Jesse Newell, formerly of the Kansas City Star, announced on Monday that he will be covering the Kansas City Chiefs for The Athletic going forward.<\/p>\n
Newell began his new job on Monday and excitedly announced his new role on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited to announce I\u2019ve joined @TheAthletic and will be covering the Kansas City Chiefs, starting today,\u201d he wrote<\/a>. \u201cCan\u2019t wait to get started with the nation\u2019s top sports newsroom \u2014 while joining a bunch of talented writers I\u2019ve admired for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019m excited to announce I\u2019ve joined @TheAthletic<\/a> and will be covering the Kansas City Chiefs, starting today. Can\u2019t wait to get started with the nation\u2019s top sports newsroom \u2014 while joining a bunch of talented writers I\u2019ve admired for a long time.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Shortly before making that announcement, Newell shared that he was leaving the\u00a0Kansas City Star after nearly a decade.<\/p>\n After 9 1\/2 years, yesterday was my last day with @KCStar<\/a> \u2014 the paper I grew up reading every day as a kid from Kansas. The best part of the last decade was the teammates around me, from @SamMcDowell11<\/a> and @GaryBedore<\/a> to @jeff_rosen88<\/a>, @vgregorian<\/a> and @BlairKerkhoff<\/a> (with too\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/VtFHca6R5R<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n While Newell is new to The Athletic, he\u2019s not new to the Chiefs beat. Before going to The Athletic, he covered the Chiefs for the\u00a0Kansas City Star, starting in 2022.<\/p>\n \t