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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is working on another of the high-stakes comebacks he’s become known for. This time, it’s not in the NFL, but in the NFT market. Mahomes signed on as the face of NFL All Day, which sells NFTs, or non-fungible tokens that can be bought and sold, of the best NFL plays of the upcoming season and throughout the league’s history. Users of the NFL All Day platform are to receive an image of Mahomes, according to a release. Vancouver-based Dapper Labs…

VMLY&R appointed what CEO Jon Cook called an “industry leading talent” as its global chief strategy officer. The Kansas City-based advertising agency named Andrea (Ring) Grodberg to oversee strategy throughout its nearly 100 offices, according to a Friday release. Grodberg also will lead strategy for key clients, including The Coca-Cola Co., the agency said. Grodberg has extensive experience in top strategic roles. She comes to VMLY&R after serving as chief strategy officer for BBDO New York…

A pilot program launched by FedEx could lead to big shipments of the Kansas City-made Ford E-Transit. FedEx Office said it is deploying 10 of the electric vans in a test with Ford Pro. FedEx Corp. has set a goal of cutting tailpipe emissions from its entire SameDay City network fleet by 2040. The test vehicles are being deployed in nine markets nationwide, the company said in a release. Along with the vans, FedEx Office installed charging stations at the home location for each vehicle and plans…

Evergy Inc. said it will add to its renewable energy holdings with the purchase of an Oklahoma wind farm for about $250 million. The Kansas City-based utility (NYSE: EVRG) said it will buy the 199-megawatt Persimmon Creek Wind Farm from a partnership of Scout Clean Energy and Elawan Energy. The purchase of the project, which came online in 2018, is expected next year. Evergy said energy produced by Persimmon Creek will serve customers in its Evergy Missouri West service area. Earlier this month,…

Rod Gray has won innumerable titles during his years on the competition barbecue circuit, along with earning the descriptor of entrepreneur. Now, he has a new title: CEO of the Kansas City Barbeque Society. KCBS said Wednesday that Gray will become just the fourth CEO in the organization’s 36-year history. He will assume the new role on Monday. He succeeds Emily Detwiler, who had led the organization since August 2019. KCBS is a nonprofit looked to as a leading authority and advocate for barbecue,…