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Notre Dame visits White House with other national champions

Well, this sure was interesting timing.

For two straight years now, Notre Dame’s men’s lacrosse team has reigned atop the college world. Having won its second consecutive national championship, the team was invited to the White House along with other national champions from all over the country. The day finally has arrived, and this fantastic image on the South Lawn should warm Irish fans all over social media:

That not enough for you? Don’t worry. Those aren’t the only photos that were tweeted out:

And if you want to go a little further back, here’s the team at dinner the night before:

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted the event, and the fact that the Irish were in her presence and at the location they were at less than 24 hours after a major related news event is absolutely wild. This will be a story the players tell their kids and grandkids. They would have told them about visiting the White House anyway, but the timing of it all takes this to another level.

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Chiefs gave Joe Biden a helmet during their White House visit

Andy Reid and Clark Hunt presented President Joe Biden with a #Chiefs helmet during their visit to the White House on Friday. | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chief officially had their second-consecutive White House visit as Super Bowl champions on Friday, May 31st.

After a speech from President Joe Biden congratulating the team for their Super Bowl LVIII victory, there was an emphasis to remember the many affected by the parade shooting in Kansas City.

The president called upon Travis Kelce to have an opportunity to finally address the nation after the All-Pro tight end was interrupted by Patrick Mahomes during last year’s ceremony.

“My fellow Americans, it’s nice to see you all again,” Kelce started. “I’m not going to lie, President Biden. They told me if I came up here, I was going to get tased, so I’m going back to my spot.”

Team owner Clark Hunt and head coach Andy Reid would present President Biden with a Chiefs helmet instead of a jersey, which they had already given him last year. At the end of the ceremony, with encouragement from Kansas City’s players at the podium, President Biden took time to try on the helmet, officially making him a team member.

The ceremony seemed to be fun for the Chiefs, who continue to raise the bar on their Super Bowl celebrations. A three-peat has been the talk of the offseason and would present Kansas City’s players another reason to visit the White House in 2025.

Travis Kelce jokes about getting Tased in his short White House speech

That’s one way to keep Travis Kelce from talking too much

It was almost exactly a year ago when Travis Kelce went to the White House with his Kansas City Chiefs teammates to celebrate their 2023 Super Bowl victory that the tight end stepped up to the podium in an infamous moment.

Kelce only got half a sentence out before quarterback Patrick Mahomes saved him from potential disaster.

As the Chiefs returned to Washington D.C. on Friday to celebrate their second consecutive title, Kelce once again stepped to the podium to stand next to Joe Biden, but had a pretty good reason for keeping his comments short.

“I’m not going to lie, President Biden, they told me if I came up here I’d get Tased.” Kelce joked. “So I’m going to go back to my spot.”

Yeah, that’ll do it. Threats of violence aside, it sure looks like the Chiefs had a good time in D.C. They even got Biden to put a Chiefs helmet on during his appearance.

The whole interaction is pretty entertaining. Take a look.

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Chiefs to visit White House to celebrate Super Bowl LVIII win on May 31st

This will be the #Chiefs second consecutive year visiting the White House following a Super Bowl victory. | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs announced that President Joe Biden will welcome the Super Bowl champions back to the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 31.

In February, the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in overtime 25-22 in Super Bowl LVIII. President Biden provided a comedic take on the victory, posting a message and meme of himself on social media.

“Just like we drew it up,” Biden posted on his X account.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas shared his thoughts on the upcoming White House visit on his X account on Friday afternoon. “Excited to see the Chiefs headed back to the White House next Friday. Thanks, President Biden! Kinda hoping @tkelce gets to deliver his remarks this time.”

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has received mixed commentary regarding his commencement speech viral video, creating speculation regarding his status for the visit. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and his teammates support his right to voice his opinion.

“We’re a microcosm of life here,” said Reid during Wednesday’s OTAs press conference. “Everybody is from different areas, different religions, and different races, and we all get along. We all respect each other’s opinions, and not necessarily do we go by those, but we respect everybody to have a voice.”

Celebrating the team’s back-to-back Super Bowl wins will continue, and the return trip to the White House should bring back some fun memories. The most notable moment was the attempted podium speech Travis Kelce tried to initiate as President Biden was walking away. Patrick Mahomes was able to hilariously stop him from saying something embarrassing in front of the president.

The 6 best moments from the Las Vegas Aces’ White House visit, including a Joe Biden ‘back-to-back’ joke

Sights and sounds from the Aces’ White House celebration.

The Las Vegas Aces were back at the White House Thursday to celebrate their second straight WNBA title.

It was their second White House visit in the last 10 months after they were hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris in August to celebrate their 2022 title. This time around, the Aces made the trip to D.C. the week before the start of the new season, and President Joe Biden was present to host A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum and company.

