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Andy Reid stayed the course in Chiefs' Super Bowl win, now numbers among all-time greats
LAS VEGAS — Andy Reid ran up to Chris Jones, the defensive cornerstone of his three Super Bowl-winning teams.
Jones was sprawled out on the field, physically spent and reveling in that new dynasty feeling after the Kansas City Chiefs’ 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. Reid joined Jones on the grass, getting on his hands and vigorously shaking his player’s shoulder pads.
“What do you think, huh?” Reid shouted to Jones as the confetti fell around them. Reid lowered his face closer to Jones, then repeated for effect. “What do you think?!”
This childlike glee was a rare showing of emotion for the Chiefs’ veteran head coach. Reid’s bushy eyebrows and mustache and small, round glasses give him a distinct look and also have the effect of obscuring his true feelings.
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— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) February 12, 2024
“He never shows no emotion,” cornerback L’Jarius Sneed said after the game. “He’s like a snake, ah! Coming to get you. That’s what I love about him, like a little rattlesnake.”
Rattlesnake Reid sank his fangs into the Niners on Sunday in Las Vegas, as receiver Mecole Hardman scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime. It was the debut of new overtime playoff rules inspired by the Chiefs’ 2021 overtime playoff win over the Bills. Kansas City didn’t win the toss this time, but the Chiefs still couldn’t be stopped.
The 25-22 win is Reid’s third Super Bowl in his fifth try. He’s now the fifth head coach to win at least three, in the company of Bill Belichick (six), Chuck Noll (four), Bill Walsh and Joe Gibbs (three), and the seventh coach to win it all in back-to-back years.
“It’s a little bit surreal,” Reid said in his postgame press conference. “Back-to-back is rare air for this football team and this organization. I don’t know what a dynasty is. You guys have the thesaurus, you can figure it out. It’s a great win because I know how hard it is to do. I know how hard the season was, the ups and downs of the season.”
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Reid’s Chiefs were a little more definitive in their summation of the season — and of their coach.
“Dynasty, I think we did all the qualifications for it,” receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling said in the postgame locker room. “If he’s not the best, he’s one of the best to ever do this.”
“Check the stats, check the numbers,” Sneed said. “He’s legendary.”
“He’s one of the greatest guys in football, and this just makes him one of the greatest coaches,” said Chiefs assistant running backs coach Porter Ellett. “Now it’s becoming harder to argue against him being in the top two or three ever.”
“He was already a Hall of Fame coach before tonight,” said Chiefs owner Clark Hunt. “But adding that third Super Bowl trophy in five years, I think really solidifies his status as one of the best of all time.”
“I wouldn’t want to play for another coach,” center Creed Humphrey said. “He’s the best coach in the game right now.”
Reid’s three Super Bowl titles put him in rare company, and he’s not done yet. (Jamie Squire / Getty Images)
At halftime, with Kansas City down 10-3, Reid didn’t panic. The offense was stalling. Mahomes was constantly under pressure, sacked twice, and running back Isiah Pacheco fumbled away the Chiefs’ most promising drive. But Reid’s message to players and staff was the same: Keep going.
“When you’re in the Super Bowl and you’re down by seven points, it feels like 20,” Reid said. “And so, you kind of just calm it down — we’re right there, we’re getting the ball to start the second half and everybody just hang with each other — and good things can happen.”
“When you’re down 10 in a big game like this, a lot of coaches can not handle it well and start throwing stuff at the wall and hoping it sticks,” Humphrey said. “But he stuck to the game plan. And he had a great game plan for us. He did a great job, a masterful coaching job.”
“As good as he is as a coach, he never changes,” offensive coordinator Matt Nagy said. “He stays the course. He’s a leader of men and he’s a hell of a teacher. And he doesn’t just teach his players, he teaches his coaches how to be good leaders. And then you stick together and you go make things happen.”
The two players who scored touchdowns for Kansas City on Sunday present direct evidence of that stick-together quality that coaches say makes Reid special. Valdes-Scantling, who scored the first touchdown on Sunday, struggled with costly drops throughout the season. Hardman returned to the Chiefs in a trade after being cast off by the Jets midseason and struggled this postseason, notably fumbling out of the end zone in Buffalo, before scoring the game-winner.
“Coach Reid is one of those guys that stays the course no matter what,” Valdes-Scantling said. “We’re all here for a reason and we all make plays, and we all have the special skill set that we have, and him being able to continue that and stay the course with us has been good.”
Ellett is in his seventh season on Kansas City’s staff. He injured his right arm in an accident when he was 4 years old and later had it amputated. He never played football and wound up getting connected to Reid when a job as Reid’s assistant opened up. Reid has since taught him how to be a coach.
“He never gives up on a guy,” Ellett said. “He puts a lot of faith in people. And if you reward the faith, then he keeps trusting you. I mean, I’m a good example of that. People aren’t hiring one-armed football coaches who didn’t play football.”
Because he’s 65 years old, there’s been growing speculation about Reid’s future. How much longer will he coach? How many more rings will this budding dynasty acquire? When asked after Sunday’s win if he would be back coaching Kansas City next season, Reid was nonchalant: “Yeah, I haven’t had time to think about it, but yeah, sure.”
Chiefs players aren’t listening to any of that noise.
“He’s got a lot left in the tank,” Humphrey said.
“We won two Super Bowls back to back,” Valdez-Scantling said. “We’re trying to go for another one.”
Plus, the boss is confident Reid is sticking around for a while longer.
“I know Andy is energized and loving what he’s doing,” Hunt said. “I certainly expect him to be back next year to defend our title.”
