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The Kelce Brothers return to the University of Cincinnati on April 11 for a live episode of their podcast “New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce Podcast.”
The live show from Nippert Stadium is at 7 p.m.
Jason, 36, recently announced his retirement from the NFL after 13 seasons.
The Bearcat-turned-NFL star spent his entire career with the Philadelphia Eagles, who drafted him in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft out of Cincinnati.
He came to UC as a walk-on linebacker before switching to the offensive line.
In 2008 and 2009, he started all 13 games for the Bearcats at left guard. Jason Kelce earned second-team all-Big East honors in 2009.
The future Hall of Famer was teammates at UC with Taylor Swift’s boyfriend and his brother, Travis.
As a center for the Eagles, Jason earned six All-Pro selections, was a seven-time Pro Bowler, and won the Super Bowl in 2017.
The duo made history in 2023 as the first brothers to play against each other at the Super Bowl. Travis’ Chiefs won the game.
“New Heights” episodes are available on Amazon Music.
Travis, who will also find himself in Canton one day, is a four-time All-Pro who will go down in history as one of the best tight ends to ever play.
Jason Kelce does not want to see his brother Travis win a third successive Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs if they are competing against his beloved Philadelphia Eagles.
The 36-year-old watched his younger sibling lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the third time in five years following a dramatic overtime victory against the San Francisco 49ers in February. The 25-22 win meant the Chiefs became the first NFL team since the New England Patriots in 2003 and 2004 to win back-to-back Super Bowl titles. Jason ended his 13-year career following the end of the 2023 season which saw the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Eagles in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
As he watches the action as a fan from next season, the center said he will cheer on the Eagles whom he represented for his entire career, even when they play against Travis and the Chiefs. “I will root for the Eagles of course because I will always be an Eagle first and foremost,” the Super Bowl LII winner said when asked who he would support on the latest New Heights podcast episode.
“I will still root for Travis to have a good game because he’s my brother, but I will definitely be cheering on the Eagles in this scenario.”
The Chiefs tight end described his brother’s comments as “bull****” before adding: “Well good luck to your Eagles.”
The pair faced one another in the 2023 Super Bowl which Travis and the Chiefs won 38-35, despite the Eagles holding a 24-14 lead at halftime. In fact, that crushing defeat was one of the reasons behind Kelce wanting to play in 2023, as well as missing the camaraderie and teamwork in the game.
“Having lost one now, I think for sure — you can try and not let that be a factor, but man, the hunger and the desire to get back there and finish it,” he told Sports Take with Rob Ellis and Derrick Gunn back in 2023. “Even though it’s going to be a completely new season, a new set of guys and not the same team, you can’t help but that be a factor.”
Jason Kelce refusing to cheer for brother Travis and Chiefs to win third straight Super Bowl
Jason Kelce watched his brother Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs win a second successive Super Bowl in February – but he does not want to see it happen again next year
Jason Kelce says he would not support Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs to win a third straight Super Bowl (
Jason Kelce does not want to see his brother Travis win a third successive Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs if they are competing against his beloved Philadelphia Eagles.
The 36-year-old watched his younger sibling lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the third time in five years following a dramatic overtime victory against the San Francisco 49ers in February. The 25-22 win meant the Chiefs became the first NFL team since the New England Patriots in 2003 and 2004 to win back-to-back Super Bowl titles. Jason ended his 13-year career following the end of the 2023 season which saw the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Eagles in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
As he watches the action as a fan from next season, the center said he will cheer on the Eagles whom he represented for his entire career, even when they play against Travis and the Chiefs. “I will root for the Eagles of course because I will always be an Eagle first and foremost,” the Super Bowl LII winner said when asked who he would support on the latest New Heights podcast episode.
“I will still root for Travis to have a good game because he’s my brother, but I will definitely be cheering on the Eagles in this scenario.”
The Chiefs tight end described his brother’s comments as “bull****” before adding: “Well good luck to your Eagles.”
The pair faced one another in the 2023 Super Bowl which Travis and the Chiefs won 38-35, despite the Eagles holding a 24-14 lead at halftime. In fact, that crushing defeat was one of the reasons behind Kelce wanting to play in 2023, as well as missing the camaraderie and teamwork in the game.
“Having lost one now, I think for sure — you can try and not let that be a factor, but man, the hunger and the desire to get back there and finish it,” he told Sports Take with Rob Ellis and Derrick Gunn back in 2023. “Even though it’s going to be a completely new season, a new set of guys and not the same team, you can’t help but that be a factor.”
