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Travis Kelce slipped on a midnight green Eagles jersey on Monday and prepared for a game in a much different fashion than usual.

Kelce, the Chiefs’ All-Pro tight end, wasn’t changing teams, of course. He simply took advantage of a day off and traveled to Philadelphia to watch his older brother, Eagles center Jason Kelce, play the Vikings in a “Monday Night Football” game.

The ESPN cameras caught Travis Kelce in the stands, beer in hand, enjoying the game. Broadcasters Joe Buck and Troy Aikman loved seeing the younger Kelce brother supporting his sibling in the City of Brotherly Love, as this video from Shane Williams shows.

Travis Kelce retweeted and NFL video and wrote: “The city of brotherly love!! #GoBirds”

As noted earlier, Travis Kelce was enjoying a beer at the game, and it was easy to tell which brand it was. Michelob Ultra’s social-media team certainly saw that and it tweeted a number of times about Travis Kelce’s taste in beers.

Here are a couple of examples of what the beermaker tweeted in response to others.

Miles Teller had a sweet moment for his Philadelphia Eagles at the 2024 Super Bowl.

Though Jason Kelce didn’t bring his team to play, the NFL center took a photo with the Top Gun: Maverick actor, who is a longtime Eagles fan. Teller’s wife, Keleigh Sperry, shared a photo of the guys posing in their suite at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday night.

Teller, 36, has been known for being part of the Eagles’ fandom — so much so that the official NFL Facebook account showed off his support in a 2019 post on the social-media platform.

“Miles Teller reppin’ the squad,” they wrote.

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Miles Teller and Jason Kelce pose with friends at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2024.KELEIGH TELLER

Teller and Sperry, 31, appeared in a 2023 Super Bowl ad, too: a Bud Light commercial where the pair were stuck on “hold.” At the time, the actor made his Eagles support apparent by tweeting a gif of the team’s past wins.

As for Jason, 36, the Eagles player appeared at the championship game to cheer on little brother, Travis Kelce, who was competing for the Kansas City Chiefs. Jason, Teller and friends joined Taylor Swift — Travis’ girlfriend — as well as Travis and Jason’s mom, Donna Kelce, to watch the big game.

Ice Spice, Lana Del Rey and Blake Lively were all spotted in the celebrity suite as well as the game aired from Las Vegas on Sunday.

Throughout the season, Sperry has attended Chiefs games with Swift, while still remaining vocal about her own Eagles’ support.

Taylor Swift and Keleigh Teller in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 7, 2024.FRANCIS SPECKER/CBS VIA GETTY

One such occasion saw Sperry team up with Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce — and offer a sweet note for the disqualified team.

“My girl @kykelce,” she wrote over the photo, which Kylie reposted on her Instagram Story, adding, “🥰.”

Other celebrities spotted at the Super Bowl included Justin and Hailey Bieber, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney and more.

The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers face off in Super Bowl LVIII, airing on CBS on Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Savannah Brinson, whom LeBron James wed on this day eight years ago, was his beloved in high school. To mark the occasion and eight years of matrimony, the NBA player publicly conveyed a heartfelt message to his wife, accompanied by photographs from their intimate wedding ceremony.

 

We hosted our very own Met Gala eight years ago. Queen, happy anniversary!” He penned. “Who am I without you in my corner? Completely nobody!” Admire you”

 

In flashback photographs, the groom was attired in a blue velvet jacket, while the bride was resplendent in a strapless fishtail gown.

Not only LeBron is in a celebratory mood at this moment. Savannah’s message to her partner also included candid photographs of the couple and their family.”Happy Anniversary to my Capricorn-turned-Virgo, best friend, and babe, my eternal partner in terrifying films and my ever-present foot warmer!” she wrote. After 8 years, it will be everlasting! I love you very much! ” #ObserveWhatWeDid” 

As previously stated, the couple began dating during their high school years. They They have since become the parents of three children (Bronny, Bryce, and Zhuri) and have remained steadfast during LeBron’s meteoric rise to pop culture icon status. Savannah disclosed in an interview with ESSENCE years ago that she has contributed to his success.

