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Time of India
04-07-2025
- Time of India
ChiefsAholic robbed 11 banks to watch Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in person—now he's behind bars for 49 years
NFL fan gets 49 years for robbing banks to attend Chiefs games and support his favorite players (Image via Getty) We've seen crazy sports fans before, but this guy took things to an entirely new level. On today's Pat McAfee Show, the crew dug into the absolutely unhinged saga of ChiefsAholic, the Kansas City superfan who didn't just buy tickets and scream in the stands, he robbed banks to afford his obsession with Patrick Mahomes , Travis Kelce , and Andy Reid. Yep. Full-on armed robberies. For the love of football. ChiefsAholic was a viral fan until the mask came off and the FBI stepped in Xaviar Babudar, better known by his wolf-masked alter ego ChiefsAholic , became a staple of Kansas City's fanbase. You couldn't miss him, decked out in full gear, barking like a maniac, living his best football life. But behind that costume? A completely different story. Turns out he was committing a string of bank robberies across multiple states, 11 confirmed jobs, stealing more than $800,000 just to keep up with his NFL travels, gambling habits, and Chiefs lifestyle. From superfan to super-felon: He's now sentenced to decades behind bars Babudar's story caught fire again today after McAfee reminded everyone that this guy isn't just sitting in jail, he's got a mountain of time ahead of him. In September 2024, he was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison. Then in May 2025, Oklahoma slapped him with another 32 years for robbing a credit union in Tulsa. That means he could serve up to 49 years, though he's more likely to do around 32 if sentences run consecutively. From catching touchdowns in Arrowhead to catching federal indictments, the falloff was steep. What hit McAfee hardest was how deep the fandom ran. ChiefsAholic wasn't just a bandwagon guy, he idolized Mahomes, Kelce, and Reid to the point of obsession. And he wasn't just showing up on Sundays. He was committing felonies just to stay close to the team, city-hopping from game to game using stolen money. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Нов таблет с Android Pro 14 Murreice Купете сега Undo Let that sink in. Pat summed it up on-air: 'This might be the wildest NFL fan story I've ever heard.' On paper, it's just a story about a fan. But when you hear it broken down especially by someone like Pat McAfee, it hits different. This wasn't a clout chaser. This was a guy who genuinely loved the Chiefs so much, he gave up his freedom to follow them around. Also read - 'He killed me': Stephon Gilmore says Bill Belichick embarrassed him so badly he nearly cried For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here . Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Chargers 2025 schedule: Team will travel most miles in the NFL this season
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert reacts during a game against the Kansas City Chiefs in September. The Chargers will open the season against their AFC West rivals in Brazil. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) As Jim Harbaugh said last year in preparation for an extended road trip: Bring the board games and snacks. This will be a long ride. The Chargers will cover the most air miles of any NFL team in 2025, traveling more than 37,000 miles , according to The itinerary starts with a trip to Sao Paulo to face AFC West rival Kansas City on Sept. 5 in the NFL's second regular-season game played in South America. Advertisement The season opener is the first of three consecutive divisional games to kick off the Chargers' second year under Harbaugh. The AFC West added former Seahawks and USC coach Pete Carroll in Las Vegas, where the Chargers will play at 7 p.m. PDT on Sept. 15 in a 'Monday Night Football' showcase. It's one of five prime time games for the Chargers. Read more: 'ChiefsAholic' superfan gets state prison sentence tacked onto federal term for bank robberies Trying to make consecutive postseason appearances for the first time since 2009, the Chargers first have to confront ghosts of playoffs past. They have rematches against their last two playoff opponents as Houston visits SoFi Stadium in Week 17 and the Chargers go to Jacksonville on Nov. 16. The memory of a blown 27-point lead in the 2022 wild card game likely won't fully fade until the team gets over the postseason hump under Harbaugh and quarterback Justin Herbert. Here's a game-by-game look at the regular-season schedule (all times Pacific). Advertisement Sept. 5, KANSAS CITY in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5 p.m. (YouTube): Perhaps another change of scenery can help break the Chargers' 11-game home losing streak in this series. Kansas City's road dominance spans three cities and four stadiums with wins in San Diego, StubHub Center, Mexico City's Estadio Azteca and SoFi Stadium since the Chargers' last home win in the series in 2013. Sept. 15, at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. (ESPN): As