A new hairdo! Her latest workout! Celebrity magazines’ new stars?The Mahomes kids

On the field this season, Patrick Mahomes has led the Kansas City Chiefs to yet another AFC Championship Game. Off the field, his two small children are grabbing national media and public attention, too, becoming the Chiefs’ — and arguably the NFL’s — most popular “littles.” Sterling Skye Mahomes, who will be 2 in February, and her baby brother “Bronze,” born in November to Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, are growing an impressive fan base.

Sterling went high-profile earlier this season, starring in her first TV commercial with her dad. A mom blog dubbed her “the cutest little cheerleader” this month. Last week, People published a “get to know them” story about the Mahomes children. This week, Newsweek also published a story about the kids.Yahoo! News gushed about Sterling’s “new braided ‘do” this month. And several entertainment outlets ran photos this week of Sterling “lifting weights” with her dad.

Brittany Mahomes‘ Daughter Sterling Rocked a New Braided ’Do & the Cutest Chiefs Hoodie at Her Dad’s Latest Game https://t.co/UyzBxuGIhZ via @Yahoo — @pyramidfire (@pyramidfire) January 23, 2023 Us Weekly last week published the couple’s “sweetest family photos with children Sterling and Bronze.” The #KCChiefs’ littlest fans! See Patrick Mahomes and wife Brittany Matthews’ sweetest family photos with children Sterling and Bronze:https://t.co/oSbuqegHh0 — Us Weekly (@usweekly) January 21, 2023 The downside of the attention popped up this week with unfounded rumors about Sterling’s health on Reddit and no-name gossip blogs. Among more credible media, Us Weekly, People magazine and E! News follow the family as closely as they do Hollywood celebrities, republishing photos from both parents’ Instagram and Twitter accounts and quoting anonymous sources about the family’s life

. “Their little quarterback!” Us Weekly cooed when Bronze was born Nov. 28. Brittany Mahomes Shares Adorable Photos of Daughter Sterling Lifting Weights with Dad Patrick https://t.co/7eVm1lZHrp — People (@people) January 27, 2023 This season, their readers learned that Sterling isn’t afraid of Santa but is terrified of team mascot KC Wolf. Dad had spilled those beans on a radio show, and Us Weekly snatched them up. He also shared that Sterling has to be told not to throw her baby brother around like a toy doll.

They know from one of Brittany’s tweets in December that “Sterling just screams ‘Buddy’ all day long, that’s what she calls Bronze & she’s obsessed.” The family has been careful not to show Bronze’s face to the public yet, turning his head away from the camera, covering his face with their hands. Thanks to Patrick and Brittany Mahomes’ social media posts, and People and Us Weekly magazines, the Mahomes children became the most adored tiny Chiefs fans this season.