 

“I serve as his support system in all that he requires.” If someone is willing to listen to him. If necessary, or if he expresses, “Hey darling, I’m exhausted. “May I please snooze?” “I will reply, “Yes, darling.” While I snooze, occupy the children with something. It is a component of my responsibilities as his wife and as the mother of his children. I establish an equilibrium in our home for his benefit. I comprehend that he is extremely occupied, and the children have reached an age where they comprehend this. “Being there for him is indispensable to his accomplishments.”

 

Additionally, in interviews and on social media, he has expressed his admiration and affection for Savannah bluntly.

 

“Since high school, we have been in decline,” he told the Hollywood Reporter in 2018. “I frequently listen to rap music, and a close friend once told me, ‘You weren’t there with me when I was shooting in the gym.’” Savannah, on the contrary, was shooting alongside me in the gym when I had nothing.

 

He continued, “[Savannah] was offline during my high school years; there were no cameras or lights.” And she accompanied me there. You would not be conversing with me at this moment if she did not exist.”

 

Despite the fact that it was not an easy start, look at them now! A few of our favorite photographs of the joyful couple (and, as an added benefit, a few with their children) throughout the years are displayed.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It must run in the family. Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce delivered a memorable speech at the team’s Super Bowl parade Wednesday.

This speech by Travis Kelce is everything you thought it would be and more: pic.twitter.com/xYwmnygXuF

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 5, 2020

“Twenty-one years, y’all know what that means? Everybody here is thinking ‘oh that’s when I can legally get a drink.’ No, 21 years, that’s how long it’s just been turning for my guy Andy Reid,” Kelce said before cursing a bunch.

Of course, Travis got to learn from his brother, Eagles center Jason Kelce, who gave an all-time speech on the Art Museum steps after the Birds won their first Super Bowl in 2018.

So whose speech was better? We’ll let you decide, but as far as outfits go, it’s Jason by a mile.

Jason Kelce is celebrating little brother Travis Kelce’s big win at Super Bowl 2023.

The brothers are the first siblings in NFL history to faceoff for Super Bowl and Jason, 35, was clearly a good sport after Travis, 33, and his Kansas City Chiefs won 38-35 in the action-packed fourth quarter.

As time was officially called and the Chiefs were declared the winners over the Philadelphia Eagles, Jason gave his brother a big hug, just like he did before kick-off.

Trailing at the end of the first half 14-21, the Chiefs came up with three big offensive plays and three touchdowns in the second, even after Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes got injured just under two minutes before halftime. With just over five minutes left at the end of the fourth quarter, the Eagles scored another touchdown, tying the game 35-35 by successfully pulling off a two-point conversion.

The Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker then kicked a field goal to win the game 38-35.

Travis appeared to say something encouraging in Jason’s ear as he reacted to his brother’s words during their embrace, then the two parted so that the tight end could revel in his celebratory moment, hugging his teammates and cheering loudly for the cameras.

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Before the two squared off in the NFL championship on Sunday, the brothers shared a hug in the spirit of healthy competition.

As the National Anthem played before the game, Travis and Jason were both shown on the Jumbotron, with tears streaming down Travis’s face.

“I wrote them both letters and I’m going to take them cookies,” Donna shared. Donna says she did something similar for her sons for Christmas, but this time she’ll be celebrating her sons’ historic NFL accomplishment as the first brothers to face off in a Super Bowl.

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The brothers are no strangers to the Super Bowl, and they’ve always been happy for each other’s successes — despite their competitive nature. “The happiest I’ve ever been for him was seeing him win the Super Bowl and seeing how crazy he went on the field,” Travis told Sports Illustrated about his big brother Jason’s Super Bowl win in 2018.

Jason had similar feelings toward Travis’ Super Bowl victory two years later. “Winning it yourself is a very self-gratifying thing … but seeing someone you love and care about accomplish their dreams is potentially more gratifying,” Jason said to SI.

“It’s better in some ways because you’re watching a loved one accomplish their dreams.”

In case you missed it, there was a big game at Rihanna’s concert on February 12. It was a historic game all around, but one history-making element was that it was the first Super Bowl where brothers played against each other.

Jason and Travis Kelce are NFL players for two different teams; Jason plays for the Philadelphia Eagles and Travis plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. Jason won the 2018 Super Bowl with the Eagles, but in the 2023 sibling Super Bowl match-up, Travis took home the ring.

