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Charles Curtis

ESPN’s Adam Schefter gives hat-tip to liquor store manager who broke Patrick Mahomes contract story

It’s extremely hard to scoop ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter when it comes to breaking news.

But Katie Camlin, a manager at a Kansas City liquor store, did just that when she tweeted that a “front office employee for the Chiefs” bought six bottles of Dom Perignon champagne to celebrate a signing and it wasn’t defensive tackle Chris Jones who signed on the dotted line. She guessed it was Patrick Mahomes who got paid.

She was correct!

“Off the cuff, I tweeted it because I’m a Chiefs fan and I was beyond excited,” Camlin told USA TODAY Sports on Monday. “It’s kind of fun to have a scoop.”

And who should reach out on Tuesday?

Schefter!

She also had this to say to the world:

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