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The teams meeting Saturday night share striking similarities with the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers sitting atop the AFC West with 7-6 records and seeking the inside track to the division crown with two games left after their showdown at Arrowhead Stadium. The teams share another startling similarity as they each have a four-game losing streak on their resume. Los Angeles coach Anthony Lynn said he believes his team's winless skid opening the season made his squad stronger. Continue to Article

December 13, 2017 10:36:pm EST

This was hardly forecast for the Chargers, not after they started their first season back in Los Angeles at 0-4. ''These are the games you dream about playing, to have chance to stay alive in the postseason,'' Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers said. While the Chargers were struggling to start the season, the Chiefs opened 5-0. Continue to Article

December 13, 2017 8:05:pm EST

Former NFL player Larry Johnson could be suffering from symptoms brought on by chronic traumatic encephalopathy  (CTE), the degenerative brain disease that can only be diagnosed after death. In a Washington Post feature published Tuesday (Dec. 12), Johnson details his struggle with depression, mood swings and suicidal thoughts, and reveals how his daughter has helped him combat some of his inner demons. Memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, aggression, impulse control problems, depression, and anxiety, are some of the symptoms of CTE, and  Johnson — who says that he can’t remember the last two seasons of his career –fears that he won’t know his own name by age 50. Continue to Article

December 13, 2017 3:21:pm EST

Marcus Peters is back on the practice field for the Kansas City Chiefs. Whether the star cornerback's attitude has improved after a series of embarrassing antics earned him a one-game suspension, or whether his return will help a defense that was much improved without him, won't be seen until the Chiefs play the Chargers on Saturday night. Or basically anything having to do with the All-Pro cornerback in general. Continue to Article

December 12, 2017 3:29:pm EST

The Chiefs have spent seven weeks insisting that everybody in their beleaguered locker room was hanging together, even as their season was threatening to fall apart. Kareem Hunt finally got going on the ground again. Three phases, all working in tandem, to produce a crucial 26-15 victory over Oakland. Continue to Article

December 10, 2017 6:48:pm EST