There was bound to be some rivalry between the two leading up to and during the game, but who are we kidding? They’re siblings, so the Super Bowl likely wasn’t their first run-in with rivalry. In fact, Travis, the younger Kelce, revealed on their podcast “New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce” that he was pretty jealous of his older brother’s accomplishments growing up.

“You had just been AP, music man, getting hit up by Ivy League schools. ‘I’m going to go walk on and be a freaking superhero.’ Oh, you are. And then you get a scholarship and you made mom and dad’s life that much easier. Then you get drafted. Then you win a Super Bowl. It was just like, Travis (makes noise with his mouth),” the younger Kelce said in a clip shared to TikTok.

Pretty sure most siblings have been in Travis’s shoes. It seems like most families have one child that just knocks it out of the park no matter what they try to do, and the other siblings are left feeling a bit like they’re standing in the shadows. But Jason wanted to make sure Travis knew the immense emotion he felt watching him win the Super Bowl.

“It’s better in some ways because you’re watching a loved one accomplish their dreams,” Jason told his brother.

The conversation was such a great display of sportsmanship and brotherly love that you can’t help but to smile throughout the whole video.

Check out the clip below:

 

Super Bowl LVII will mark the first time two brothers will face off on football’s biggest stage.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his older sibling Jason, a Philadelphia Eagles center, are both headed to Glendale, Arizona for the February 12 clash.

Jason, 35, had his Super Bowl ticket punched earlier on Sunday when he helped the Eagles beat the visiting San Francisco 49ers, 31-7, in the NFC title game as Philadelphia gained 148 yards on the ground. Then, in the AFC Championship, 33-year-old Travis hauled in seven catches on just eight targets for 78 yards and a crucial touchdown in the 23-20 win over the visiting Cincinnati Bengals.

‘Officially done being a Chiefs fan this season!!’ tweeted Jason after watching Travis win his third AFC title game in four years.

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Super Bowl LVII will mark the first time two brothers will face off on football’s biggest stage. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his older sibling Jason, a Philadelphia Eagles center, are both headed to Glendale, Arizona for the February 12 clash

Earlier, Jason announced he would wear a ‘Kansas City sweatshirt’ for ‘the next three hours.’

‘Then that’s it for the rest of the year,’ the laughing Jason told reporters. ‘Win or lose, I’m done being a Chiefs fan in three hours.’

Cleveland natives who went on to star at the University of Cincinnati, Travis and Jason both rank among the best at their respective positions, and each have already won a Super Bowl: The older brother in 2018 and the younger sibling in 2020.

When asked about seeing her sons playing each other in the Super Bowl, their mother Donna recently told the Washington Post she would ‘root for the offense.’

Jason Kelce gave himself three hours on Sunday to root for his brother, Travis, and the Chiefs

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Cleveland natives who went on to star at the University of Cincinnati, Travis (left) and Jason (right) both rank among the best at their respective positions, and each have already won a Super Bowl: The older brother in 2018 and the younger sibling in 2020

The Kelce brothers are close off the field, and even launched a podcast together last year.

‘We are two brothers from Cleveland Heights who, as kids, had a dream of turning pro, and now we’re here to give our thoughts from inside the game,’ read a statement about the show, titled: ‘New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce.’

‘We’ve been waiting for the right moment to do this show, and with 12 Pro Bowls and 2 rings between us, we have a few things to say about the league, the new talent on the field, the upcoming season, and our lives off the field. There will be a few notable names to join us on episodes, but for the most part, this will be a raw dialogue between two brothers who had the chance to live out their childhood football dreams together.’

Michael Jordan once asked for help from his mom for money and food stamps with just $20 left in his bank account.

NBA legend, Michael Jordan, as a young college student at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in the early 1980s, wrote a letter to his mother, Deloris. In the letter, a teenage Jordan mentioned his low bank account balance, he had around $20 only. He requested some extra cash to cover his expenses and even asked for food stamps.

The story of Michael Jordan asking for money came to light during the promotion of The Last Dance documentary. MJ’s story is like any other college student who needs financial help from family.

Michael Jordan comes from a humble background

Michael Jordan’s upbringing involved financial limitations. His father, James Jordan, worked as an electrician at a General Electric plant. It was a steady job but likely didn’t provide substantial income for a family of six. Undeniably, Basketball became a passion for Michael. Excelling at it offered a path towards a brighter future for the ex-Chicago Bulls icon.

