Patrick Mahomes’ Next Challenge Has Nothing to Do With Football

Mahomes, who is a minority owner of various Kansas City pro-sports teams, is making a push to bring a WNBA franchise to the city
Patrick Mahomes’ Next Challenge Has Nothing to Do With Football
Patrick Mahomes speaks onstage during the 2024 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on April 25, 2024. Cindy Ord/Getty Images for TIME
Ross Kelly
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As a three-time Super Bowl champion—winning MVP honors in each—and a two-time regular season MVP, Patrick Mahomes has seemingly already done everything there is to do in the NFL at just 29 years old. Perhaps that’s a small part of his motivation for attempting to do something out of the NFL, and that’s by helping Kansas City land a WNBA franchise.

Mahomes, along with his wife, Brittany, are part of the ownership group of the Kansas City Current in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the premier women’s soccer league in the United States. The Current’s ownership group recently met with the WNBA to discuss efforts to land a team in the Kansas City Metro.
Ross Kelly
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Ross Kelly is a sports journalist who has been published by ESPN, CBS and USA Today. He has also done statistical research for Stats Inc. and Synergy Sports Technology. A graduate of LSU, Ross resides in Houston.