KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration has become the latest backdrop for a mass shooting as gunfire sent fans scrambling for cover and left 21 people wounded and one woman dead. At least eight children are among those who were shot. Wednesday’s shooting outside the city's historic Union Station happened despite the presence of more than 800 police officers on hand for the parade. Police say three people were taken into custody and firearms were recovered. But no details have been given about those who were detained or possible motive.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs say their players, coaches and staffers and their families “are safe and accounted for” after a deadly shooting occurred Wednesday at the end of the Super Bowl championship parade. Police say one person was killed and more than 20 were injured in a shooting at the end of the parade to celebrate the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. Authorities say eight children were among those shot. Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said he was with coach Andy Reid and other coaches and staff members at the time of the shooting. Burkholder said the team was on buses returning to Arrowhead Stadium.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has received a contract extension less than a week after earning his fourth Super Bowl ring. The Chiefs announced Spagnuolo’s extension on X, formerly known as Twitter, before the parade celebrating their latest Super Bowl title. The announcement didn’t reveal the terms of the deal. Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday made Spagnuolo the first coordinator on either side of the ball to win four Super Bowl titles. He already was the first coordinator to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises. He was the New York Giants’ defensive coordinator during their 2007 Super Bowl championship season.
UNDATED (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce says he went too far when he bumped into coach Andy Reid and screamed at him during the Super Bowl. Kelce addressed the situation on New Heights, his podcast with his brother, longtime Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce. During the second quarter of the game on Sunday, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed a long pass to Mecole Hardman and Reid took Kelce out of the game for the next play. The play resulted in a fumble by Isiah Pacheco that San Francisco recovered, setting Travis Kelce off. Jason Kelce says his brother “crossed a line.”
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks three days after losing the Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs. Coach Kyle Shanahan announced the decision to move on after one season with Wilks in charge of the defense. Shanahan called it a “really tough decision” but says he wants to find a coordinator who was a better scheme fit for the talent on San Francisco’s defense. The Niners struggled on defense in the playoffs and allowed four straight scoring drives to end their Super Bowl loss against Kansas City.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Addy Brown and Audi Crooks each scored 20 points as Iowa State knocked off No. 7 Kansas State 96-93 in double overtime on Wednesday night. The Cyclones made 10 straight free throws in the final 36 seconds of the second overtime, including Brown’s four makes. Ayoka Lee and Serena Sundell both scored 20 points for Kansas State. The contest featured 13 lead changes.
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Long before Iowa star Caitlin Clark hit her first long-range three, Pearl Moore set a scoring standard for women’s basketball that has stood for 45 years. At tiny Francis Marion college, Moore piled up 4,061 points from 1975 to 1979. It remains the overall record in women's college basketball. It is unlikely to fall this season even if Clark and the Hawkeyes make a deep postseason run. Moore says she enjoys watching Clark and is happy she is about to become the all-time scorer in records kept by the NCAA. Moore's record came before the NCAA took over women's basketball.
The new sign that said “World Series Champions” outside the Texas Rangers’ training facility in Surprise, Arizona, became a favorite photo opportunity as pitchers and catchers held their first workouts for the defending champions. Texas was one of 18 teams that had workouts get underway for pitchers and catchers. But the Rangers were the only team to get started with the hopes of matching what the Kansas City Chiefs just did winning back-to-back titles. Manager Bruce Bochy noted the challenges in winning one World Series, but also made reference to what the Chiefs accomplished last Sunday. General manager Chris Young says his sense is the Rangers are still hungry.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ford has swept the front row in qualifying for the Daytona 500 with former race winners Joey Logano and Michael McDowell shocking powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports. Hendrick drivers had won the Daytona 500 pole in eight last nine year years, but the team's highest qualifier Wednesday night was Kyle Larson in third. Logano turned a lap of 181.947 mph as the 2015 Daytona 500 winner earned his first pole since Atlanta last year. It's the first Daytona 500 pole for Team Penske and Logano's first pole on a superspeedway.
WEDNESDAY SCORES
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (1)UConn 101 DePaul 65
Final (8)Tennessee 92 Arkansas 63
Final (13)Auburn 101 (11)South Carolina 61
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Charlotte 122 Atlanta 99
Final Orlando 118 New York 100
Final Miami 109 Philadelphia 104
Final Boston 136 Brooklyn 86
Final Indiana 127 Toronto 125
Final Cleveland 108 Chicago 105
Final Memphis 121 Houston 113
Final Dallas 116 San Antonio 93
Final New Orleans 133 Washington 126
Final L.A. Lakers 138 Utah 122
Final Sacramento 102 Denver 98
Final Phoenix 116 Detroit 100
Final L.A. Clippers 130 Golden State 125
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Winnipeg 1 San Jose 0
Final Florida 5 Pittsburgh 2