Chiefs were united in desire to play game

To play or not to play? With regard to the Chiefs’ home game Sunday against Carolina, which took place roughly 28 hours after linebacker Jovan Belcher shot himself outside the Arrowhead Stadium practice facility, that was the question.

After tragedy, emotions surge at Arrowhead Stadium

Tailgating seemed typically festive Sunday morning on the west side of the Truman Sports Complex, but the day was anything but typical. Some 24 hours earlier, a few hundred yards away, Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed himself after fatally shooting his 22-year-old girlfriend at their home. The events of Saturday morning turned Sunday into something surreal.