Nov 03

AFC West

Vahe Gregorian: Decades after Chiefs helped sow seeds of NFL in Germany, they’re reaping the rewards

FRANKFURT, Germany — Technically, anyway, the Chiefs are playing host to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. So the environment will be steeped in familiar home flourishes such as the game day music production, Chiefs cheerleaders and mascot KC Wolf. As usual, chairman and CEO Clark Hunt anticipates most of the fans will be wearing red. But any real resemblance to playing in Kansas City will be purely coincidental when they kick off at 8:30 a.m. Central Standard Time on Sunday at Deutsche Bank Stadium in Frankfurt, Germany. Because they’ll be some 5,000 miles away on a hybrid field in a retractable-…

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