The Kelce brothers played against one another in the Super Bowl in 2023(
Image: Cooper Neill/Getty Images)He added: “That’s the aspect that all the former players say they miss the most. It’s not the actual game, you know, it’s being in the locker room, it’s going and playing the game but with your teammates. It’s being around, quite frankly, a group of individuals who are all driven to be the best they can be. I’ve learned through talking to former players that that is the thing I’m probably going to miss the most.”
When discussing his retirement with Kelce in a previous edition of their podcast, Jason said it has yet to sink in. “Well, zero different. I’ve actually still gone down to the facility to get a couple of weight-lifting sessions in,” the six-time first-team All-Pro player said in March. “I’m a creature of habit. I feel no different.
“I’m assuming once, you know, organized team activities (OTAs) start up, and especially once training camp and the season starts rolling around, it’ll really start to hit a little bit more. But one week in, yeah, not much different to be honest with you.”
A tear-filled retirement announcement was just the latest instance of Jason and Travis Kelce, two of the toughest guys around, putting their emotions on full display.
By Scott Cacciola
As Jason Kelce strode to a dais on Monday to announce his retirement from the N.F.L. after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, he appeared to be playing the role of traditional masculinity to perfection.
His face framed by his familiar Bunyan-esque beard, Mr. Kelce wore a cutoff T-shirt, sandals and a gold Rolex. Taking a seat behind a microphone, he thanked everyone for coming. And then he began to cry.
“Oh, man,” he said through tears. “This is going to be long.”
Sure enough, over the next 40 minutes, Mr. Kelce labored with his emotions as he choked out lines from his speech.
Mr. Kelce cried when he talked about his teammates. He cried when he thanked the Eagles’ owner. He cried when he reflected on the smell of “freshly mowed grass.” He even cried when he recalled instances of other people crying — namely, his father, who, according to Mr. Kelce, had “tears streaming down his face” when Mr. Kelce was drafted in 2011.
But it was only when Mr. Kelce spoke about his relationship with his younger brother, Travis, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, that Jason seemed in danger of having a total meltdown. Travis, of course, was sobbing behind sunglasses in the front row. Someone tossed a towel to Jason so he could mop his face.
“This is where it’s going to go off the rails,” he said.
If not exactly taboo, crying in men’s sports was once considered a sign of weakness. Think Jimmy Dugan, the irascible manager from the film “A League of Their Own,” chastising a woman playing for him by bellowing, “There’s no crying in baseball!” Men like Dugan, both real and fictional, were always free to express anger, because anger was masculine. But tears? Those had no place on a ball field.
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Just like his older brother, Travis Kelce cried throughout Monday’s announcement.Credit…Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images
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The Kelces have made a point of publicly supporting each other in emotional moments, and those instances often lead to one or both of them crying.Credit…Rob Carr/Getty Images
While in many ways the Kelces could not be bigger jocks — Travis dates Taylor Swift, Jason chugs beer, and they both became famous playing a violent game — they do not hide their feelings. Professional athletes have cried before, of course. But the Kelces seem to cry more voluminously and with greater frequency than their predecessors.
Now that their platform extends to the Swift cosmos, the brothers’ public shows of emotion are notable. With their brand of vulnerability front and center, the message is clear: It is normal and healthy for men to cry.
“You can be a tough, strong guy, and you can also be emotional and connecting,” Dr. Fredric Rabinowitz, a professor of psychology at the University of Redlands, said in a telephone interview. “I think there’s a growing acceptance that our human emotions are natural, rather than something that we need to dam up or that we need to push down.”
Rich Eisen, the sports radio show host, seemed to speak on behalf of his peers when he described Mr. Kelce’s retirement announcement as “beautiful, just beautiful.”
The tears of male athletes were not always so uniformly celebrated. In 2009, Tim Tebow was a star quarterback at the University of Florida when he cried on the bench in the closing moments of a loss. In certain corners of the internet, Mr. Tebow was rebranded as “Tearbow.” It hardly seemed to matter that he had won the Heisman Trophy.
When Michael Jordan was inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, he showed some rare emotion by breaking down into tears. Social media quickly began mocking him with the “Crying Jordan” meme.Credit…Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE, via Getty Images
That same year, Michael Jordan was meme-fied as “Crying Jordan” when he broke down during his induction speech at basketball’s Hall of Fame. Granted, Mr. Jordan’s speech was also criticized for his attempts to settle old scores with people who had doubted him. But because he cried, a singular player was reduced to a punchline.
For the Kelce brothers, Monday’s news conference was no fluke.
