About

Braden Holecek

Braden Holecek is a contributor for Arrowhead Addict since 2024. While covering the Kansas City Chiefs, he hits on various topics about the roster and incoming news. He previously wrote about the Chiefs for Full Press Coverage, where he also designed graphics for social media posts. Some of his work has been featured on Yahoo. Braden also enjoys golfing in his spare time.

Brandon Ray

Christian Ainsworth

Christian Ainsworth is a podcaster and contributor for Arrowhead Addict (formerly Arrowhead Live). He hosts The Intangibles every Monday at 2:00 pm (CT) on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and has covered the Kansas City Chiefs and the greater NFL for the past 7 years. Christian graduated from the University of Missouri and has been part of Chiefs Kingdom since 2001. He has interviewed notable football personalities, such as Coach Jason Brown, former NFL insider Sully, and Locked on Chargers commentator David Droegemeier. Christian’s favorite hobbies include hunting, fishing, and sport climbing.

Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson is a seasoned toddler dad, rookie girl dad, and lower middle aged husband. While he may not own a pair of Air Monarchs yet, he's still living the suburban dream. As a creatively driven writer, Charles has been working to bring color and flavor to Chiefs coverage online since the beginning of the 2021 season. His obsession with the Chiefs runs deep, with the goal being to channel this borderline insanity into entertaining words for you - Chiefs Kingdom. Charles' accolades as an athlete solely include being golf's all time leader in double bogey saves. In his free time, Charles is a basset hound enthusiast who also dabbles in black labs.

Felix Johnson

Bransen Gibson

Life-long Chiefs fan in Geraldton, Australia – only 10,622 miles from Arrowhead Stadium.

Greg Morse

Josh Fann

Josh Fann: Contributor at Arrowhead Addict Josh Fann has been a site contributor for Arrowhead Addict at Fansided since 2020, and has been following the Kansas City Chiefs for more than a decade. Along with being a contributor at Arrowhead Addict, Josh Fann spent a year as a site expert for KC Kingdom, where he also covered the Kansas City Chiefs as well as Mizzou football. Fann also oversaw a small team that was responsible for coverage of several midwest college athletic athletic departments and the Kansas City Royals. Since his start at Addict, Fann has written everything from objective player analysis, NFL draft profiles, and organizational critique. Prior to becoming a site contributor, Fann established his own website for covering professional football in the state of Missouri including interviews with highly-rated high school football recruits who are now in the NFL today. In addition to his work at Fansided, Fann still hosts his own podcast and runs a popular YouTube channel where he extends his coverage of Kansas City Chiefs and Mizzou football. Fann is also a U.S. Air Force Veteran and worked in aircraft maintenance. In his free time, Fann enjoys writing, watching sports, and fishing.

Jacob Milham

Jacob Milham is a contributor at Kings of Kauffman and a contributor to Arrowhead Addict. He began writing four years ago, parlaying a decade-long career in U.S. Navy public affairs skills into his sports passion. Jacob also hosts The Royals Rundown Podcast, a top Kansas City Royals podcast. He and Jeremy Greco have been featured on KCMO media for their work and expertise. Featured on: CNN, Kansas City Star, 96.5 The Fan (610 Sports) Jacob loves spending evenings with his wife, Honey, and their many animals. He can be found with his Kindle in hand if a Royals or Chiefs game isn't on.

John McCarty

John is a contributor at Arrowhead Addict on the FanSided Network. A sports data junkie and NFL Draft nerd, John is able to trace his fandom of the Chiefs all the way back to Steve DeBerg through Dave Krieg and Tyler Thigpen. He's looking forward to bringing an analytical approach to discussions about the draft, free agency and perhaps even roster construction. As a graduate of Kansas State University, John looks forward to bringing over 30 years of Chiefs football observations into the discussion.

