KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs' 2024 first-round pick did not finish his first practice as a pro. In the latter half of practice during a play during the team session, wide receiver Xavier Worthy ran a go route and attempted to stretch for the ball. After the play, Worthy stretched his left leg before walking gingerly to the sideline. He took his helmet off but later put it back on after taking a drink and talking with trainers and coaches. Worthy jogged to certain spots throughout the rest of practice but did not take another rep. It was the end of the day for the 28th overall pic ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — The Kansas City Chiefs have decided to pass on extending the contract of wide receiver Kadarius Toney. The deadline has passed for the rookie contracts of 2021 first-round draft picks to be extended, and the Chiefs have chosen not to extend Toney's contract, according to NFL insider Ari Meirov. The fifth-year option is fully guaranteed, and any base salary in the player's fourth year that was not fully guaranteed will become so. The fifth-year salary is calculated based on four tiers: Basic, playing time, one Pro Bowl, and multiple Pro Bowls. The Chiefs acquired Tone ..read more

TOPEKA, Kan. (WDAF) -- The clock struck double zeros on efforts to approve new STAR bond legislation. The bill being fast-tracked in the Kansas Legislature would be used to help lure the Kansas City Chiefs and/or the Royals to Kansas. The chief of staff for Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, Will Lawrence, released a statement Tuesday night before state legislators ended their 2024 session. "Governor Kelly will veto the tax plan agreed to in Conference Committee Report for Senate Bill 37," he said. "She will call the Legislature back into legislative session if this is the tax plan sent to her desk ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- As the Kansas legislature goes into its final hours, some lawmakers have seen conceptual renderings of what a domed new stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs could look like positioned near The Legends and Kansas Speedway in western Wyandotte County. Sports architect David Manica developed the vision of a new home for the Super Bowl champions on behalf of an unnamed developer working to bring the team across state lines to Kansas. The renderings and video were obtained Tuesday night by WDAF-TV. In a statement to WDAF-TV, Manica said, “This location offers incredible access to ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- As the Kansas legislature goes into its final hours, some lawmakers have seen conceptual renderings of what a domed new stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs could look like positioned near The Legends and Kansas Speedway in western Wyandotte County. Sports architect David Manica developed the vision of a new home for the Super Bowl champions on behalf of an unnamed developer working to bring the team across state lines to Kansas. The renderings and video were obtained Tuesday night by FOX4. In a statement to FOX4, Manica said “This location offers incredible access to everyb ..read more

TOPEKA, Kan. (WDAF) -- Less than 48 hours after Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt suggested the team would consider all their options, including the possibility of a new domed stadium, the Kansas Legislature is moving to deploy a tool to attract the team and or the Kansas City Royals. The last-minute proposal to revise the STAR bonds that helped build Kansas Speedway and Children's Mercy Park comes as lawmakers near the end of their veto session. It doesn't name a team. The reality is that many lawmakers in Kansas saw the result of the April 2 vote out of Jackson County and felt a few differen ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy is already part of the NFL Hall of Fame without playing a single snap in the league. How so? Well, Worthy broke the NFL combine for the 40-yard dash, running a time of 4.21. That feat allowed Worthy to have his cleats and jersey from the combine on display at the NFL Hall of Fame's “Pro Football Today Gallery" in Canton, Ohio. These are the first artifacts from the Pro Football Hall of Fame collected that were used by a prospect from the NFL Combine ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It looks like Travis Kelce will be playing with the Kansas City Chiefs for a while after news of a contract extension. The Kansas City Chiefs and All-Pro and Pro Bowl tight end, Travis Kelce, have agreed to terms on a new two-year contract extension, per Ian Rapoport. New Chiefs stadium on the list of options after failed tax vote According to Rapoport's post, this contract extension makes Kelce the NFL’s highest-paid tight end, although details have not yet been released to the public. No more Champagne Problems: The #Chiefs and All-Pro and Pro Bowl TE Travis Kelce have ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs plan to explore options that include leaving Arrowhead Stadium after voters in Jackson County, Missouri, soundly rejected a sales tax initiative that would have helped to pay for renovations to the 52-year-old building. The Chiefs and Royals, whose Kauffman Stadium shares the Truman Sports Complex with the football stadium, have relied on a three-eighths cent sales tax for upkeep. The franchises wanted to extend that tax with the Royals using their share of the money for a new downtown ballpark and the Chiefs envisioning an $800 million renovation ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs took BYU offensive tackle Kingsley Suamataia at the 63rd pick in the second round. The Chiefs traded up one pick with the San Francisco 49ers from the 64th pick and traded away their 173rd pick in the fifth round for SF's 211th pick in the sixth round. The Chiefs have chosen offensive players for their first two picks of the 2024 NFL Draft with Suamataia adding to the class with first-round wide receiver Xavier Worthy. Suamataia started 12 games at right tackle as a redshirt freshman in 2022 after transferring to BYU from Oregon. He started 11 games a ..read more