Last year, after they played against each other in the Super Bowl, Jason Kelce found their mother for a tearful embrace. Travis Kelce later cried during his postgame news conference. And then the brothers cried together during a subsequent podcast.
“Ironically, you lose the Super Bowl, and you’re crying after the game,” Jason Kelce said through tears on an episode of “New Heights.” “And they’re not tears of sadness; they’re tears of joy.”
Emotional vulnerability had, over the last several years, endeared the Kelces to many in the N.F.L. community. But thanks to Travis Kelce’s relationship with Ms. Swift, the brothers have seen their reach transcend football, with them becoming unlikely role models for male behavior among legions of young women.
Some have taken even themselves by surprise with their embrace of Jason Kelce, a grizzled offensive linemen. “One random day Travis Kelce decided to make a friendship bracelet for Taylor Swift and now I’m sobbing over Jason Kelce’s retirement announcement,” said a young woman on TikTok, echoing the sentiment of many.
Dr. Rabinowitz, the author of “Deepening Group Psychotherapy with Men,” cautioned that work remains.
“Athletes get a pass because they have the masculinity chops,” Dr. Rabinowitz said. “But for the average guy, there is still, I think, this sense of shame around crying.”
Perhaps that is beginning to change. Dr. Rabinowitz recalled watching Jason Kelce’s retirement announcement on television.
Jason Kelce Reveals Who He’d Root for in Another Eagles Vs. Chiefs Super Bowl
The former Eagles center shares if he’d root for his brother or his previous team.
Now that Jason Kelce has officially hung up his helmet, fans are wondering how dedicated he’ll remain to his beloved Philadelphia Eagles in all of the NFL seasons to come.
The former center opened up about his loyalties on this week’s episode of New Heights, when one fan asked Jason who he’d be rooting for if the Chiefs and the Eagles make it back to the Super Bowl together now that he’s retired during their weekly “No Dumb Questions” segment.
You may guess that he’d root for the Chiefs, assuming his brother is still an active player on the team when the hypothetical matchup occurs, but it’s actually a no-brainer to say once an Eagle, always an Eagle.
“I will root for the Eagles, of course, because I will always be an Eagle first and foremost,” he asserted, before clarifying, “I’ll also root for Travis to have a good game, of course, because he’s my brother, but, no, I’ll definitely be cheering on the Eagles in this scenario.”
“Well, good luck to your Eagles,” Travis said stoically, before moving on to the next question.
But while Jason will cross his fingers for his NFL alma mater, we’re sure he’ll put on an equally excited face for Travis should his team prove victorious again, seeing as when the Chiefs beat the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, he was quick to embrace and congratulate his brother, rather than sitting in despair after his team’s loss.
Plus, once the Eagles were out of the 2023 season, he was front and center, all decked out in Chiefs gear, to see them move up through the AFC championship before taking home the Vince Lombardi Trophy at Super Bowl LVIII.
Jason Kelce shared his allegiance to his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, over brother Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs The retired NFL star addressed a hypothetical Super Bowl rematch scenario on his and brother Travis’ New Heights podcast Jason said he “will always be an Eagle,” and would root for Philly — but he would also cheer on his brother
The City of Brotherly Love wins out for Jason Kelce over brotherhood!
The newly retired NFL star may no longer be a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, but says he would root for them next season if the 2025 Super Bowl ended up being a rematch of them against his brother Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs.
“I will always be an Eagle, first and foremost,” Jason, 36, said in response to the hypothetical query from a fan in the “No Dumb Questions” segment of the brothers’ New Heights podcast on Wednesday.
Jason added, “I’ll also root for Travis to have a good game because he’s my brother.”
Travis, 34, seemingly responded with surprise to his older brother’s answer.
“Good luck to your Eagles,” he joked.
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After this season’s disappointing Eagles playoff run, Jason cut a memorable figure in the stands cheering on the Chiefs in their Super Bowl bid, from his shirtless exploits in Buffalo to his overalls at the big game in Las Vegas.
Despite making his own headlines while watching from afar, Jason also had an impact on Travis’ performance.
“He fired me up after that AFC Championship game, telling me to go and get it and that we’re the best in the game,” Travis told reporters in the lead-up to the Super Bowl. “Just having his support is all I need. Seeing him at the game, seeing him get excited, that’s everything.”
The two brothers made history last year when they faced off in the big game in February 2023, with the Chiefs winning 38-35 in a nail-biter.
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Following the game, however, Jason was sure to hug and congratulate his brother on the win.
Travis was later emotional, and shared that their historic matchup conjured a “weird feeling.”
