Tag: Joe Biden

Khalen Saunders visits White House with his former Chiefs teammates

Khalen Saunders missed Saints practice on Tuesday to visit the White House with his former Chiefs teammates. Let’s hope he returns with the Saints next year:

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While his New Orleans Saints teammates were enjoying a productive day of practice back home, Khalen Saunders was catching up with old friends and glad handing dignitaries at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He and many of his former Kansas City Chiefs teammates accepted an invitation to visit the White House as reigning Super Bowl champions, where they were recognized for their achievements by President Joe Biden.

Saunders shared photos and anecdotes from the visit on his social media profiles, including an impressive selfie taken in front of a portrait of former President John Tyler (Saunders noted that, “To be completely honest I had no idea who that is,”) and a shot of his old teammate Frank Clark dozing in a viewing gallery facing the Washington Monument.

It’s unclear if Ugo Amadi also was in attendance; the Saints safety ended the 2022 season on the Chiefs practice squad and won a championship ring just like everyone else on their team, and he enjoyed himself at a celebratory parade in Kansas City after the Super Bowl. Like Saunders, he also wasn’t in attendance for Saints practice this week, so maybe he made the trip to Washington, D.C., as well. Let’s hope they’re both returning with the Saints this time next year as back-to-back Super Bowl champs.

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Chiefs Check-in: Recapping Chiefs’ trip to the White House

The #Chiefs met with the President of the United States of America on Monday to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. Get your Tuesday started with our weekly newsletter:

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The Kansas City Chiefs made a visit to the White House in Washington D.C. on Monday to meet with Commander in Chief Joseph Robinette Biden following their Super Bowl victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in February. Just a day after the passing of the late great Norma Hunt, wife of Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, on Sunday, the team paid homage to their past and looked to the future during the consequential excursion to the nation’s capital.

Check out all the best news from Kansas City and across the NFL in today’s edition of Chiefs Check-in for Tuesday, June 6th:

Eric Bieniemy joins the Chiefs at White House to celebrate Super Bowl win

Bieniemy reunited with the Chiefs to celebrate last season’s championship.

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Eric Bieniemy spent 10 seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs before departing in February to take over as the new offensive coordinator of the Washington Commanders.

Bieniemy was the offensive coordinator for Kansas City over his last five seasons with the Chiefs. In two of those years, the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, including February’s win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.

On Monday, the Chiefs came to Washington, D.C. to celebrate their Super Bowl triumph at the White House with President Joe Biden. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce presented Biden with a Chiefs jersey.

Since Kansas City won the Super Bowl in February, a number of key contributors have departed. Two of those — Bieniemy and right tackle Andrew Wylie — came to Washington.

On Monday, Bieniemy and Wylie made the short trip to the White House to celebrate last season’s championship.

You can see Bieniemy in the front at the beginning of the video.

Bieniemy and Wylie celebrated their final season in Kansas City on Monday, but it’s back to work Tuesday as the Commanders open their three-day mandatory minicamp.

Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce present Joe Biden with No. 46 Chiefs jersey

#Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce presented Joe Biden with a No. 46 jersey at the White House on Monday afternoon.

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The Kansas City Chief officially had their moment at the White House on Monday, June 5.

After speeches from President Joe Biden, Chiefs team president Mark Donovan and head coach Andy Reid, there was a brief pause for a photo opportunity. Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce presented Joe Biden with a No. 46 “Biden” Chiefs jersey. It signifies that Biden is the 46th president of the United States of America — but it’s also a jersey number that was worn by Chiefs great Jim Kearney.

Check it out:

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After Biden was presented with the jersey by the two Chiefs stars, Kelce briefly took the podium for a gag. He said, “I just want to say I’ve been waiting my entire life—” before Mahomes promptly cut him off and apologized to a laughing crowd.

The team would then pose for more photos with President Biden and the No. 46 jersey.

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Mahomes also signed a football for President Biden after presenting him with his jersey.

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Chiefs to visit White House to celebrate Super Bowl LVII win on June 5

This will be the first #Chiefs team to ever visit the White House following a Super Bowl victory.

President Joe Biden will welcome the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs to the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday, June 5, the team announced.

The Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII back in February. President Biden previously congratulated the team in a tweet on February 12, extending an invitation to the White House, but without a date on it.

“Congrats to the Kansas City Chiefs on their Super Bowl win and to MVP Patrick Mahomes on leading the team to victory,” Biden wrote. “Through injury and obstacles, you showed grit and true resilience. Looking forward to having you at the White House.”

The celebration of the team’s Super Bowl win was extended through April as Kansas City played host to the 2023 NFL draft. Now, they’ll take another victory lap in June.

They’re set to become the first NFL team to visit the White House after a Super Bowl win since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visited in 2021. The Los Angeles Rams didn’t visit the White House in 2022.

The Chiefs also didn’t make a trip to the White House in 2019-20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, this will be the first Kansas City team to visit the White House of their three Super Bowl-winning teams. The Super Bowl IV team did not visit the White House, Len Dawson instead fielded a call from the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon.

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Saturday Night Live did a very fun impression of LSU’s Angel Reese during Weekend Update

SNL’s Punkie Johnson did a very fun impression of LSU’s Angel Reese on Weekend Update.

