KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tears streamed down Kareem Hunt’s cheeks Friday evening after he learned of his fate with the Kansas City Chiefs, the team he had starred for in 2017 and ’18.



The Chiefs sent Hunt home moments after TMZ Sports posted a video of Hunt shoving and kicking a woman in a hallway of a downtown Cleveland hotel on the morning of Feb. 10. Hours later, they called him back to tell him in person they were releasing him.



Hunt cried in front of his coaches and members of the front office, according to multiple league sources with knowledge of the situation. With trembling emotion in his voice, Hunt apologized for his mistake and pleaded to the Chiefs to reconsider their decision.



“It really felt like a funeral,” one source told The Athletic on Saturday as the Chiefs prepared to play the AFC West rival Raiders without the star running back.



As Hunt was dealing with the shock of his contract being terminated, he also...