Kansas City Chiefs player Derrick Nnadi celebrates Super Bowl win by paying adoption fees for shelter dogs

A Corgi dog runs down a sidewalk.
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Some Super Bowl champions celebrate by going to Disney World, but Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi decided to commemorate his victory in a different way.

After the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday night, the KC Pet Project announced that Nnadi was celebrating by paying the adoption fees for all of the dogs available at its Missouri and Kansas locations. This will help more than 100 dogs.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.