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The timeline of the Kansas City Chiefs tragedy

Jay Busbee, yahoo.com

As more details come out about the tragedy in Kansas City, the timeline surrounding the murder of Kasandra Perkins and the suicide of Jovan Belcher is becoming more clear. There are still discrepancies in the story, but based on multiple reports, the tr…

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During his four years with the Chiefs, linebacker Jovan Belcher attended dozens of NFL-sponsored meetings devoted to personal issues outside of football. Unfortunately, the programs offered by the NFL and its players union, not to mention individual cou…

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Orphaned at 3 months old, the daughter of Kasandra Perkins and Jovan Belcher, is being cared for -- for now -- by her paternal grandmother.

Jack Dickey, deadspin.com

Jovan Belcher and Kasandra Perkins kept "about eight guns" in their house and liked to go shooting together, according to a new report from Sports Illustrated. SI talked to Reggie Paramoure, a former teammate of Belcher's at Maine, and Paramou…

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Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher spent part of the night at a woman's apartment and stayed until 6:30 a.m. Saturday before going home, killing his longtime girlfriend and later himself, Kansas City police said Tuesday.

CNNSI.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City Chiefs officials knew that linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend were having relationship problems, and the team provided the couple with counseling in an effort to help, a police official said.

CNNSI.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City Chiefs officials knew that linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend were having relationship problems, and the team provided the couple with counseling in an effort to help, a police official said.

Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com

The pulse of the NFL season changes weekly. Every Tuesday, SI.com will break down the front-runners for the major NFL awards.

Peter King, CNNSI.com

LANDOVER, Md. -- "It's all being ready to play at a younger age,'' Robert Griffin III said early this morning, putting those crazy striped socks on at his locker at FedEx Field. "I mean, look at how [South Carolina defensive end] Jadeveon Clow…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Kansas City Chiefs officials knew that linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend were having relationship problems, and the team provided the couple with counseling in an effort to help, a police official s

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

The Kansas City Star has uncovered the details of the events that led Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher to murder Kasandra Perkins, his 22-year-old girlfriend and mother of their three-month-old daughter, before taking his own life in front of…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Police reports from the shooting of Kasandra Perkins and the suicide of Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shined light on a relationship that was turbulent enough that the team was trying to counsel him long before last Saturday’s incident. According to a…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

As the Texans work out defensive backs today searching for depth, they’ll look at one who has deep pockets. According to John Brannen of the Houston Chronicle, among those working out will be former Chiefs cornerback Stanford Routt, who played at the Un…

Sean Newell, deadspin.com

The Kansas City Star has an exclusive story with chilling new details concerning the final moments of both Kasandra Perkins and Jovan Belcher, gleaned from multiple police sources as the investigation continues. More »

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Police say the Chiefs were providing counseling to linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins. But before taking his own life Saturday outside the team's practice facility, Belcher, who had killed Perkins earlier in their home, said t…