The lost story in Kansas City

How much do we elevate the importance of professional football players? A tragedy in Kansas City today provides an answer.

A Kansas City Chiefs player killed himself at the team’s practice facility. The team’s fan website has the important details in its headline…

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At CBS sports, the importance of the tragedy on fans’ fantasy teams had to be considered…

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And USA Today was on top of the story…

So was NFL.com

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And NPR…

CNN only hinted that there might be more to this…

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The Washington Post — appropriately — provided the missing detail…

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Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44. A woman is beaten every 15 seconds, according to the FBI. Of all female homicide victims, 30 percent are killed by spouses, ex-spouses, boyfriends or ex-boyfriends. Fifteen hundred women die each year the way a woman died today in Kansas City.

That’s the story.