Patrick Mahomes’ hometown is red with passion and pride amid Chiefs’ Super Bowl run
LA Times“Patrick is my Mahomie” is the message of support Whitehouse Flowers in Whitehouse, Texas, is showing for hometown hero Patrick Mahomes on its front window as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. “You see on Facebook people are starting to call Whitehouse “Kansas City South.” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates with team owner Clark Hunt after Kansas City’s victory over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Championship game. “Our football coach now saw a picture from the Chiefs game last year, when they’re wearing their throwbacks and they’ve got a big state of Texas on the side of their helmets,” Cook said. “When you start to learn the history of how they actually came out of Dallas, he sent me something that said, ‘Hey, we can root for these boys.’ ” Technically, Mahomes is from the neighboring city of Tyler, which produced Hall of Fame running back Earl Campbell, along with quarterback Johnny Manziel, whose unfortunate career trajectory diverges sharply from that of Mahomes.