Patriots QB Drake Maye on Harry Kane's NFL kicking dream: Go for it

MUNICH (AP) — New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye fully endorses Harry Kane's dream of one day becoming an NFL kicker.

Maye spoke Thursday after practice at the campus of Bayern Munich — Kane's soccer team — ahead of Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions.

“It would be cool to see him try,” Maye said. “He’s dealt with pressure, that's one of the biggest things about kicking in the National Football League is the pressure of it. He does that for a living. So, I don’t think he’d have any problem.”

Kane, a longtime Patriots fan, recently became the first Englishman in 25 years to win the Ballon d’Or, soccer’s award for the best player in the world.

The 33-year-old England captain this month signed a contract extension to stay at Bayern until 2029, so it’s unclear when he’d be ready to give NFL kicking a shot.

Kane has mused over the years about trying it. He even has floated the idea of combining his NFL dream with joining a Major League Soccer team.

“I think I’ve seen him maybe kick a few and he looked pretty good,” Maye said. “No doubt, he does that for a living, so I’m sure he’d be just fine.”

Jaguars kicker Cam Little weighed in on Kane a few days after booting a game-winning 57-yard field goal to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 19-17 in London a month ago. Little said Kane's biggest adjustment would be shifting from star striker to bit player. As a kicker, he said, "you’re out there just to back everyone up basically.”

Bayern is still celebrating its first Ballon d’Or winner in 45 years. It’s also the first for any player at a German club since 1996.

Patriots tight end Hunter Henry said he doesn't know much about soccer but was well aware of the Bayern star: "He’s a dawg — lot of respect for Harry Kane.”

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England's Harry Kane attends a press conference in Enfield, England, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2026. (John Walton/Pool Photo via AP)

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye (10) warms up during an NFL football practice in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 ahead of the match between the New England Patriots and the Detroit Lions on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern's Harry Kane, left, shoots the ball past Atletico Madrid's Julian Alvarez during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye attends a news conference after an NFL football practice in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 ahead of the match between the New England Patriots and the Detroit Lions on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Nvidia, the chipmaker at the center of the global artificial intelligence boom, tumbled Thursday with sudden departure of CEO Jensen Huang following revelations of an affair with a woman reported to be a suspected Chinese spy.

The company's stock has been under pressure for weeks, both because of reporting about the affair and questions about a potential bubble in the AI sector.

Shares fell 5% in afternoon trading, more than 30% below the company's all-time high reached just over a month ago.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that Huang had a second affair with an Nvidia executive who reports to him.

“The old Jensen, the black leather jacket, the Godfather of AI, the rock star viewed as the face of the AI boom, is over and in the past; his value to the company pre and post this week is dramatically different, and the board did what we said it needed to do, which is rip off the band-aid and take Nvidia into its next chapter without him after this dark moment for Jensen and Nvidia," wrote Dan Ives, partner and senior managing director at Yorkville Ives & Co.

Nvidia is now valued at more than $4 trillion and has been a major driver in the technology sector. It is one of the reasons the tech heavy Nasdaq Composite index raced higher for most of this year and also part of the reason the index has slumped 7% in the past month.

As the crisis unfolded at Nvidia, shares of rivals like AMD, Advanced Micro Devices, and Broadcom have moved sharply higher.

CoreWeave, however slid more than 7%. Nvidia owns a stake of approximately 13% in the a data center and cloud company.

FILE - A logo of Nvidia is displayed at at the Computex Taipei exhibition, one of the world's largest computer and technology expos, in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)