Chiefs

As the Chiefs celebrate their second Super 15 title in two years, southern hemisphere rugby turns its attention to the upcoming Rugby Championship, which starts next week.

The Brumbies success has added to the optimism in Australia, brought about by the appointment of new national coach Ewen McKenzie.

The Denver Broncos came out on the short end of a 7–3 defensive battle with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Aaron Rodgers completed less than half his pass attempts for the first time all season as the Chief’s defense, under newly-appointed interim head coach Romeo Crennel, held the league’s highest-scoring offense to 21 points below their season average in winning 19–14 in Kansas City Sunday afternoon.

Todd Haley of the Kansas City Chiefs and Tony Sparano of the Miami Dolphins were both removed as head coaches Monday, according to reports on the teams’ respective websites.

New York Jets’ starting safety and punt returner Jim Leonhard is done for the season with a torn patella tendon, according to head coach Rex Ryan speaking on his Monday conference call.

Mark Sanchez became the first quarterback in franchise history to run and pass for two scores in the same game in leading the New York Jets (8-5) to a 37–10 blowout win over the Kansas City Chiefs (5-8) Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium.

The wild card hopeful New York Jets host the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday in what is another must-win contest for Rex Ryan’s second-place club.

With his third and fourth catches on the day Falcons’ tight end Tony Gonzalez passed Cris Carter (1,101) and Marvin Harrison (1,102) to vault into second place on the all-time receptions list.

MI6 chief John Sawers addressed the need for secrecy, covert intelligence-gathering in Iraq and Iran, and the SIS’s position on torture.