Decisions, decisions.

The owner of the National Football League Kansas City Chiefs franchise, Clark Hunt, is locked into a lease to use the Jackson County, Missouri stadium his team calls home through the end of the 2030-31 season. Hunt is planning to build a stadium-village in Kansas about 23 miles from the Jackson County stadium starting with the 2031 NFL season. If all goes according to plan, Jackson County and Missouri will have an old football stadium and no tenant. Sure the building could hold concerts or other events but if the past is an example, the building will become a money draining relic as all the events will head over to the new stadium. The next question. What is to be done with the stadium?

In an interview with KCMO radio, Missouri House majority leader Jonathan Patterson claimed that it will cost $150 million to demolish the stadium, or $20 million a year to maintain it in its current form. There is also another problem, if county and state leaders want to demolish the facility, there is the adjacent stadium that hosts Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals franchise.  The Royals business owner John Sherman wants to leave the complex but has not made a decision on what he plans to do. In Pontiac, Michigan, it took many years and many plans but the Silverdome was eventually demolished 17 years after the NFL’s Detroit Lions business moved back to Detroit in 2001. The property now houses an Amazon distribution facility and delivery center. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, who is working to keep Sherman’s baseball business in his city, said Hunt had a lucrative offer to stay. There was a $1.5 billion stadium renovation package on the table. Hunt is going to Kansas and will leave behind a massive real estate problem in Missouri.

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Kyren Wilson and John Higgins added their names to the 2026 Masters quarter-final line up on day three of the prestigious invitational Triple Crown championship.

Both players dominated their matches, with Kyren Wilson in impressive form against Si Jiahui and John Higgins easing to victory against a badly out-of-form Barry Hawkins.

In a surreal twist, all six matches at this year’s tournament have finished with the same 6–2 scoreline.

Wilson back on form to brush aside Si

Kyren Wilson 6 – 2 Si Jiahui (best of 11 frames)

Kyren Wilson banished the memory of an early exit at the UK Championship in December with a stunning return to form, producing a commanding 6–2 victory over China’s Si Jiahui.

Wilson admitted that his exit from last month’s Triple Crown event, along with uncertainty surrounding his wife’s health, had weighed heavily on him in recent months. He will hope that his victory over the talented Si Jiahui can prove a turning point.

Kyren Wilson saw a maximum attempt end on 80 as he moved into a 2–0 lead, before the players shared the next two frames to leave the Englishman 3–1 ahead at the mid-session interval.

Si Jiahui pulled a frame back when the match resumed, but Wilson soon found another gear, winning the next three frames to seal the match. The run included a superb no-look shot on the black in the seventh frame, which helped him compile a 101 break.

Kyren Wilson will meet the winner of Neil Robertson and Chris Wakelin in the quarter-final.

Higgins punishes Hawkins with vintage display

John Higgins 6 – 2 Barry Hawkins (best of 11 frames)

Two-time former champion John Higgins took full advantage of a difficult day for Barry Hawkins, compiling six half-century breaks in a performance that underlined that the 50-year-old remains a force to be reckoned with.

After winning the opening frame, Hawkins let a few good chances slip through his fingers, allowing the Scot to take control and move 3–1 ahead at the interval.

After the break, John Higgins raised his intensity, with some outstanding long potting helping him close out the match with breaks of 99, 58 and 61.

John Higgins will face current world champion Zhao Xintong in the quarter-finals.

NFL Coaching Carousel Overview

Exactly one-quarter of the NFL’s 32 teams are looking for a new coach. And a few more could happen if contract extensions aren’t reached in the coming days.

Who’s looking? Who’s in line for the jobs? Here is a look at the eight current openings and the coaches who may fill them.

Atlanta

If QB Michael Pennix can get coached up properly and more importantly stay healthy this might be one of the best jobs available. That’s a really big if, however. The Falcons have really good skill players on offense and some good young players on defense. So who’s in line? It’s hard to say since the Falcons also need a GM. Keep in mind they flirted with Bill Belichick before hiring Raheem Morris, so a big name is not out of the question. This might be a reach, but is Georgia coach Kirby Smart tired of the transfer portal and NIL?

Arizona

What the new coach has to decide before he even gets the job is what to do with QB Kyler Murray. It appears the Cards are going to trade him and start over, but then who will be their next QB? Arizona’s recent MO suggests they will go for a hot coordinator so keep Buffalo OC Joe Brady and Seattle OC Klint Kubiak (if he wants to stay in the division) near the top of your list.

Baltimore

John Harbaugh hadn’t gotten out of the Ravens building yet when I got a text from a very reliable source that read “Jesse Minter to Baltimore, book it.’’ It’s a little ironic that Jim Harbaugh’s right-hand man in L.A. would take John’s job in Baltimore. Minter was with the Ravens from 2017-20 before joining Jim at Michigan as DC.

Cleveland

This might surprise some, but I truly believe the Browns win the Harbaugh Sweepstakes. If you fire a two-time Coach of the Year you better hire someone good. The Browns will be willing to give John what he wants in terms of money and control. And he gets to stay in the AFC North to play the Ravens twice a year. He also goes home to Ohio where he still has a lot of family.

Las Vegas

Looks like Tom Brady is going to be real involved and that could mean one-time Patriots assistant and former Falcons head coach Raheem Morris is on the way with former Giants head coach Brian Daboll as his OC. This is probably the least attractive job available, although you do have the No. 1 pick in the draft for what that’s worth.

Miami

John Harbaugh’s name will be mentioned here a lot. Former Green Bay Packers executive Jon Eric Sullivan was just named general manager of the Dolphins, however, which could lead to a Packers connection. The team’s defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, who was also the head coach of Boston College, is a possibility. Hafley is on a few team’s list. Sullivan had been with the Packers since 2008, so there is also a connection to former Green Bay and Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy.

New York Giants

The Giants want Harbaugh, but are they willing to get rid of general manager Joe Schoen to get him. That might have to be a prerequisite. Former Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski, who will surface on a lot of lists, could be Plan B for the Giants and the Giants might actually be Stefanski’s preferred choice. That wouldn’t be the worst thing for QB Jaxson Dart.

Tennessee

This might be the best place for McCarthy and McCarthy might be the ideal hire for the Titans and young QB Cam Ward. Consider that in his career McCarthy revitalized Brett Favre, developed Aaron Rodgers and got the most out of Dak Prescott. This could be the most perfect marriage of the entire group.