KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kareem Hunt returned to the place where he became an NFL star Tuesday morning. He entered the Chiefs’ training facility and was greeted by coach Andy Reid, general manager Brett Veach and quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the same trio he believed he would never get to work with again.Advertisement“I gave him a high-five and a hug when I saw him,” Mahomes said of Hunt, who joined the Chiefs’ practice squad on Wednesday. “He’s a person I used to spend a lot of time with.”Hunt, a 29-year-old running back, was a free agent Sunday when the Chiefs secured a comeback victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.Similar to other veterans at his age, Hunt knew his best chance to return to the league was if a team’s starting running back sustained a significant injury. Late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, Isiah Pacheco, the Chiefs’ starter, broke the fibula in his right leg. Within hours Monday morning, the Chiefs and Hunt began having conversations about a potential reunion, one n...
