By DOUG TUCKER

AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs have reached a settlement with Larry Johnson and agreed Monday to withhold only one week's pay for making gay slurs instead of two.

The settlement saved the two-time Pro Bowl running back about $315,000. His agent, Peter Schaffer, had threatened to take the matter to arbitration.

The Chiefs refused any comment other than to say they had finalized the settlement. Schaffer told The Associated Press on Saturday night the agreement had been reached and needed only to be signed.

Originally, the Chiefs suspended Johnson for two weeks until Nov. 9, including this week's game at Jacksonville. He would have lost about $630,000 if the Chiefs had not backed down and then won the appeal.

Schaffer told the AP that both sides benefited from the settlement and that Johnson had learned from the entire experience. He posted the slur on his Twitter account after also questioning coach Todd Haley's credentials. He then repeated the slur the next day to reporters.

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