The New Heights Podcast’s social media team released an emotional tribute video with Jalen Hurts and Nick Foles, among almost 20 video messages to Kelce to celebrate the moment and his accomplishments.
The amount of love and support from people reaching out after Jason's announcement has been overwhelming
A sixth-round draft pick out of the University of Cincinnati in 2011, Kelce started and played in 193 games over his 13 seasons.
Jason Kelce is the fifth center in NFL history with at least six All-Pro selections. The other four — Jim Otto, Bulldog Turner, Dermotti Dawson, and Jim Ringo — are all in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
On his CNN show with Gayle King earlier this week, Barkley had more to say in response to Trump saying “the Black population” is walking around with shirts showing Trump’s mug shot.
When King asked how Barkley felt about that, the Hall of Famer took a deep breath and responded: “First of all, I’m just gonna say this: if I see a Black person walking around with a Trump mug shot, I’m gonna punch him in the face.”
King replied, “You really can’t say that, because you don’t mean that.”
Charles Barkley sent a message to Kansas City #Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on ‘Inside the NBA’
The Kansas City Chiefs faced critics during their 2023 regular season run to Super Bowl LVIII. They were often picked as the underdog throughout the postseason, including their overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
The players have embraced the negative press, often using it as fuel during their winning streak. The critics usually aren’t referred to by name in any of the players’ press conferences or interviews unless their name is Charles Barkley. The basketball legend has made it no secret that he enjoys betting on games and has frequently better against the Chiefs throughout the postseason.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes made sure to remind the world of Barkley’s prediction failures and not let them go unnoticed, as he recently addressed him on social media.
“Watching @NBAonTNT and trying to see if my man Charles is going to pick against the Chiefs again in the next round!” posted Mahomes on his X account.
Mahomes didn’t have to wait long for a response as Barkley took some time during the show to speak directly into the camera.
“Number one, you Travis and Chris Jones, Chris Jones, I love you, Andy Reid, congratulations,” said Barkley. “Yeah, I bet against you at Buffalo, I bet against you at Baltimore. And I bet against you in the Superbowl. I was zero for three. I got to wait until next year; congratulations, brother.”
Barkley hasn’t had the best track record in making bets or guarantees, as shown on the legendary basketball show Inside The NBA Mahomes and the Chiefs should probably hope that he continues to bet against them in 2024.
Charles Barkley is now on Instagram, and Shaq is already trying to prank him with it.
BREAKING NEWS: Charles Barkley is on Instagram, after many years of saying it’s not happening.
Sure, it’s for — as he said on Thursday night on TNT — “business purposes,” and as you’ll see from his initial posts, that is blatantly clear.
But you’ve got to watch him talking about it with the crew, including Shaquille O’Neal, who tried SO HARD to prank Barkley by telling him to hashtag his posts with OnlyFans, which would be … a very bad idea.
Kenny Smith made sure to make that not happen, but it was hilarious.
Check out that and a conversation about sliding into DMs:
TNT personality Charles Barkley is sick of all the media coverage the Lakers are getting despite their mediocre record.
The Los Angeles Lakers are such a heavyweight in the world of team sports that even when they aren’t that good, they still get lots of air time.
It’s especially been true over the last few years. In five previous seasons with LeBron James, they missed the playoffs twice and had to go through the play-in tournament on two other occasions. While one cannot really call the era a failure because they won the NBA championship in 2020, some would call it a disappointment.
Although L.A. has won 13 of its last 20 games, it is only in ninth place in the Western Conference with a 32-28 record. Few, if any, would call it a championship contender, which led TNT’s Charles Barkley to complain about the amount of media coverage the team still receives (h/t Sports Illustrated).
“I’m so sick of these fools on other networks talking about the Lakers and the (Golden State) Warriors,” said Barkley. “We don’t brag about any other play-in teams do we? I understand Steph (Stephen Curry) is great and LeBron is great, ain’t nobody worried about the Lakers and the Warriors in the West”
“… These teams in the West are not worried about the Lakers and the Warriors. We’ve been kissing these guys’ (expletive) so much. We don’t brag about the No. 9 team in the East. They ain’t got no chance. The Lakers and the Warriors, they’re on a little spell, they’re doing well, LeBron was amazing last night. But they’re not going to beat those teams up top … so stop juicing them up,” he added.
While the Lakers have had their issues this season, if they continue to win the majority of their remaining games, and especially if they finish in the top six in the Western Conference, they would be a dangerous team come playoff time. No one would want to face them in a best-of-seven.
“We’ll show the whole ceremony when the Celtics retire your jersey.”
