Mahomes Family Attacked In NSFW Rant By Baseball 'Boxer'
Mahomes is of course the father of the brilliant Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick ... and dad once played Major League Baseball.
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So did John Rocker, a controversial figure in his playing days in part because he was accused of a serious of hateful rants against ... well, everybody.
So in New Orleans at the Super Bowl, in conjunction with the Chiefs' 40-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, there were sideshows.
Taylor Swift was there getting booed because she's Travis Kelce's celebrity girlfriend.
President Donald Trump was there, too.
It was quite a scene.
And to capitalize on it all? A staged street brawl between Mahomes Sr. and Rocker went viral.
And this "beef'' - all orchestrated by Barstool Sports - carried over. ... because Mahomes Sr. and Rocker were going to box on April 18.
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It seems Patrick Mahomes and his camp stepped in to put a stop to the foolishness, and now Rocker is speaking out.
Hatefully.
"Today is the day I was supposed to fight Pat Mahomes Sr.," Rocker said. "Instead of fighting today he backed out like a little (expletive) because his son and his loser wife decided it'd be a bad look to the family name for him to get in the ring."
Rocker has been a controversial figure in the baseball world for some time ... though he's been out of the spotlight.
Obviously, he wants back in. ... and he's decided that trashing the Mahomes family - including a female member of that family - is the path.
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That's a seedy way to do business, which should surprise no one who is familar with Rocker's world view.
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