Cheryl Shepherd, the mother of KC Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher allegedly told police her son argued with his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins over their daughter’s paternity before he shot her multiple times and killed her, before killing himself. Shepherd was present in their home when her son killed Perkins. According to the New York Post, she […]
It’s heartening to learn that some NFL players are turning in their guns. Since Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide last week, several African American NFL players are correctly starting to reflect on how loaded weapons can destroy lives. “In the last seven days, at least seven players around the league have gone to their league security officers […]
So, it’s been quite a couple of weeks in the world of sports. I’m sure our boxing fans out there were shocked by that knockout of Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night didn’t see that one coming. And, unfortunately, as we all know by now, there were two shocking NFL tragedies that folks may have seen […]
DIX HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, who shot and killed his girlfriend before taking his own life earlier this month, was laid out Tuesday in an open silver casket surrounded by flowers and displays of family snapshots at a church where hundreds of mourners gathered at a wake to remember […]
Jeff Johnson talks about the importance of being our “Brother’s Keeper.”
Jeff Johnson talks about the importance of being our “Brother’s Keeper.”
Tom, Sybil, Jay. I am hoping that your day is as fantastic as mine. For any of the TJMS family that has been mildly paying attention to the news around the NFL you are aware of two tragedies that took place in two weeks. First we got news of Jovan Belcher, a 25-year-old football player […]
Tom, Sybil, Jay. I am hoping that your day is as fantastic as mine. For any of the TJMS family that has been mildly paying attention to the news around the NFL you are aware of two tragedies that took place in two weeks. First we got news of Jovan Belcher, a 25-year-old football player […]
Police in Kansas City have released video that shows officers finding Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher asleep in his car just hours before he killed his girlfriend and later shot himself. The recording was among two dashboard videos made available by police in the wake of the murder-suicide. The second video shows an officer […]
Sybil Wilkes discusses today’s news headlines, including the latest in the Javon Belcher murder-suicide.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Heads bowed, somber past and present Kansas City Chiefs players turned out Wednesday for a memorial service for teammate Jovan Belcher, who killed his girlfriend and then himself over the weekend. Belcher fatally shot 22-year-old Kasandra Perkins on Saturday at the Kansas City home they shared with their 3-month-old daughter, […]
Kansas City police have released the 911 tapes from the morning that police say Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins and then fled to the front door of the Chiefs’ practice facility where he turned the gun on himself. “Oh my God. Oh my God. Cassie,” Belcher’s mother, Cheryl Shepherd, wailed. “The baby is […]