if this division rivalry needed more fuel. More than a decade after they battled in the NFC West and the Pac-12, Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll meet again on 'Monday Night Football.' Sept. 21, DENVER, 1:05 p.m. (CBS): The Chargers' home win over the Broncos last season not only set up a late-season surge, but it achieved a life-long goal for Harbaugh. He got to witness Cameron Dicker hit the longest fair catch free kick in NFL history. Sept. 28, at New York Giants, 10 a.m. (CBS): The Chargers get their first look at Malik Nabers, but the Giants star second-year receiver is already a familiar face for Chargers second-round pick Tre' Harris. Harris, a receiver out of Mississippi, was Nabers' high school quarterback in Lafayette, La. New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers runs with the ball against the Indianapolis Colts in December. (Corey Sipkin / Associated Press) Oct. 5, WASHINGTON, 1:25 p.m. (Fox): San Bernardino native Jayden Daniels will play his first NFL game in L.A. after winning the NFL offensive rookie of the year and leading the Commanders to their first appearance in the NFC championship game since 1991. Advertisement Oct. 12, at Miami, 10 a.m. (CBS): The Dolphins have not won a playoff game since 2000, the longest active postseason victory drought in the NFL. Oct. 19, INDIANAPOLIS, 1:05 p.m. (CBS): The Colts have never played at SoFi Stadium and have the longest playoff drought of any of the Chargers' 2025 opponents, not making the postseason since 2020. Oct. 23, MINNESOTA, 5:15 p.m. (Prime Video): The Vikings' presumptive starter J.J. McCarthy will face off against his former coach. McCarthy, who led Michigan to a national title under Harbaugh in 2023, missed his rookie season because of a knee injury. Nov. 2, at Tennessee, 10 a.m. (CBS): No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward will try to elevate the team that hasn't made the playoffs since 2021. The Chargers haven't won a road game at Tennessee since 2009, losing three times by a combined margin of nine points. Advertisement Nov. 9, PITTSBURGH, 5:20 p.m. (NBC): Without a playoff win since 2016, the Steelers are still waiting for a decision from 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers to determine who will throw passes to key offseason acquisition D.K. Metcalf. Read more: Chargers address several needs in draft, but one area of potential concern remains Nov. 16, at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. (CBS): In their infamous wild card collapse in Jacksonville, the Chargers became the first NFL team to lose a playoff game with a turnover differential of plus-five or better. Nov. 23, off week Nov. 30, LAS VEGAS, 1:25 p.m. (CBS): With Carroll and former Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith in Las Vegas, the AFC West could again be one of the most competitive divisions in the NFL after three teams made it to the playoffs last year. Advertisement Dec. 8, Philadelphia, 5:15 p.m. (ABC/ESPN): The Chargers upgraded the size on their interior defensive line to prepare for matchups like this one. The Super Bowl champions' dominance at the line of scrimmage is the standard for the league. Dec. 14, at Kansas City, 10 a.m. (CBS): The Chargers have lost seven consecutive games to their AFC West rivals with six coming by seven points or fewer including last year's nail-biter at Arrowhead Stadium that ended with the Chiefs hitting a game-winning field goal off the upright. Dec. 21, at Dallas, 10 a.m. (Fox): After a contract extension that paid an NFL-record $60 million a year, Dak Prescott had a career-low 86.0 passer rating while throwing 11 touchdowns with eight passes intercepted before missing 10 games because of a hamstring injury. Read more: Jim Harbaugh taking a new approach to evaluating Chargers' rookie talent Advertisement Week 17, HOUSTON, TBD: Herbert can redeem himself against the defense that grabbed four interceptions in the Chargers' 2024 playoff flop. Texans quarterback and Rancho Cucamonga native C.J. Stroud returns to his Southern California roots. Week 18, at Denver, TBD: The Chargers secured their first win in Denver since 2018 last season. Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
'ChiefsAholic' superfan gets state prison sentence tacked onto federal term for bank robberies