 

Michael Jordan’s rags-to-riches story

Eventually, Michael Jordan went on to become one of the highest-paid players of his era. While his playing salary might seem modest compared to today’s superstars (around $90 million in total), he became a master marketer with Nike. The iconic Air Jordan sneakers he helped design in 1984 remain hugely popular. Plus, it generated billions for Nike and helped earn Jordan a hefty royalty stream (over $100 million annually). He also had lucrative deals with brands like Gatorade and McDonald’s.

In 2006, he became part-owner and head of the Charlotte Hornets (then Bobcats). Though he sold his controlling interest in 2023, the franchise’s value skyrocketed under his leadership. It made him a billionaire. He also owns a NASCAR team, 23XI Racing.

ML has also profited from movie appearances like Space Jam and sales of his memorabilia. A game-worn pair of his sneakers from the 1997 finals even fetched over $100,000 at auction!

 

Michael Jordan’s time at the University of North Carolina (UNC)

Michael Jordan entered UNC in 1981. Even as a freshman, he made a major contribution. Jordan delivered the game-winning shot for the Tar Heels in the 1982 NCAA championship game against Georgetown.

Throughout his sophomore and junior years, Jordan excelled. He was named College Player of the Year in both seasons and received awards like the Naismith and Wooden College Player of the Year in 1984. He was also selected to the NCAA All-American First Team in those years.

Eventually, MJ opted to leave UNC after his junior year to enter the 1984 NBA draft. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls as the third overall pick. Interestingly, Jordan returned to UNC in 1986 to complete his degree in geography and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.

The mother of all football games will be of particular interest to the mother of two of its players.

When the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles square off in Super Bowl LVII, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, 33, will take on his older brother, Eagles center Jason Kelce, 35, marking the first time brothers will play in the NFL’s marquee game. It also means their mother, Donna Kelce, will be watching intently.

Kelce says she’s looking forward to the matchup between her children, each of whom has already won a Super Bowl.

“I’m a true fan of football. This is going to be so awesome,” she said Feb. 1 on TODAY while sporting a combination Eagles-Chiefs jersey.

“They’ve already got the first win under their belts, so this is just going to be pure joy. We’re going to really enjoy this, have a great time. Obviously, there’s going to be somebody that’s going to go home heartbroken. They won’t have the bragging rights at the Thanksgiving table, but this is going to be an awesome event and I’m really looking forward to it.”

🗣 NEW NEWS! We’ve got a Kelce Bowl. #SBLVII pic.twitter.com/5hGw65WQ2W

— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2023

“My mom can’t lose,” Travis told reporters after his team advanced to the Super Bowl.

While that may technically be true, Donna Kelce says she will have a lot of mixed feelings when she’s watching the game.

“I’ll just be so elated,” she said. “Probably some tears. And it’ll just be a very, very emotional moment.”

While one of her kids is destined to feel the thrill of victory, the other is bound to endure the agony of defeat. Kelce knows as a mother there’s not much she can do in such a tough moment for the son who loses the game.

“There isn’t anything I could possibly say,” she said. “Just give him a hug and tell him that I love him, that’s it. That’s all you can do.”

The big question, of course, is who mom will root for. She says she does have one side she favors.

Who would’ve thought? 😍@GoBearcatsFB | @tkelce | @jasonkelce pic.twitter.com/xhJfmmjJpc

— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2023

“Absolutely, the offense,” she joked, in a nod to the fact that each son plays on that side of the ball. When pushed, she said there may be a wild card that tilts her rooting interest one way.

“I think that Jason would say I am going to root for the baby of the family, which is Travis. And I keep trying to tell him, ‘No, you’ve given me grandchildren,’ so we’ll leave it at that,” she joked.

While Travis and Jason, who both played in college at the University of Cincinnati, will be the first brothers to play each other in a Super Bowl, the big game has featured brothers on opposing sidelines before. Most notably, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh faced his brother, San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, when the two teams met in Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. The Ravens won that game, 34-31. Still, Kelce is surprised no brothers have actually played each other in the Super Bowl yet.

“Well, you knew it was going to happen eventually to somebody because there are so many brothers in the NFL right now that are playing at a very high level,” she said. “It just happened to be that we were the lucky ones first, so I think it’s probably going to be more and more prominent.”