Here’s a look at some of the best moments from the visit:

The arrival

Team photo

New Aces (and Hawkeyes) there to support

Good eats

Meeting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

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The White House brought all of the wrong people to its panel on the rights of college athletes

The White House’s college sports panel completely misses the mark.

The parameters of college sports have been shifting for years now with the change on name, image and likeness rights of college athletes.

Since the NCAA changed its rules and allowed athletes to finally capitalize on themselves with brand deals, there’s been a lot of debate on what should and should not be allowed. It’s been a discussion for college sports’ most prominent executives on the sports’ most prominent platforms.

So it makes perfect sense that the White House would be hosting a panel on the rights of college athletes in sports considering the changes. The meeting reportedly happening on Wednesday will concern college athletes, their safety standards and their organizing efforts.

It wasn’t surprising that this was a thing at all. What was surprising, though, was just how wrong they got this thing. The panel included just about everyone who doesn’t have a vested stake in the current landscape for college athletes.

As Extra Points’ Matt Brown points out here, the panel didn’t include current athletes, labor organizations or even legal experts. Just former athletes and talking heads.

On top of that — and maybe more seriously — there’s not a single woman included on the panel. Not one, folks. Here’s the list via Front Office Sports. 

That is a travesty considering that folks like Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, Livvy Dunne, Flau’Jae Johnson, Paige Bueckers and more are some of the biggest, most recognizable faces in college sports today. Not to mention their NIL valuations are worth millions collectively.

I won’t call this panel a sham — in the end, it’s good that the White House is thinking about labor when it comes to college athletics. This is ultimately we should’ve collectively gotten to a long time ago.

But it is safe to say the White House got this one wrong. This panel misses the mark. It feels superficial even if the thought is there.

College sports fans and advocates weren’t rocking with this at all.

Chiefs HC Andy Reid details elaborate spread at White House luncheon

Andy Reid was particularly enthralled with three of the dishes prepared by the White House chef for the #Chiefs’ visit to DC. | from @TheJohnDillon

Andy Reid is known for his love of cheeseburgers, but the Kansas City Chiefs head coach was introduced to a new kind of delectable sandwich during the team’s visit to the White House this week.

After practice on Thursday, Reid was asked about the spread made available to the Chiefs during the Super Bowl celebration with President Joe Biden. He went in-depth about the feast and commented on a French toast ham and cheese adorned with a little powdered sugar that got his blood flowing during the visit.

“They [had] some good stuff. I’ve never had this before, but they had a French Toast grilled cheese and ham sandwich that they sprinkled a little bit of powdered sugar on. It was phenomenal,” Reid explained in a mouth-watering fashion. “There was an abundance of this. Then they had chicken fingers – exotic chicken fingers.

“Maybe the best part was, which I hadn’t seen before, little bite-size squares of the heart of the watermelon. My hat went off to the chef. I went back and talked to him and I just go ‘You guys are unbelievable.’ Whoever cut all of that out, had the patience to do it, my hat goes off to them.”

Reid was thoroughly impressed with the accommodations, though the Biden administration took a big risk in the decision to leave burgers and barbecue off the menu. Nonetheless, if Big Red gave his compliments to the chef, the trip should be considered a success.

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Isiah Pacheco on visiting the White House with the Kansas Chiefs: ‘A feeling I will never forget’

Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco talks about visiting the White House.

Isiah Pacheco and his Kansas City Chiefs teammates were honored this week at the Super Bowl, capping off a crazy year for the former Rutgers football running back

Pacheco capped off the Super Bowl celebrations this week with the rest of the Chiefs at the White House where they were hosted by President Joe Biden. A seventh round pick out of Rutgers in last year’s NFL draft, Pacheco had a tremendous rookie season, rushing for over 1,000 yards (including the playoffs). He earned the starting running back position by mid-season.

During the Super Bowl, he ran for a touchdown in the second quarter.

This week, the White House posted a video of Pacheco talking about his visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

“It was a great feeling to be in the White House after the Super Bowl victory. After you win the Super Bowl, there’s a lot of changes but now to come back after the victory,” Pacheco said per the video released by the White House.

“To celebrate with the ones I cherish it the most with – is definitely a feeling I will never forget, will cherish forever.”

 

(Make sure to check out Chiefs Wire for regular content on Isiah Pacheco and his teammates including stories like this: Here’s a key similarity between Chiefs RBs Isiah Pacheco, Deneric Prince)

Pacheco made some headlines late last week when he said that he would give his jersey number up to DeAndre Hopkins, were the NFL free agent wide receiver interested in joining the Chiefs. No word on a price tag for the Jersey number, though.

“Knowing Deandre Hopkins, he may not ask for the number, you know what I’m saying? (I’m a) Rookie, just got a Super Bowl ring, I’m willing to get another one with him,” Pacheco told the media.

“For me, I just know, whatever it takes to get him here and be on the team, let’s do it. Let’s make him happy.”

Scroll down and check out these photos featuring Isiah Pacheco and the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl.

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: