Weekend Hot Reads: Time to Get Involved

The WASHINGTON POST goes with "The U.S. has a gun problem, and Kansas City’s NFL team could help." The shooting at the Chiefs rally on Wednesday in downtown K.C. was "not connected to the team beyond it being the center of that day’s attention," but the team "isn’t absolved from not being part of the solution to the scourge of gun violence in its community and this country." The "only protest heard from the team came from a couple of players." What the Chiefs "should be doing at the least is joining a movement such as the one in the nation’s capital in June, Gun Violence Awareness Month, when the pro teams joined to fund gun violence prevention groups and sensitize more people to gun-related killings that may be interpreted as only affecting marginalized communities of color."

On the Chiefs rally shooting:

• Kansas City shooting is latest violence to mar a sports celebration.
• The Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade turned into an atrocity. Don’t think it couldn’t happen here.

Also:

• American cities and American sports need each other, but the link is fraying.
• Is NASCAR’s true ‘home’ in Charlotte or in Daytona? It depends on how you look at it.
• From Steelers linebacker to hockey owner: Myles Jack jumps in with an assist from mom.