The LSU women’s basketball team won a national title on Sunday, and one of its star players found her way to Saturday Night Live to close the week.

Well, it would come via a very fun parody by SNL cast member Punkie Johnson, who portrayed LSU’s Angel Reese during the show’s Weekend Update segment with Michael Che.

Johnson’s take on Reese was in part responding to the White House controversy that sparked from First Lady Jill Biden floating the idea of inviting both LSU and Iowa to the nation’s capital.

Reese initially said she wasn’t interested in going to the White House after Biden made the recommendation but later changed her mind. President Joe Biden actually called Reese and congratulated her on the team’s victory.

Johnson’s skit playing Reese touched on that and the very silly controversy around her taunting Iowa’s Caitlin Clark after LSU defeated Iowa in the 2023 women’s NCAA tournament championship.

The clip contains some NSFW language.

Reese gave Johnson’s impression her endorsement by sharing the video on her Twitter page.

LSU’s White House invitation saga: A complete timeline involving Angel Reese, Kim Mulkey, Jill Biden and more

Here is everything you need to know about LSU’s White House invitation.

The NCAA women’s college basketball tournament was one of the most thrilling competitions in recent memory, and it ended with utter madness.

LSU defeated Iowa, 102-85, in the national championship title game Sunday. Both teams enjoyed very exciting runs during the entirety of the tournament, especially thanks to standout performances from LSU’s Angel Reese, as well as Iowa’s Caitlin Clark.

This was one of those tournaments you would want to watch on repeat if you could. But it was LSU who cut down the nets when it was all said and done, becoming national champions for the first time in program history.

But since the Tigers’ title, there’s been some controversy involving them, first lady Dr. Jill Biden and the team’s potential celebratory visit to the White House. Let us explain what happened with a detailed timeline…

LSU’s Angel Reese declines Biden’s White House invitation: ‘We’ll go to the Obamas’

Angel Reese thought it was a “joke” that Iowa also received a White House invitation.

Even though LSU won the women’s college basketball championship, First Lady of the United States Jill Biden thought Iowa should visit the White House as well.

LSU’s Angel Reese, who was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, tweeted that Biden’s comments were “a joke” as it’s not customary for a losing team to receive such an invitation.

During a recent appearance on a podcast, I AM ATHLETE with Brandon Marshall and Ashley Nicole Moss, Reese expanded on her thoughts.

“If we were to lose, we would not be getting invited to the White House,” Reese said. This was another example of the double standard that Reese faced during her tournament run.

The First Lady’s Press Secretary, Vanessa Valdivia, said Biden’s comments were meant to “applaud the historic game and all women’s athletes” and that she looks forward to celebrating LSU’s victory at the White House.

LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey initially said that the team would attend the White House. She has previously visited the White House after championship wins for Baylor in 2005 (visiting with President George W. Bush), 2012 (visiting with President Barack Obama), and 2019 (visiting with President Donald Trump).

Reese, however, posted on Instagram and insisted they aren’t coming. Here is what she said (at the 27-minute mark):

“I don’t accept the apology because you said what you said … You can’t go back on certain things that you say … They can have that spotlight. We’ll go to the Obamas’. We’ll go see Michelle. We’ll see Barack.”

Reese’s teammate, Alexis Morris, posted on Twitter asking if the Obama family would want to host them at their house. Former President Barack Obama tweeted his congratulations to the Tigers.

We will see if Barack and Michelle extend an invitation to Reese and her teammates, but it is also worth noting that this wouldn’t be the first time that LSU declined an invitation from the First Lady.

Reese also indicated that Biden was supposed to come to their locker room before the game, but she said the team said no.

When asked why, she said it was because President Biden “put somebody else” to win the national championship and didn’t have LSU in his bracket. For context: Biden predicted Villanova would win the title and his pre-tournament bracket did not have LSU advancing past the second round.

Biden isn’t exactly known for having impressive predictive skills about the sports world. His incredibly chalky bracket was unfortunately busted by an early Arizona loss not six hours after he published it.

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Princeton busted Joe Biden’s men’s NCAA tournament bracket not 6 hours after he shared it

Not like this!

The first day of the men’s NCAA tournament busted a lot of brackets, including one from the President of the United States!

No. 15 Princeton bested No. 2 Arizona 59-55 in a shocker of an upset on Thursday as March Madness officially arrived in full. Earlier in the day, No. 13 Furman upset No. 4 Virginia after a wild end flipped the script for the Paladins as they advanced onto the next round.

Princeton ended the game on a 9-0 run as Arizona — a tournament favorite — was unable to seal the deal. The Tigers took their first lead of the game with 50 seconds remaining and were able to hold off their opponents the rest of the way.

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Headed into the first day of March Madness, President Joe Biden posted his picks for both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments on Twitter. Biden’s pick for the men’s side? Arizona, who was ousted from the tournament not even six hours after Biden made his picks official.

Talk about a rough go of it. Here’s hoping Villanova sticks around longer in the women’s NCAA tournament, at the very least!

College basketball fans roasted Biden’s bracket busting after Princeton’s upset of Arizona.