Kansas City Chiefs and Carolina Panthers players form a prayer circle after the Chiefs’ win in a NFL football game in Kansas City, Missouri December 2, 2012. The previous day, Chiefs’ linebacker Jovan Belcher killed himself after fatally shooting his girlfriend in an action witnessed by head coach Romeo Crennel and other Chiefs personnel. REUTERS/Dave Kaup
The Kansas City Chiefs put tragedy aside for 60 minutes on Sunday.
They won a ball game. They won over their emotions. Head coach Romeo Crennel stood in the middle of the locker room Sunday, team members comforting each other as tears ran down their cheeks.
Along one wall stood the empty locker that once belonged to Jovan Belcher, his jersey still hanging from a hook.
