KANSAS CITY (5-7) At NEW YORK JETS (7-5)

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

OPENING LINE—Jets by 9 1/2

RECORD VS. SPREAD—Kansas City 7-5; New York 5-7

SERIES RECORD—Tied 17-17-1

LAST MEETING—Jets 28, Chiefs 24, Oct. 26, 2008

LAST WEEK—Chiefs beat Bears 10-3; Jets beat Redskins 34-19

CHIEFS OFFENSE—OVERALL (27), RUSH (9), PASS (30)

CHIEFS DEFENSE—OVERALL (16), RUSH (25), PASS (12)

JETS OFFENSE—OVERALL (26), RUSH (24), PASS (20)

JETS DEFENSE—OVERALL (7), RUSH (15), PASS (7)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES—Two of AFL’s original teams meet for first time
in three seasons, with last game a Jets victory when Brett Favre threw a TD pass
to Laveranues Coles with 1 minute left. … Game marks return of several former
Jets personnel: Chiefs coach Todd Haley was assistant from 1995-2000; GM Scott
Pioli was director of pro personnel; current Chiefs assistants Romeo Crennel, Mo
Carthon and Bill Muir were all Jets assistants, while former Jets players Richie
Anderson, Bernie Parmalee, Anthony Pleasant and Otis Smith are all coaches in
Kansas City. … RB Thomas Jones, S Jon McGraw, TE Anthony Becht and C Casey
Wiegmann are also former Jets. … Jones has 10,438 yards rushing, and needs 4
to pass Eddie George for 23rd on the NFL’s career rushing list, and 12 to pass
Tiki Barber for 22nd. … QB Tyler Palko earned first NFL career victory as
starter last week, and expected to start vs. Jets with recently signed Kyle
Orton nursing injured finger on throwing hand. … Chiefs held Bears to 0 for 11
on third down last Sunday, first time they did not allow third-down conversion
since 1998 vs. San Diego. … With last week’s win, Jets’ Mark Sanchez became
fifth QB in Super Bowl era to win 30 games, including playoffs, in first three
NFL seasons. He joined Dan Marino, Ben Roethlisberger, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan.
Sanchez has led Jets to 10 fourth-quarter or OT wins, including last two games.
… Offensive line has not allowed sack in last two games after allowing at
least one in each of Jets’ first 10 games. Face tough test this week against
Chiefs team that recorded seven sacks vs. Bears. … New York leads NFL in
red-zone efficiency, scoring TDs on 67.6 percent (25 of 37) of their trips
inside opponents’ 20. … Jets tops in league with six fumbles on kickoffs or
punt returns. … RB LaDainian Tomlinson is 86 yards behind Jerome Bettis
(13,662) for fifth on NFL’s career list. … RB Joe McKnight leads NFL with
32.4-yard kickoff return average, but could miss game with hyperextended right
elbow. … L B Aaron Maybin leads Jets with six sacks—after none in two
seasons with Buffalo—and four forced fumbles.

Updated Jul 20, 2011 2:40 PM ET

Sexy former New York Jets game-day hostess Jenn Sterger was one strike closer to a new job.

The New York Post reports that Sterger recently filmed a pilot for Spike TV called “Spike’s Spare Time,” where she interviews celebrities while bowling.

“It’s probably the one sport I’m pretty awesome at,” she said. “I’ve bowled since I was 6. I was in all of the youth leagues and a bunch of traveling leagues in Florida.”

Back then her average was 189, with an all-time high of 289, she said.

Sterger said it was getting easier to find work now that the furor has died down after the Brett Favre lewd-texting drama and her lengthy interview on the US network ABC, in which she denied being a “gold-digger.”

“I’m in such a better place,” she said.

As for the rumors that ABC got the interview in exchange for finding her a job, Sterger said it never happened.

“Do you see me having a show at ABC?” she said. “Nope, not at all.”

Read more . . .

NEW YORK — Sexy former New York Jets game-day hostess Jenn Sterger was one strike closer to a new job Wednesday after recently filming a pilot for Spike TV called “Spike’s Spare Time,” where she interviews celebrities while bowling.

“It’s probably the one sport I’m pretty awesome at,” she said. “I’ve bowled since I was six. I was in all of the youth leagues and a bunch of traveling leagues in Florida.”

Back then her average was 189, with an all-time high of 289, she said.

Sterger said it was getting easier to find work now that the furor has died down after the Brett Favre lewd-texting drama and her lengthy interview on the US network ABC, in which she denied being a “gold-digger.”

“I’m in such a better place,” she said.

As for the rumors that ABC got the interview in exchange for finding her a job, Sterger said it never happened.

“Do you see me having a show at ABC?” she said. “Nope, not at all.”

Read more: NEW YORK POST
 

Sexy former New York Jets hostess Jenn Sterger is one strike closer to a new job. She recently filmed a pilot for Spike TV, “Spike’s Spare Time,” where she interviews celebrities while bowling. “It’s probably the one sport I’m pretty awesome at,” she told Page Six. “I’ve bowled since I was 6. I was in all of the youth leagues and a bunch of traveling leagues in Florida.” Back then, she told us, her average was 189, with an all-time high of 289. Sterger said it’s getting easier to find work now that the furor has died down after the Brett Favre lewd-texting drama and her ABC interview. “I’m in such a better place,” she said. As for those rumors that ABC got the interview in exchange for finding her a job, Sterger said it never happened. “Do you see me having a show at ABC?” she said. “Nope, not at all.”

AP

Jenn Sterger

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Power Play
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Heart And Soul
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Brett Propelled
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Strange Brew
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