Lyle Graversen

Lyle Graversen has been writing about the Kansas City Chiefs for Arrowhead Addict for over a decade and is one of Fansided's longest running contributors. From the drama of the Todd Haley era, to the building of the current Chiefs dynasty, Lyle has covered it all. You can read his weekly Chiefs columns every Monday morning at Arrowhead Addict. Lyle is also a long time NFL draft analyst for Arrowhead Addict. His scouting reports and positional breakdowns can be seen in the months leading up to the NFL Draft each year. When he isn't writing about the Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL, Lyle is spending time with his family and works as a public school music teacher with degrees in Music Education and Music Performance.

Leigh Oleszczak

Leigh has covered the NFL and NFL Draft for 10 years on KC Kingdom, NFL Spin Zone, FanSided, and other sites. She has also covered MLB, college football, and basketball, as well as the TV show Survivor.

Lucas Strozinsky

Lucas Strozinsky covers the Kansas City Chiefs for FanSided's Arrowhead Addict as a contributing writer, bringing fans the latest team insights since May of 2022. He also produces NFL and NHL content on TikTok (@StrozinskyLucas) and previously contributed to FanSided's Tampa Bay Lightning blog, Bolts By The Bay. By day, Lucas works as an engineer, and on weekends, you might catch him attempting to guard the net in local soccer matches - with mixed results.

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Matt Conner

Matt Conner is an editor with FanSided who has covered the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Addict since 2017. Formerly an Assignment Editor with SB Nation, Matt was a longtime music journalist in a past life who has interviewed over 2,000 artists from Aerosmith to ZZ Top. These days, he hosts The Resistance, a podcast featuring in-depth conversations about the intersection of art and fear (listentotheresistance.com). He also has more Creed Humphrey autographs than anyone.

Mike Luciano

Mike Luciano is an NFL staff writer for FanSided with a lifetime of expertise in all 32 teams, including the Las Vegas Raiders. He began his journey at Minute Media in 2020 and has since edited and written thousands of articles covering everything from the NFL Draft to the Super Bowl and free agency. Mike's work has been featured on Bleacher Report, Sports Illustrated, FanSided.com, and other outlets. Hot takes can be found on Twitter @ByMikeLuciano.

Price Carter

Price has been covering the Kansas City Chiefs since 2020. With experience in news, analysis, gameday coverage and the NFL Draft. Price writes for Arrowhead Addict and With the First Pick for Fansided and also hosts "The Intangibles" Podcast Monday's on the Arrowhead Addict network.

Ryan Heckman

Ryan Heckman is a Lead NFL Editor for FanSided, covering all 32 teams across the league. Ryan has covered various leagues and teams dating back to 2012, with experience covering both the NFL and NBA. His work has been featured on Bleacher Report and Sports Illustrated among other publications. He loves Jesus, family, and the NFL in that order. If he isn't writing, Ryan is building Legos with his son, playing Disney princesses with his daughter, drinking coffee or lifting weights.

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Scott Loring

Scott has covered the Kansas City Chiefs for Arrowhead Addict since May of 2019. Scott is a numbers junkie and has been a staunch fan of the Chiefs ever since 1989, when Christian Okoye and Derrick Thomas came on the scene. A graduate of Shawnee Mission South, Scott now resides in central Missouri, where he is an educator at an elementary school.

Shawn O'Brate

Shawn O'Brate, contributing writer for Arrowhead Addict, has been a sports journalist for over five years since receiving his Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication from Kansas State University. During his time after college he was the Sports Director for multiple radio stations and newspapers in Wyoming as well as a radio station in southwest Kansas. As a lifelong Chiefs and Royals fan growing up Shawn has been able to see the growth in Kansas City first-hand. As a child and teenager he went to every home game and it planted a seed that would grow into a serious love for sports, specifically football, and anything to do with working around sports. You can find some of his earlier works on Arrowhead Live, WyoToday.com and K-State's Collegian Newspaper.

Stacy D. Smith

Stacy D. Smith is a Site Contributor at Arrowhead Addict, where he has been covering the Kansas City Chiefs since 2012. For more than a decade, Stacy has developed an editorial style that blends a love for numbers, in-depth game analysis, and narrative-busting, making his commentary both sharp and insightful. In addition to his work with Arrowhead Addict, Stacy's passion for creativity extends beyond sports as he is also an emcee, arts educator, and sneaker enthusiast.