Now the odds are that Larry Johnson’s first encounter against the Chiefs as a Bengal will be nothing more than a letdown. LJ has already said he’s not holding a grudge. More importantly, the Bengals had a solid running game without him so there’s no reason to turn an otherwise depressing end of season game into a grudge match.
However, taking revenge of Kansas City is something of a local tradition in a way that’s much more interesting than just a run-of-the-mill beatdown.
The cruelest affront to Kansas City that so many former hometown greats have perpetrated on this town is a complete disregard for the city.
Allow me to offer a little bit of explanation:
Sports people and professionals from every walk of life don’t even like mentioning their days in Kansas City once they’ve moved on to greater things.
Neil Smith won a Superbowl with the Broncos and beat Chiefs to do it but it wasn’t a big deal because there wasn’t a big kissoff to Kansas City, just an anticlimactic (and mostly long overdue) departure. The same can be said of most people who use this town as nothing more than a stepping stone.
This concept goes over the head of most half-wit sports fans but I’ve learned that indifference is a far more powerful and hurtful sentiment than hate. Therefore, athletes, professionals, artists and so many other people who shake the dust (or snow) from this cowtown and never look back are really making the more meaningful statement. So I believe LJ when he notes that his departure from Kansas City isn’t personal. I doubt he gives this burg or its people a second thought and, unfortunately, that feeling (or lack thereof) is shared by far too many folks.
Tony Botello
Dave-O
Same thing happened with Harry Truman. No wait, it didn’t.
Facts
fkn b s…. KC is the minor league supply team to all other sports.
You idiots make STUPID judgements based on NONsports events, and then you say GET HIM OUTTA HERE …. and what fkn happens??? EVERY fkn time?? I am relagated to seeing these stars on the sports highight footage. It made me furious to Tony G. and you idots said ..YEAH GET HIM OUTTA HERE…and there he is in Atlanat, dunking the ball over the goal post. fkn bs.
You idiots said FIRE Jared Allen he is a loser drunk …. you fkn idiots!! …. YOU IDIOTS said FIRE LJ he is a homophobe … YOU ARE IDIOTS …
mark my word … after seeing the disaml KC defense last week, LJ is gonna come in here and run the ball for 8000 yards, IN ONE GAME … and you idioots deserve it.
You dont know what you got until it is gone, it is the same with KC sports greats over and over. EVERY world series for the last 10 years has had at least one EXRoyal on every team. fkn pathetic … but oh well.
jojo
happy holidays!
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So I believe LJ when he notes that his departure from Kansas City isn
Rick M
Ann Coulter used to work as some sort of law clerk here before she became famous/notorious and she’s said good things about KC. Which, considering the source, may be a reverse endorsement.