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Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes is declining to weigh in on this year’s presidential race, urging voters in a new interview to do their own research before the election. “I don’t want to pressure anyone to vote for a certain president,” Mahomes said in an interview with Time magazine published Tuesday. “I want people to use their voice, whoever they believe in. I want them to do the research.” Time interviewed the three-time Super Bowl champion as part of its 100 Most Influential People of 2024 series. He led his team to victory against the San Francisco 49ers...

Patrick Mahomes Sr., the dad of superstar Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and a former Mets pitcher, was arrested Saturday in Tyler, Texas, on a charge of DWI for the third time or more, according to jail records. Mahomes Sr., who had been in attendance for his son’s playoff games this year, was arrested eight days before the younger Mahomes is set to play in Super Bowl 2024 against the 49ers in Las Vegas on Feb. 11. In 2018, Mahomes Sr. received his second DWI charge and he served 40 days in jail on weekends in 2019 and 2020. Mahomes Sr.,...

A woman on TikTok says Brittany Mahomes, wife of two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes, has had her "character assessed" after not tipping restaurant staff. In November, Jessica O'Connor described her experience with the Kansas City Chiefs star's wife while she worked at the 1 Hotel as a server in West Hollywood. Despite being close to two months old, the video is making the rounds on social media. "That happens sometimes, so I was willing to let the first one slide, and I’m like, ‘Maybe she just didn’t like me. Maybe it was something I said,'" O'Connor said. But this was...

Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes, was arrested on an aggravated sexual battery charge Wednesday stemming from an incident at a Kansas restaurant in February, jail records show. Mahomes, 22, was booked in the Johnson County Jail at around 7:42 a.m. local time. He was being held on $100,000 bond. He is set to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. local on Wednesday afternoon. In February, the TikTok star was being investigated for allegedly shoving a waiter and forcibly kissing the female owner of an Overland Park. The owner of the restaurant, Aspen Vaughn, told The...

The security footage has been leaked of Jackson Mahomes' alleged sexual assault of a woman, with Mahomes appearing to grab the female owner of a Kansas restaurant "by the throat" and forcing himself on her by kissing her, with the video showing the woman pushing him away. [Twitter/Screenshot/Public — @ShutUpCraig] It’s not looking good for the brother of Super Bowl-winning quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The security footage has been leaked of Jackson Mahomes’ alleged sexual assault of a woman. Mahomes appears to grab the female owner of a Kansas restaurant “by the throat” and force himself on her, including by...

Almost a year after retreating inside from a deadly virus whose spread has only gotten monumentally worse since, I turned on the Super Bowl. It might be weird to see a sports event as typically hyperbolic as the Super Bowl brought down to a simmer Amid Pandemic, I thought, but at least I’d have some new shade of background noise on as I put together my 80th puzzle of quarantine. The reality of the event was almost stranger than the strangeness I’d expected. Instead of making obvious changes to reflect the fact that the entire country is in some version...

Mahomes was learning how to read and write while Brady was winning his first Super Bowl Patrick Mahomes represents the future of the NFL as the Kansas City Chiefs star won his second AFC Championship in his third attempt Sunday with victory over the Buffalo Bills. Mahomes will be going up against the old guard in Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. The six-time Super Bowl champion was just getting started when Mahomes was getting his feet wet in school. Brady won his first Super Bowl during the 2001 season. The New England Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams in...

“The best thing about it is you’re showing kids that no matter where you grow up, what race you are, that you can achieve your dream,” Mahomes said then. “For me, being a black quarterback — having a black dad and a white mom — it just shows that it doesn’t matter where you come from.” Just in case anyone was wondering, Mahomes identified himself as being a black quarterback. And last week, he made it even clearer where he stands.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes discusses his Faith in Jesus Christ prior to Chiefs Faith & Family Chapel. https://vimeo.com/341814100?ref=fb-share

The over/under on Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes' rushing yards in Super Bowl LIV was one of the most popular prop bets offered at sportsbooks around the nation, and it went down to the final possession. Mahomes' over/under rushing yards opened as low as 27.5 and was bet up to as high 36.5. Mahomes had 44 yards entering Kansas City's final possession. With the Chiefs leading 31-20 and 57 seconds remaining, Mahomes kneeled on three straight plays, losing 15 yards. He finished with 29 yards rushing, a costly outcome for bettors. "That was close to a six-figure swing [in...

On Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, a short walk across the parking lot from Kauffman Stadium, the younger Mahomes, who has had one of the greatest seasons by a quarterback in NFL history, will lead the Kansas City Chiefs against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game.

Gabrielle McMillen Omnisport @GabbyMcMillen Updated at 9:50 a.m. ET Patrick Mahomes made history Sunday when he became the second NFL player to ever throw for 50 touchdowns and 5,000 passing yards in a single season. The only other player to have 50 touchdowns and more than 5,000 passing yards in a year is Peyton Manning, who did so at age 37 in 2013.