Who would've thought that a child's toy would've been the inspiration for the name of the greatest spectacle in professional sports? It's safe to say that not even Lamar Hunt, the man who is credited with coining the "Super Bowl" name,

Discover the history, design, cost, and significance of the Lamar Hunt Trophy, awarded to the AFC champion in the NFL each year.

With the Lamar Hunt Trophy staying with KC, team chairman and CEO Clark Hunt spoke about what this current run means to his family.

The Lamar Hunt Trophy, synonymous with the AFC championship, honors the AFL's founder Lamar Hunt. Introduced in the 1984-85 season, it was redesigned by Tiffany & Co. in 2010. Teams like the Kansas City Chiefs have celebrated its significance.

Football fans poked fun at the robotic way Chiefs owner Clark Hunt delivered his victory speech on Sunday after Kansas City defeated the Bills in the AFC championship game.

The Kansas City Chiefs punched their ticket to yet another Super Bowl - their fifth in the past six seasons - with a 32-29 victory over Josh Allen and the

So, in 1959, Hunt founded the AFL, later merging it with the NFL in 1966, reshaping the sport’s history. He brought his Dallas Texans to Kansas City in 1963, where they became the Chiefs, a centerpiece of the city’s sports identity. The team won its first Super Bowl in 1970.

Two days before the biggest game of the Kansas City Chiefs’ season, the team’s chairman and chief executive, Clark Hunt, sat in the witness stand of a Brooklyn federal courthouse, some 1,200 miles away from Arrowhead Stadium, where he prepared to talk about a different kind of football.

Hunt was asked about pregame superstitions he might have, but he said those days are gone. But there is one sweet pregame tradition. It was started by his father, Lamar, who founded the Chiefs. Lamar Hunt, for whom the AFC Championship Game trophy is named, died in 2006.

The Kansas City Chiefs punched their ticket to the Big Game for the fifth time in the last six seasons, beating the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game.

Taylor Swift looked excited while exiting Arrowhead Stadium through the tunnel with Travis Kelce after the Chiefs defeated the Bills to make it to the Super Bowl on Sunday, Jan. 26.

Lamar Jackson vs. Josh Allen highlights NFL playoff slate: Who deserves MVP? This weekend's divisional round of the NFL playoffs features two quarterbacks in remarkably similar positions. Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills and Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens are the leading MVP candidates this season.