The NBA on TNT broadcasters are some of the best in the business. Shaq, Kenny, Ernie, and Charles make analyzing basketball fun because regularly roast each other during broadcasts. But behind-the-scenes footage from NBA All-Star weekend suggests that their jokes aren’t just for TV. In what can only be described as a likely version of their group chat, the crew gives Shaq zinger after zinger over complaints he seemingly had about his Orlando Magic jersey retirement ceremony not being shown on TNT.
NBA All-Star Weekend was filled with a lot of wild moments, including LeBron James claiming he knew nothing about the Warriors’ alleged attempt to trade for him, Kenny Smith’s WNBA 3-point line comments about Sabrina Ionescu and whatever awful display of defense was played during the All-Star game. But, nothing could have prepared us for this.
In new behind-the-scenes footage, Shaquille O’Neal appears slightly bothered that his Orlando Magic jersey retirement ceremony was shown on NBA TV and not TNT. You get the sense that he was genuinely pumped about his jersey retirement and wanted his friends to acknowledge it. However, they’re like, “Nah, no big deal. We got games to show.”
That’s when Charles Barkley starts clowning Shaq, saying the ceremony should have been on truTV. And, it all goes downhill from there.
Charles Barkley came to the defense of Bill Belichick and ripped Skip Bayless in the process.
Charles Barkley does not want to hear any slander about former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. He especially hates the slander when it’s coming from the mouth of sports talk show host Skip Bayless.
Bayless is of the opinion that New England’s success was more because of Tom Brady. Bayless has held that opinion for quite a while. The Patriots’ dynasty is back in the spotlight once again due to the success of the Kansas City Chiefs, who won their third Super Bowl in five seasons earlier this month.
Barkley, on the other hand, is more of the opinion that Belichick had an equal hand in the success of the Patriots’ dynasty. Barkley made his opinion loud and clear on “The Dan Patrick Show” Friday.
“Let me tell you how stupid some of these guys are on television,” said Barkley. “You know how much I hate Skip Bayless. I hate him with every fiber. Sometimes he makes me want to gain weight back so I can hate him with even more weight. He goes on television and says, ‘If it wasn’t for Tom Brady, Bill wouldn’t have all these championships.’ And I’m like, well, Bill’s the greatest coach ever. [Bayless] says, ‘He only won the Super Bowls because of Tom Brady.’ Well, Andy Reid’s a great coach. Exactly how many championships has he won without Patrick Mahomes?
“…It ain’t right. When you get on television, our job is to be fair and objective, and we’ve got some clowns on television now who are like, ‘Belichick is overrated.’ Dude went to nine Super Bowls. There’s nobody that’s went to nine Super Bowls who is overrated.”
This is a debate that will rage on for years to come.
Both Brady and Belichick benefited greatly from each other’s success. Even though this debate will probably never have a clear winner, Barkley’s stance on the matter might have created a perfect middle ground.
During TNT’s broadcast of the 2024 NBA All-Star Game, Inside the NBA’s Charles Barkley was terrible during his brief appearance.
The longtime NBA analyst, who made 11 All-Star appearances during his professional career, was on the pre-game and post-game show for TNT. But during TNT’s telecast of the game, Barkley instead appeared on the TruTV “alt-cast” with Taylor Rooks and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green.
TNT briefly had the “alt-cast” on the TNT feed, however, and Barkley quickly took an unnecessary and classless jab at San Francisco — the city that will host the 2025 NBA All-Star Game.
You can hear his comments for yourself but it was a bad look for TNT:
Charles Barkley again bashed San Francisco, this time around talk of the cold in Indianapolis. "If you had the chance between being cold or being around a bunch of homeless crooks in San Francisco, which would you take?" pic.twitter.com/o0W9aUQCyI
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Charles Barkley is usually hilarious on Inside the NBA. But, for a second on last night’s show, he took a beat from the usual fun to urge a team in the NBA to sign Tony Snell. It was a pretty cool moment.
You’re probably asking “Why in the world is Charles Barkley pushing for Tony Snell to get a roster spot?” Like the rest of us, Barkley found out earlier this week that Snell actually needs it.
The former first-round pick is currently in the G-League trying to scratch and claw his way back onto somebody’s roster for the rest of the season, Jake Fischer of Yahoo! Sports writes. He’s not doing it for the glory or the fame or the fortune.
Instead, he’s doing it for his two sons, Karter (3) and Kenzo (2).
Both have both been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Fischer writes. Snell is working to compile his 10th year of service in the NBA so he can get access to the NBPA’s retiree benefits and premium medical plan that would cover his entire family. That’s Snell’s motivation. He needs to be on an active NBA roster by February 9 to get access to the care his family needs.
Like the rest of us, Barkley caught wind of that and was moved by it. He felt so strongly that Snell should get a roster spot that he used his platform on the NBA’s best media property to call on it to happen.