(Photo: Timothy A. Clary/ AFP via Getty Images)
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EAST SECOND ROUND
No. 7 PHILADELPHIA vs. No. 3 NEW YORK
NYK wins 4-0
No. 4 CLEVELAND (+200) vs. No. 1 DETROIT (-250)
DET leads 2-1
GAME 4 — DET @ CLE (May 11)
Spread: Cavs -3.5
Moneyline: Pistons +140, Cavs -166
O/U: 213.5
What to know: This has been a weird series. Each team has yet to lose on its home court, and the games haven’t seen much domination on either side. Take Game 3 for example: Cleveland held Detroit to 18 points in the second quarter and took a 16-point lead into halftime. Then, in the third quarter, the Pistons held the Cavs to 19 points, cutting that deficit to two heading into the fourth. But Cleveland put together its highest-scoring quarter of the game in the final frame to emerge with a seven-point win.
WEST SECOND ROUND
No. 4 LOS ANGELES (+7000) vs. No. 1 OKLAHOMA CITY (-20000)
OKC leads 3-0
GAME 4 — OKC @ LAL (May 11)
Spread: Thunder -11.5
Moneyline: Thunder -520, Lakers +390
O/U: 214.5
What to know: It appears the Lakers just don’t have the firepower to compete with the Thunder. OKC has won the first three games of the series by a combined 59 points (19.7 points per game), including a 23-point win in Game 3 in Los Angeles. And consider this: SGA is averaging just 21 points per game on 46% shooting. The Thunder are stacked, and sit at 7-0 in the postseason so far.
No. 6 MINNESOTA (+320) vs. No. 3 SAN ANTONIO (-390)
Tied 2-2
GAME 5 — MIN @ SAS (May 12)
Spread: Spurs -10.5
Moneyline: Spurs -410, Wolves +320
O/U: 218.5
What to know: We’ve got a series on our hands. Now tied at 2-2, both of these teams have won once at home and once on the other team’s home floor, with the Wolves winning a crucial Game 4 in Minnesota. But that wasn’t the story of the night. Victor Wembanyama was assessed a Flagrant 2 in the first half of Game 4, and was ejected from the game, after hitting Naz Reid with a vicious elbow to the head. He will play Game 5, but how chippy might things be after that?
Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy is in stable condition after being shot at a concert early Sunday morning in Mississippi, the university’s football program said in a statement Monday morning.
Hardy underwent surgery after sustaining a gunshot wound, according to the team, which added that a timeline for his return to football activities is unknown at this time.
“Ahmad is deeply loved by his teammates, coaches, friends, family and fans,” the team’s statement said. “We will continue to stand beside him and his family through this difficult time, offering our love, prayers, strength and support.”
According to ESPN, Hardy is alert and moving around Monday morning.
Details from the shooting are unclear.
A native of Oma, Miss., Hardy spent his freshman season at Louisiana-Monroe, where he rushed 257 times for 1,351 yards and 13 touchdowns.
He transferred to Missouri last season and rushed 256 times for 1,649 yards (second among FBS players) and 16 touchdowns. In addition, Hardy earned first-team All-America honors from the Associated Press and was one of three finalists for the Doak Walker Award for college football’s top running back.
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The Indiana Pacers’ risky move backfired after the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery saw them lose their top pick altogether in a disastrous turn of events on Sunday afternoon.
Heading into the lottery, the Pacers, who went 19-63 just one season after reaching the NBA Finals out of the Eastern Conference, had a 52.1% chance of having a top-four pick.
However, when they didn’t see their team chosen in the first four picks – Indiana also had a 14% chance of getting the No. 1 overall pick – it was time to panic.
Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard speaks during a press conference to announce center Miles Turner’s contract extension at Gainsbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 30, 2023. (Marc Lebryk/USA TODAY Sports)
The reason? The Pacers included their first-round pick in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers for Ivica Zubac, but they only made it a top-four protected pick. That means, if the Pacers were chosen in the lottery as a top-four selection, they would be able to keep it.
But the Pacers were chosen as the No. 5 pick, and the Clippers now own the selection in next month’s draft.
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As a result, Pacers team president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard took full responsibility for the move, apologizing on social media.
“I’m really sorry to all our fans,” he wrote on X. “I own taking this risk. Surprised it came up 5th after this year. I thought we were due some luck. But please remember – this team deserved a starting center to compete with the best teams next year. We have always been resilient.”
Signage is displayed during the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois, on May 10, 2026. (Melissa Tamez/NBAE/Getty Images)
The Pacers were viewed as a team that were actively tanking despite the NBA’s attempt to crack down on such a season, with the lottery being one way of that. And it clearly worked this time around.
Pritchard was trying to be transparent and honest with the Pacers fan base, but people were quick to jump in the comments to make their thoughts, and gripes, known.
“You lose Myles Turner and add Zubac,” one X user began. “You lose [Benedict] Mathurin and the number 5 pick with absolutely nothing in return. This is why fans are upset, for a center who not even a top 5 center in the NBA. Who trades their future away for Ivan [sic] Zubac???”
Another X user called this a “generational draft,” and couldn’t fathom the Pacers won’t be picking from a deep class.
“If I were a Pacers fan and my team traded away a top 5 pick for Ivica Zubac in the middle of a tanking season I would be beyond devastated,” a fellow X user wrote.
Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton shoots around on the court before an NBA game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Indianapolis on April 7, 2026. (Doug McSchooler/AP)
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The Pacers were without their All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton all season long after he suffered an Achilles injury during the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder. But Indiana still has key members of that team returning next season, including Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, and Aaron Nesmith.
However, this 2026 draft class is quite the spectacle, with many believing it to be deep considering the talent of BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, UNC’s Caleb Wilson, and Duke’s Cam Boozer, among others.
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