Chiefs fans find a home on the web

For Kansas City Chiefs fans perhaps no website offers more features than www.kcchiefsnews.com, with its interactive forums, links and up-to-the-minute news.

According to its 20-year-old webmaster Ryan Luis, the site offers fans "everything one needs to know in one place," with links to more detailed stories and sites when necessary.

"I’m glad to see that the Internet has become such a convenient tool for those seeking very specific information," Luis said. "I think it’s important for people to have access to news in this day and age, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it in my own little way."

KC Chiefs News has been able to attract so many fans partly because it offers a broad view of the Chiefs' world, with over 70 links allowing its users to access everything from official player fan pages to the NFL Hall of Fame’s website.

Luis said he updates the site with opinion pieces written by himself and other moderators, and he changes the links to new stories in the online sports world at least three times a day. The forums available to users are not moderated, making the site different from many others.

"[The forums] are completely led by the fans," he said. "These are die-hard fans that have opinions that do not get published very often, and I’m glad to be able to offer an outlet for their passion."

Luis said he has been an avid Chiefs fan his entire life and was glad to find a way to marry his web design skills with his love of sports.

Luis launched the site earlier this year and initially got less than 50 hits a day. Now, he said, he is getting hundreds of hits, not to mention offers from ad companies looking to put links on his page.