Commentary: 'Mom's Football' And The Chiefs' Historic Super Bowl Breakthrough

Well, yes—the Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl, for the first time in half a century. But why does that…matter? Commentator Victor Wishna offers just one reason, in this long-in-coming edition of “A Fan’s Notes.” I want to tell you a story. There are thousands like it. On Sunday, inside Arrowhead Stadium, there were about 74,000 stories. But this is mine. When I was a little kid—that’s how these kinds of stories always start—the centerpiece of our living room was the object we called “Mom’s