“There’s nothing you can really say to a loved one in a situation like that,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said while fighting back tears after the Super Bowl last year. “You joke around all the time and say you want to beat your brother on the biggest stage, but it’s a weird feeling.”
He added, “That team had great leadership, great coaches and it came down to the end,” Travis said. “We have all the respect in the world for those Eagles. There’s nothing I can say to him other than I love him and he played a hell of a year, a hell of a season.”
Even in retirement, team allegiance will override family ties for former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.
On the newest episode of New Heights, Jason told brother Travis he’d root for the Eagles over the Kansas City Chiefs if the teams met again in the Super Bowl.
“I will root for the Eagles, of course, because I will always be an Eagle first and foremost,” he said when answering a fan question about the topic. “I’ll also root for Travis to have a good game, of course, because he’s my brother. But I’ll definitely be cheering on the Eagles in this scenario.”
Jason isn’t the only member of the Kelce household to draw clear battle lines.
During Kansas City’s most recent Super Bowl run, fans noticed Kylie Kelce, wife of the seven-time Pro Bowler, made a concerted effort to not wear any Chiefs gear when attending games.
“Kylie got some love from the Philadelphia fans for her continued refusal to wear Chiefs gear even though she has personal connections,” Jason said on New Heights in February (via People‘s Julia Moore). “She just does not want to do it. … I have tried [saying], ‘Kylie, we have family in the game, it’s okay to cheer on that team. They’re not playing the Eagles. You realize this isn’t against the Eagles right?’ She just refuses.”
Jason spent his entire 13-year career in Philadelphia and certainly qualifies as a franchise legend thanks to the team and individual success he enjoyed. His affection for the Eagles will obviously continue despite the fact he’s no longer putting on a uniform.
J.J. Watt was in tears walking off the field for what he knew would be his final NFL game in 2022 with the Arizona Cardinals.
Jason Kelce was not sure what he would do next, but after making things official earlier this month that he would be done, the tears were flowing during his 45-minute-long retirement speech in Philadelphia.
As Kelce reflected on his illustrious career as the Philadelphia Eagles’ center, Watt did his own reflection about how “frustrating” it was playing against him.
Former NFL player J.J. Watt visits the set of the Amazon Prime “Thursday Night Football” pregame show prior to an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on Nov. 2, 2023 in Pittsburgh. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
“He’s frustrating to play against, man. He’s too smart. He’s too athletic. He can do it all,” Watt told Fox News Digital while discussing his new partnership with DICK’S House of Sport, DICK’S Sporting Goods’ more massive, experiential store. “He’s just a good dude also.”
Watt and Kelce both entered the NFL at the same time, though the former knew where he was going well before the latter. Coming out of Wisconsin, Watt was one of the premier prospects on the defensive line, and the Houston Texans took him 11th overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
EAGLES’ JASON KELCE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM NFL
He may have had a slow start to his career (5.5 sacks in 16 games), but he broke out in 2012 with 20.5 sacks and 39 tackles for loss, going on to win AP Defensive Player of the Year and being named first-team All-Pro for the first of five times.
Meanwhile, Kelce was taken in the sixth round by the Eagles, though the 24-year-old was thrust into a starting role that year. He would eventually make his first Pro Bowl in 2014, and he would make it six times after that, while being named first-team All-Pro six times as well.
Watt explained why Kelce was a pain to go against when he was on the schedule.
Jason Kelce, #62 of the Philadelphia Eagles, reacts after announcing his retirement from the NFL at NovaCare Complex on March 4, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
“He’d call out the blitzes as you’re lining up, and you’ll get pissed,” Watt explained while laughing. “Or he’ll switch the protection to my side even though I know it’s not supposed to go to my side. He’s going to make it go [over there]. It’s frustrating to play against him because he’s so good. And he also can do so many things athletically. He can pull around the edge, he can hold up to a bull rush. He can do a bunch of different things.”
Watt and Kelce may have been on opposite sides of the line, but one thing they both have in common is their ability to make a lasting impression on the organizations they played for, while also making an impact on their communities.
“I just think the way he handles himself – every single person that comes out of that organization talks about the teammate he is, who he is as a person,” Watt said. “It shines through and we all know that.”
There is no question Kelce will be heading to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and it is likely going to be Watt with him one day as well.
Jason Kelce winks after the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 in Las Vegas. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)”He’s had an unbelievable career, and he will certainly walk right into Canton and get a gold jacket here in five years,” Watt said, indicating that he feels Kelce will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.”
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