Travis and Jason have played each other before, as the Chiefs and Eagles have squared off in regular season games before. Playing in the Super Bowl, though, adds a new layer to the sometimes heated relationship these brothers had growing up.

“There were a lot of fights,” Donna said. “Everything was a competition. It was a competition to see who could get to the table first, who could get in the front seat of the car. It’s just typical sibling rivalry. They egged each other on. Travis was always trying to get at his older brother, to (make him) pay attention to him, so there were a lot of fights. That’s the way boys are.”

Kelce is reveling in how her sons have made it this far, thinking back to how they played a multitude of sports growing up, only for them to become two of the most important players on their respective teams.

“It’s just been a pure joy to watch them compete and be able to do it for this many years is just amazing.”

Travis and Jason will battle it out for the ultimate sibling bragging rights when the Chiefs and Eagles duke it out in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Stephen Curry is the NBA’s greatest shooter, and it’s often said that he changed the game. This is true, but Curry wasn’t the first player to change how NBA players played.

In fact, if it wasn’t for Stanford’s Hank Luisetti, Curry may have never had the chance to change the game. This was because Luisetti is credited as the player who invented what we know to be the jump shot.

“We made a trip to New York, played in Madison Square Garden and revolutionized the game,” Walter Vincenti, Stanford’s 1936 basketball team manager, said. “He [Luisetti] was unusual in his day. But people soon began to imitate him, and basketball became a more wide-open game.”

Vincenti was speaking about how, when all the other players were shooting either hook shots or the standard two-handed set shot, Luisetti was shooting the game’s first jump shots.

Now, there’s some debate about whether Luisetti actually created the jump shot. A player named John Miller Cooper has also been credited as the inventor of the jump shot.

Even if Luisetti did not create what we know as the jump shot, he was the one who made it popular. Just like Stephen Curry did not invent the three-point shot, but he sure did popularize it.

Luisetti continued to use his jump shot, which was a running jump shot, and this would change the game forever, like how Curry’s three-point shot has changed the game today. The reason Luisetti’s jump shot was such a game-changer was because it sped up the game.

The game was slow, as players took the time to get into their set shots. The jump shot was quicker and more fluid. This led to a fast pace style of basketball that not only saw bigger scores but it was more exciting, at least to most.

There were some people who didn’t approve of Luisetti’s shooting style and believed it was bad for the game. In a game between Stanford and No. 1-ranked Long Island University, a reporter wrote a piece about Luisetti’s shooting and it wasn’t to praise it.

“Some of his shots would have been deemed foolhardy if attempted by another player,” the reporter wrote.

Still, Luisetti and his new form of shooting, which his teammates copied, set out to do the unthinkable. They were going to beat the top-seeded Long Island team.

The game was played at Madison Square Garden, and Long Island entered the game on a 43-game winning streak. The arena was packed as most wanted to watch the best team, Long Island, play.

According to Stanford basketball radio analyst John Platz, he believed fans should be packing the stadium to watch Luisetti play.

“He’s certainly known here [Stanford],” Platz said. “Why isn’t he more revered?”

As for the game between Stanford and Long Island, Luisetti scored 15 points and led Stanford to a 45-31 victory over Long Island. This ended Long Island’s long win streak and gave the world its first glimpse at Luisetti and his jump shot.

Stephen Curry Changed The Game
Stephen Curry was drafted into the NBA in 2009. At that time, NBA teams averaged 18.1 three-point attempts per game. As of the 2022-23 season, the league average was 34.2 per game.

Curry is the main reason for the change because not only did she start attempting a lot per game, he was making them at a high rate. As a rookie, Curry attempted 4.8 threes per game.

In Curry’s historic 2015-16 season, where he was named the first-ever unanimous MVP, Curry attempted 11.2 threes while making 5.1 threes per game. This type of shooting from Curry led to every team changing their game plans.

Today, centers routinely step out and fire up three-pointers. This is encouraged by the coaching staff. In the 1990s, if a center shot a three, he’d likely be pulled from the game.

Yes, things have changed. First, it was Hank Luisetti changing the game with his jump shot. More recently, Stephen Curry changed the game with his incredible three-point shooting.

The game has constantly evolved, and it’ll continue to happen. This is what keeps the game of basketball exciting and fresh.