Like Patrick Mahomes marching the Kansas City Chiefs on another game-winning drive, Xavier Michael Babudar — aka the "ChiefsAholic" superfan — can be counted on to put numbers on the board. A court on Monday in Oklahoma sentenced the serial bank robber to a 32-year term in state prison that will run concurrently with his federal sentence of 17½ years. After Babudar serves the federal term — without the possibility of parole — he will be transferred to state prison to spend 14½ more years. Babudar, 30, admitted to 11 robberies in 2022 and 2023 across seven states from California to Tennessee. His guilty and no contest pleas in both federal and state courts squeezed what could have been drawn-out trial proceedings into the judicial equivalent of two-minute drills. His lawyer, Brett Swab, said Babudar 'expressed sincere remorse and took full responsibility for his actions" in court Monday. When not terrorizing bank and credit union employees at gunpoint, Babudar attended NFL games all over the country dressed up as the "ChiefsAholic," beloved by fans of the three-time Super Bowl champions because he wore a wolf costume that covered his face to games, ostensibly to honor Chiefs mascot K.C. Wolf. Talk about a wolf in Chiefs clothing. Read more: 'ChiefsAholic' missed Kansas City's opening win after getting 17½ years for bank robbery That, not surprisingly, is the title of a true-crime documentary about Babudar's secret life as a serial bank robber directed by Dylan Sires. Catch it on Amazon Prime. Even though Babudar admitted his crimes, Tulsa County Dist. Atty. Steve Kunzweiler was disappointed that his recommendation of a life sentence wasn't granted. 'I think he caught a break,' Kunzweiler told Tulsa television station KJRH. 'I look like how he'll probably look when he gets out of prison. I'm 63 years old, and I don't put it past him to be able to go out and start committing other crimes.' Federal prosecutors were equally strident about putting Babudar away for as long as possible. He was convicted of stealing $847,725 from financial institutions, and several robberies were at gunpoint. Read more: 7 Chileans accused of stealing millions in valuables from Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow In one particularly egregious episode, he stole $125,900 from the Nashville branch of the Tennessee Credit Union by climbing over the bank teller counter, pressing a firearm against the teller's body and demanding to be taken to the vault. Babudar told employees that if he was given fake bills or a dye pack, he would 'come back and put a bullet in your head.' Within days, he was back at Arrowhead Stadium, cheering on the Chiefs and signing autographs for children. 'While parading as a social media celebrity, the defendant secretly engaged in a violent crime spree of armed robberies and attempted robberies across seven states,' U.S. Atty. Teresa Moore said at his federal sentencing in September. 'Babudar's robbery spree bankrolled the expensive tickets and travel across the country to attend Kansas City Chiefs games while he cultivated a large fan base online. "However, the bank and credit union employees whom he terrorized at gunpoint suffered the brunt of his true nature. He tried to flee from justice, but law enforcement caught up with him and now he will spend a significant portion of his life in prison.' After initially being arrested in Oklahoma in December 2022, Babudar was released on bond two months later. Read more: LA Times Today: 7 Chileans accused of stealing millions in valuables from Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow Months earlier, he had placed two $5,000 bets at the Argosy Casino in Alton, Ill., one on Mahomes winning the Most Valuable Player award at Super Bowl LVII and the other on the Chiefs winning the game. He won both bets and they paid $100,000, which the casino mailed to him in March 2023. Babudar cut his ankle monitor, fled from Oklahoma and used his gambling winnings to purchase a vehicle near Las Vegas. He evaded law enforcement and continued to rob banks until his arrest in Sacramento on July 7, 2023. He's been incarcerated since, and will continue to be for decades. Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
13-05-2025
- Los Angeles Times
‘Chiefsaholic' superfan gets state prison sentence tacked onto federal term for bank robberies
Like Patrick Mahomes marching the Kansas City Chiefs on another game-winning drive, Xavier Michael Babudar — aka the 'ChiefsAholic' superfan — can be counted on to put numbers on the board. A court on Monday in Oklahoma sentenced the serial bank robber to a 32-year term in state prison that will run concurrently with his federal sentence of 17½ years. After Babudar serves the federal term — without the possibility of parole — he will be transferred to state prison to spend 14½ more years. Babudar, 30, admitted to 11 robberies in 2022 and 2023 across seven states from California to Tennessee. His guilty and no contest pleas in both federal and state courts squeezed what could have been drawn-out trial proceedings into the judicial equivalent of two-minute drills. His lawyer, Brett Swab, said Babudar 'expressed sincere remorse and took full responsibility for his actions' in court Monday. When not terrorizing bank and credit union employees at gunpoint, Babudar attended NFL games all over the country dressed up as the 'ChiefsAholic,' beloved by fans of the three-time Super Bowl champions because he wore a wolf costume that covered his face to games, ostensibly to honor Chiefs mascot KC Wolf. Talk about a wolf in Chiefs clothing. That, not surprisingly, is the title of a true-crime documentary about Babudar's secret life as a serial bank robber directed by Dylan Sires. Catch it on Amazon Prime. Even though Babudar admitted his crimes, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler was disappointed that his recommendation of a life sentence wasn't granted. 