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Football cards, Tecmo Bowl, and the Nigerian Nightmare: A Chiefs fan’s tale

Christian Okoye of the Kansas City Chiefs (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Every Kansas City Chiefs fan has a story about how they came to love this team. My story involves card collecting, video games, and the Nigerian Nightmare.

I wasn’t born a Kansas City Chiefs fan. It actually took many years for me to arrive at the point I’m at now, where thoughts of the Chiefs roster and outlook for winning games consumes my waking hours. It was a winding road that even has a dark and shameful point (more on that later), but the end result was a journey that created a passionate fan since the Marty Schottenheimer days.