Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce plans to play next season rather than retire.

The 35-year-old Kelce had been mulling whether to return for a 13th season. But the four-time All-Pro made his feelings clear in a text to Pat McAfee that the host read during “The Pat McAfee Show” on Thursday.

“My dawg!!! I’m coming back for sure,” the four-time All-Pro wrote, according to McAfee. “Gonna try to get to the best shape I’ve been this offseason and get back to the mountaintop. Got a real bad taste in my mouth about how I played in that last game and how I got the guys ready for battle. I can’t go out like that!!!!”

The Chiefs’ quest to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls ended with a 40-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 9.

Kelce’s decision is hardly a surprise, considering Chiefs general manager Brett Veach said Tuesday at the NFL combine that he was “was fired up” to keep playing after the season ended.

Bucs reinstating Gruden into ring of honor >> The Tampa Bay Buccaneers say they’re reinstating former coach Jon Gruden into the team’s ring of honor less than four years after removing him over his use of racist, homophobic and misogynistic language in emails he wrote to an NFL executive.

Gruden was inducted into the Bucs’ ring of honor in 2017 and was removed four years later amid the email scandal, which also led to his resignation as the Las Vegas Raiders head coach five games into the 2021 season.

NFL salary cap reaches a record high >> The NFL’s salary cap will be a record-high $279.2 million in 2025, an increase of $23.8 million.

The league informed teams of the new cap figure during the NFL scouting combine.

The cap is up $102 million since 2018. It was $34.608 million in 1994, the first year the NFL had a salary cap. Total projected player costs, including benefits, are slotted at $362.48 million.

Teams must be under the cap by 1 p.m. PT on March 12.

Golf

Knapp shoots a 59 at Cognizant Classic >> Jake Knapp — the 99th-ranked player in the world — joined the PGA Tour’s sub-60 club, shooting a bogey-free 59 in the opening round of the Cognizant Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. It was the 15th time that someone has broken 60 in a PGA Tour event.

“It’s just one of those days where everything was kind of clicking,” Knapp said.

Knapp finished one shot off the tour scoring record of 58, done by Jim Furyk in the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship. Knapp became the 14th player to shoot a sub-60 round.

Knapp’s 12-birdie round on the par-71 course also broke the previous Cognizant scoring record of 61.

Kim leads LPGA tournament >> A Lim Kim tamed swirling winds to shoot a 4-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore.

Women’s soccer

San Jose State coach Estrada steps down >> San Jose State head coach Tina Estrada, who led the Spartans to the 2022 regular-season and tournament championship, is stepping away from collegiate coaching to pursue additional career opportunities, the school announced.

The Fremont native Estrada was named the Mountain West Coach of the Year in 2022 but the Spartans have a record of just 4-23-11 since.

Men’s basketball

Raynaud helps Stanford topple Boston College >> Maxime Raynaud had 23 points and 10 rebounds for his nation-leading 21st double-double of the season and Stanford cruised past Boston College 78-60 at Maples Pavilion.

Oziyah Sellers had 18 points, Chisom Okpara 15 and Jaylen Blakes 11 for Stanford (18-10, 10-7 ACC).

SMU hands Cal its fifth straight loss >> Chuck Harris scored 21 points and SMU (21-7, 12-5 ACC) beat Cal 81-77 despite blowing a 16-point second-half lead in Berkeley. The loss was the fifth straight one for the Golden Bears (12-16, 5-12), who got 20 points from Jeremiah Wilkinson.

NBA

Popovich won’t return to Spurs this season >> Gregg Popovich will not coach this season. He is not ruling out a comeback in the future. The 76-year-old Popovich, the NBA’s all-time coaching wins leader, had a stroke at the team’s arena in San Antonio on Nov. 2 and has been away from the team since.

NHL

Jets run franchise-record winning streak to 11 games >> Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves and the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets ran their franchise-record winning streak to 11 games, beating the Senators 4-1 in Ottawa.

Hellebuyck made his second straight start since starring for the U.S. in the 4 Nations Face-Off. The NHL victory leader improved to 36-7-2, helping the Jets get to 42-14-3 overall.