'I think he caught a break,' Kunzweiler told Tulsa television station KJRH. 'I look like how he'll probably look when he gets out of prison. I'm 63 years old, and I don't put it past him to be able to go out and start committing other crimes.' Federal prosecutors were equally strident about putting Babudar away for as long as possible. He was convicted of stealing $847,725 from financial institutions, and several robberies were at gunpoint. In one particularly egregious episode, he stole $125,900 from the Nashville branch of the Tennessee Credit Union by climbing over the bank teller counter, pressing a firearm against the teller's body and demanding to be taken to the vault. Babudar told employees that if he was given fake bills or a dye pack, he would 'come back and put a bullet in your head.' Within days, he was back at Arrowhead Stadium, cheering on the Chiefs and signing autographs for children. 'While parading as a social media celebrity, the defendant secretly engaged in a violent crime spree of armed robberies and attempted robberies across seven states,' U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore said at his federal sentencing in September. 'Babudar's robbery spree bankrolled the expensive tickets and travel across the country to attend Kansas City Chiefs games while he cultivated a large fan base online. 'However, the bank and credit union employees whom he terrorized at gunpoint suffered the brunt of his true nature. He tried to flee from justice, but law enforcement caught up with him and now he will spend a significant portion of his life in prison.' After initially being arrested in Oklahoma in December 2022, Babudar was released on bond two months later. Months earlier, he had placed two $5,000 bets at the Argosy Casino in Alton, Ill., one on Mahomes winning the Most Valuable Player award at Super Bowl LVII and the other on the Chiefs winning the game. He won both bets and they paid $100,000, which the casino mailed to him in March 2023. Babudar cut his ankle monitor, fled from Oklahoma and used his gambling winnings to purchase a vehicle near Las Vegas. He evaded law enforcement and continued to rob banks until his arrest in Sacramento on July 7, 2023. He's been incarcerated since, and will continue to be for decades.
CBS News
13-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Kansas City Chiefs superfan "ChiefsAholic" sentenced to 32 years in Oklahoma prison for bank robbery
A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as "ChiefsAholic" was sentenced Monday in an Oklahoma courtroom to serve 32 years in state prison for robbing a Tulsa-area bank, a sentence that will be carried out after he finishes serving time in federal prison. Xaviar Babudar, 30, appeared in a Tulsa courtroom and apologized to the court and victims of the December 2022 robbery of the Tulsa Teachers Credit Union in Bixby, Oklahoma, said Babudar's attorney, Jay-Michael Swab. "He expressed sincere remorse and took full responsibility for his actions," Swab said. Babudar was already serving more than 17 years in federal prison for a string of 11 bank robberies across seven states where he stole nearly $850,000 to finance his social media stardom. Swab said the robberies were also the result of a gambling addiction. Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler had sought life in prison for Babudar. "The violence that Babudar exhibited to the employees of the Tulsa Teacher Credit Union was abhorrent," Kunzweiler said in a statement. "He is a serial robber who traumatized these victims and numerous other victims across this country." A Kansas City Chiefs fan, ChiefsAholic, poses for photos while walking toward Empower Field at Mile High before an NFL football game between the Denver Broncos and the Chiefs, Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver. David Zalubowski/AP Tulsa County District Judge Michelle Keely ordered Babudar's 32-year sentence to run concurrently to his federal sentence, which means after he is released from federal prison he will be transferred to state custody to serve his remaining 14 years. Babudar developed a following on his ChiefsAholic account on the social platform X after attending games dressed as a wolf in Chiefs gear. His avid support of the Chiefs became well known on social media. Badubar was first charged in December 2022 following a series of successful and attempted robberies and was released on bond in February 2023. Babudar cut his ankle monitor and fled the authorities in March 2023, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. That was days after he had received a check with winnings from successfully betting on the Chiefs to win Super Bowl LVII and Mahomes to win Super Bowl MVP in 2023, the attorney's office said. He was again arrested in Sacramento in July of 2023 and charged with bank theft and transporting stolen property across state lines in federal court. In November, Prime Video released a true-crime documentary detailing Babudar's story as a Kansas City Chiefs superfan and serial bank robber.
