’s 2-14 Kansas City Chiefs were abysmal. We all know this, and we all know why. Godawful quarterback play. A worthless coach. Players failing to play to their potential. Players … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs’ Preseason Comes to Merciful Conclusion

Even though it’s a thousand degrees and may not officially feel like it, football season is here. The Kansas City Chiefs trounced the Green Bay Packers last night (putting up 30 points, even—their most in a preseason contest since 2003), … Continue reading

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Leftridge: Chiefs Taking This ‘Offseason Thing’ Way Seriously

According to my kick-ass KCC Tipsters—aka, a graphic I saw on KMBC Channel 9—Kansas City Chiefs’ new season ticket sales are up an impressive 112% from last year and renewals up 5. As the free-agent signing period chugs along, the … Continue reading

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