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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Noah Vonleh Jersey . -- The longest regular-season win streak in the NFL these days belongs not to the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, the NFC champion Carolina Panthers or the perennially contending New England Patriots.It belongs to the Kansas City Chiefs.The team of Alex Smith, Jamaal Charles and Co. that lost to the Patriots in the playoffs last season has not dropped a regular-season game since Oct. 18, 2015. And that means the Chiefs carry a 10-game streak into a season full of optimism that begins against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.It was such a good run last year and we felt like we had so much more in the tank, Chiefs center Mitch Morse said. We are ready to prove ourselves this year and go all the way. Thats the ultimate goal, and anything less is unsatisfactory.The Chiefs certainly hope to get off to a better start. After winning their opener in Houston a year ago, they proceeded to lose five straight games, a run of misfortune that included the loss of Charles to a season-ending knee injury.But behind the calming poise of Smith, the running duo of Charcandrick West and Spencer Ware, and a top-flight defense, the Chiefs pieced together one of the best stretches in franchise history. Not only did they return to the playoffs, they also won their first postseason game in nearly three decades.Now, they want to take another step.The ultimate goal, veteran pass rusher Tamba Hali said, is to win a championship here.As the Chiefs prepare for their season opener, here are the dominant story lines:INJURY WATCH: Pro Bowl linebacker Justin Houston will not be back until at least midway through the season after having surgery to repair a knee ligament in February. The Chiefs have also been cautious with Charles and Hali, both of whom are coming off their own knee surgeries.Im ready for whatever the coaches ask, said Charles, who likely will sit out the opener. Im ready, happy and looking forward to getting on the field. When my time comes, its going to come.SHARING THE LOAD: Charles, West and Ware give the Chiefs three running backs capable of carrying the load, so it will be interesting to see whether there are enough carries to go around. Charles is the most complete of the three, but the scatter-bug West and bruising Ware offer a nice change of paceAll of those guys have different things that they do well, co-offensive coordinator Brad Childress said. We expect them to do the same type of things.DEFENSIVE QUESTION MARKS: The absence of Houston and Halis age and health make the pass rush a significant question mark. Former first-round pick Dee Ford has not lived up to expectations, and a season-ending hip injury to middle linebacker Josh Mauga leaves the linebackers corps in flux.The Chiefs may need to generate quarterback pressure from Jaye Howard, Dontari Poe, Allen Bailey and rookie Chris Jones, who together form one of the leagues best defensive lines.We continue to come out and do a lot of good things, Poe said. I feel like we can be the best weve ever been since Ive been here. I feel like if we keep pushing well be right where we want to be.BUCKLING DOWN: There are also questions in the secondary, where second-year pro Steven Nelson and Phillip Gaines have been competing for the starting cornerback spot opposite Defensive Rookie of the Year Marcus Peters.Eric Berry should provide some leadership, but will he be rusty early on? The All-Pro safety did not sign his franchise tender and report to training camp until Aug. 31, so he missed all of the preseason.The only thing is just getting used to so many bodies flying around, NFL bodies, he said. You try to fill it in with high school players and other people that are around training, but its different when you have 11 guys on the field that know what theyre doing and know where to be. Things tend to move a little faster, so just getting that rust knocked off and adjusting quickly.CALLING THE SHOTS: Chiefs coach Andy Reid will continue to have the final say on offense, but hell have new voices helping him out. Offensive coordinator Doug Pederson is now the head coach in Philadelphia, so Childress is sharing duties with Matt Nagy. But both coaches insisted very little has changed.Theres some staples to our offense, but we grow, Nagy said. We adapt to the players that we have, and (Reid) is very creative. 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OLYMPICSRIO DE JANEIRO -- Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.Not only are some 1,400 athletes at risk of getting violently ill in water competitions, but the APs tests indicate that tourists also face potentially serious health risks on the golden beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana.The APs survey of the aquatic Olympic and Paralympic venues has revealed consistent and dangerously high levels of viruses from the pollution, a major black eye on Rios Olympic project that set off alarm bells among sailors, rowers and open-water swimmers.Since the AP released the initial results last July, athletes have been taking elaborate precautions to prevent illnesses that could potentially knock them out of the competition, including preventatively taking antibiotics, bleaching oars and donning plastic suits and gloves in a bid to limit contact with the water.RIO DE JANEIRO -- The kidnapping of Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestones mother-in-law was allegedly planned by one of his helicopter pilots, Sao Paulo police said.Police said Jorge Eurico da Silva Faria took care of F1 helicopter operations in Sao Paulo until 2014 but still often worked for Ecclestone in Brazil. The pilot was among three men arrested by police in connection with the kidnapping.Police found 67-year-old Aparecida Schunck, who had been held since Friday last week, tied up but unharmed in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo on Sunday.Schunck is the mother of Fabiana Flosi, married to Ecclestone since 2012.Sao Paulo, Brazils largest city and the center of commerce, for decades has had problems with people being kidnapped and held for ransom, but a dedicated police task force reduced the crime over the last 15 years.The incident came just ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Authorities say they are deploying 85,000 troops and soldiers during the Aug. 5-21 competition.RIO DE JANEIRO -- IOC President Thomas Bach issued another defense of his handling of the Russian doping scandal, saying the decision not to exclude the entire Russian team from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics was based on human rights and justice.Bach used his speech at the opening ceremony of the IOCs general assembly to address the continuing criticism of the Olympic bodys response to evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russia, declaaring that individual athletes cannot be punished for the wrongdoing of their government. Terry Porter Jersey. his decision is about justice, Bach said. Justice has to be independent from politics. Whoever responds to a violation of the law with another violation of the law is destroying justice.Rejecting calls from anti-doping bodies for a total ban on Russia, the IOC instead gave international sports federations the authority to rule on the entry of individual Russian athletes. The IOC also ruled that any Russian athletes with prior doping sanctions could not compete in the Rio Games, which open Friday.BASEBALLJonathan Lucroy got a deal he liked, Carlos Beltran joined him in Texas and Jay Bruce and Rich Hill also moved during an 18-swap frenzy at the trade deadline.Matt Moore, Francisco Liriano and Joe Smith found new homes, too, as playoff contenders stocked up for the stretch.Monday was the busiest deadline day since at least 1995, eclipsing the 15 deals made on the final day for non-waiver trades in 2010 and 2015, according to Major League Baseball.Teams had until 4 p.m. EDT to make trades without waivers. From now, no player can be dealt unless he goes unclaimed by everyone else.Bruce was traded to the Mets, and Hill went with Josh Reddick to the Dodgers. Moore was traded to the Giants for Matt Duffy, Liriano was sent to the Blue Jays and Smith will now pitch from the Cubs bullpen.LOS ANGELES -- Yasiel Puig expects to be sent to the minors on Tuesday after the Los Angeles Dodgers were unable to trade him at the deadline, according to his agent.Adam Katz said he was told Puig didnt show up to Dodger Stadium before the club departed on its road trip to Colorado. 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