On Tuesday, Carrington Harrison criticized members of the Kansas City sports media for "spending any part of [their] day arguing with Bobby Burack about any subject." In doing so, he spent part of his day posting about me on social media – and discussing OutKick and me on his radio show.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom."I wouldn't get my [Chiefs] stories from OutKick," he said."They are an underling of Clay Travis."He then said he doesn't "respect OutKick."Harrison later asked to appear on the conservative radio show Mundo in the Morning on KCMO in Kansas City.
He claimed his issue with OutKick stemmed from a story we published last week about Chiefs left tackle Josh Simmons, who has yet to play this season.In our story, we mentioned that ESPN had reported several "red flags" about Simmons' character and maturity before the 2024 draft.We also cited a Sports Illustrated report that Simmons left the team unannounced the night before a game last season, was unresponsive, and left the team unaware of his whereabouts for a period of time.
Simmons then missed a month of games for what the team described as "personal" reasons.This season, Simmons has missed all four of the Chiefs' games.The team says he has a back injury, one that team sources told multiple reporters was a non-issue in August.
ESPN's Jeremy Fowler has since described the injury as "mysterious." Most other national insiders won't discuss the injury, even during injury roundup segments in which they cover minor ailments involving players of far less consequence.We pointed out how the situation is unusual, that the team's lack of transparency is generating online theories, and that the secrecy suggests something more complicated than a simple back injury.So, what exactly does a radio host on the Kansas City Chiefs' official ...