Chuck calls for an NBA team to sign Tony Snell, who is looking to sign with an NBA team by Friday in order to qualify for the players association's retiree benefits.
Snell hopes to qualify for his two children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. pic.twitter.com/Cs3YkuNW83
“I’m just saying I hope a team signs him for the rest of the season because I don’t know a lot about autism. I ain’t going to say that. But man, I know it’s got to be expensive to have two young kids with that situation. So I’m hoping the NBA — we always talk about what a family we are. Let’s sign that kid for the rest of the season.”
To Barkley’s point, there are plenty of teams who could do this. Twelve of the 30 teams in the NBA still have at least one open roster spot to stick Tony Snell in until the end of the year, per Spotrac. Two of those teams (the Trail Blazers and Cavaliers) have two spots open.
Plus, it’s not like he wouldn’t be able to contribute to a team. He was hitting 39 percent of his 3-pointers when he last played for New Orleans. At 32 years old, Snell could still potentially be a rotation player and bring value to someone’s team.
Regardless of his value on the court, though, this is a player who needs a bit of help off the court. It’d be nice to see someone reach out and give it to him. You always hear about the NBA being a “brotherhood” or a “fraternity.” Snell was in that for nine and a half long seasons. Now, he needs this.
Make this happen, NBA. Or at least make an exception with his years of service. It shouldn’t take much. Snell is already right there.
Let’s just get him over the finish line in whatever way we can.
Caitlin Clark is chasing history
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Caitlin Clark is well on her way to breaking the scoring record for Division I women’s basketball and our Mitchell Northam pinpointed exactly when she’s going to do it.
Kelsey Plum currently holds the record with 3,527 points. Clark is 103 points behind her at 3,424. She just eclipsed Kelsey Mitchell as the Big Ten’s all-time leading scorer in Iowa’s win over Northwestern.
“Clark currently trails Plum by 103 points, meaning she would own the record after scoring 104.
This season, Clark is averaging 32.1 points per game, which leads the nation.
Iowa’s next five games are:
Feb. 3 – at Maryland
Feb. 8 – vs. Penn State
Feb. 11 – at Nebraska
Feb. 15 – vs. Michigan
Feb. 22 – at Indiana
If Clark maintains her current scoring pace over these next few games, she should enter the Feb. 15 home game against Michigan about eight points shy of the record.”
Circle your calendars, folks!
The Chiefs have beef with everyone
[Bob Self/Florida Times-Union]Including the San Francisco 49ers, apparently. Joey Bosa is already taking shots at Kansas City’s offensive line and the game isn’t even a week away yet.
“As if a Super Bowl needs any additional fire for either team, San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa has provided some bulletin-board material for the Kansas City Chiefs.
While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Bosa was asked what he thinks about the Chiefs’ two tackles, Donovan Smith and Jawaan Taylor, with the latter known for his in-game penalties.
Well, Bosa gave a very blunt, quick answer about his feelings on the Kansas City offensive linemen.
“They hold a lot,” Bosa quipped in response to the question.
If that doesn’t fire up the Chiefs tackles in their upcoming Super Bowl matchup against Bosa, we’re really not sure what will.”
I guess, as Cory said at the top, bulletin-board material isn’t really necessary for either team here. They’re playing for all the marbles. That’s more than enough to get anyone going.
But, man. Bosa sure doesn’t care about giving the Chiefs any extra fuel here, does he? I guess that’s how it goes when you’re as good at your job as he is.
Photo Friday: The calm before the storm
(AP Photo/John Locher)
Here’s a look at an empty space outside of Allegiant Stadium in Vegas where the Super Bowl will be played.
Next week, this same space is going to be filled to the brim with people. There won’t be a quiet moment. It’s all going up from here.
Get ready, folks. The Super Bowl is coming.
Quick hits: The NBA All-Star snubs … Missing out on $1.3 million … and more
Charles Barkley had a lot to say about those who hate on Taylor Swift.
Leave to Charles Barkley to say it straight and right to the camera.
In a roundtable on CNN with Gayle King and Bob Costas, Taylor Swift attending Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs games came up. And like so many other talking heads, from Pat McAfee to Colin Cowherd, the Basketball Hall of Famer had to call out men or anyone else who think Swift has ruined football.
“I’m gonna look right in that camera,” Barkley said. “If you’re screaming at Taylor Swift saying she ruined [football], you’re just a loser. You’re just a loser or a jackass. You could be A or B, one of the two.”
"If you’re screaming at Taylor Swift saying she ruined [football], you’re just a loser. You’re just a loser or a jackass." – Charles Barkley pic.twitter.com/fhah8fjCjz
