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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.

WATCH: Clips from Chiefs’ arrival at the White House

The #Chiefs have officially arrived at the White House ahead of their Super Bowl LVII ceremony.

The Kansas City Chiefs have officially arrived at the White House ahead of the team’s Super Bowl LVII ceremony later this afternoon.

The team appears to have invited everyone on last year’s roster. That means players who have since signed elsewhere or are still free agents, such as JuJu Smith-Schuster, Mecole Hardman, Andrew Wylie and others, are in attendance for the event with their former teammates. Retired Chiefs QB Chad Henne is there. Frank Clark and Carlos Dunlap, who remain free agents, are in attendance. Former Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy, who is just down the road with the Washington Commanders, is also among those in attendance.

Below you’ll find some clips that have been revealed on social media live from the Chiefs’ arrival at the White House:

Here’s how you can watch the Chiefs’ visit to the White House

President Biden is set to welcome the #Chiefs to the White House on Monday to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl LVII win. Here’s all the info on how to watch:

The Chiefs Kingdom is finally getting its day in the nation’s capital.

President Joe Biden is set to welcome the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on Monday, June 5. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Andy Reid and more are set to attend to celebrate their championship season and victory in Super Bowl LVII.

The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. CT) and will be live-streamed on the White House’s YouTube channel. You can watch that coverage above or over on the White House’s YouTube page.

A number of local outlets such as WDAF-TV, KMBC-TV and KSHB-TV will have a media presence and are expected to air the ceremony streaming online, in Kansas City and the surrounding areas.

NFL Network and ESPN are likely to provide some level of coverage of the event as well, including some key clips and moments from the ceremony.

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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, LB Nick Bolton looking forward to trip to White House

The #Chiefs’ team leaders say they’re looking forward to the experience of visiting the White House early next month in celebration of their Super Bowl LVII win.

The Kansas City Chiefs are set to visit President Joe Biden in the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl LVII win on Monday, June 5.

This will mark the first time in franchise history that Chiefs players have been invited to partake in the tradition of visiting the White House following a Super Bowl win. The team didn’t make the trip following Super Bowl LIV due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Len Dawson fielded a phone call from President Richard Nixon following the team’s Super Bowl IV win.

Speaking to reporters following OTA practices on Wednesday, a pair of team leaders expressed their excitement for the opportunity to be the first players to represent the club in this time-honored tradition.

“Yeah, it’ll be definitely a cool experience,” Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes said. “I’ve never been to the White House or even seen it. I’ve been around a lot with my dad, but I haven’t been able to even see it so I’m excited to get there and see the history of it and the history that that building, and that city has had on America and everything like that. So, it’ll be a cool experience for us and I’m glad that we get to participate in that this year. So, it’ll be a once-in-a-lifetime thing that I’m excited to experience.”

Nick Bolton echoed similar sentiments, explaining that this is something that he’ll cherish and it’s something that his teammates are excited to experience as well.

“Yeah, ever since I was little I knew that champions got the chance to go to the White House,” Bolton said. “I never had the opportunity to go to the White House up to this point, whether it be for school or vacation or anything. So, just from my personal experience, I want to go experience that. I know my teammates want to experience that as well.”

Knowing that they’ll be the first for Kansas City, this truly is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these players to be celebrated on the national stage.

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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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Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman visits White House

Marcus Freeman really is everywhere

If you at all follow Notre Dame football happenings on message boards or social media then you’ve certainly heard or read that “Marcus Freeman is everywhere!” a time or two.

Or 30.

Freeman added to that recently as he visited the White House.  No, he wasn’t on a sight-seeing event and taking pictures with his family outside the gates on Pennsylvania Avenue, but he was inside the White House dressed in his finest tuxedo and sporting an “ND” lapel pin.

Freeman was a guest at the State Dinner at the White House.  The event spent time marking the 70-year alliance between the United States and South Korea.  Freeman attended with a special guest of his own, his mother who is originally from South Korea.

It looks like it was an incredible event for Freeman and his mother.  It was nice of them to pose for a photo with a couple of Baylor fans in Chip and Joanna Gaines as well.

Here’s to hoping Freeman gets to make a return trip to the White House one day to celebrate what would be a really special occasion for Notre Dame fans.

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Angel Reese could not believe Jill Biden’s suggestion that Iowa join LSU at the White House

Should Jill Biden’s idea that Iowa join LSU at the White House actually happen? Angel Reese doesn’t seem to think so.

After attending Sunday’s 2023 women’s NCAA tournament championship, First Lady Jill Biden said on Monday she wants both teams to attend the White House ceremony later this year.

While LSU won this year’s tournament, the first lady said she hopes President Joe Biden will also invite Iowa to attend the eventual celebration at the nation’s capitol.

“I know we’ll have the champions come to the White House, we always do. So, we hope LSU will come,” she said, via AP. “But, you know, I’m going to tell Joe I think Iowa should come, too, because they played such a good game.”

It’s never been customary for championship losers to visit the White House alongside the winners. However, the first lady seems interested in amending tradition to honor Iowa women’s basketball and its stellar tournament run behind AP National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark.

Well, LSU star sophomore forward Angel Reese saw the idea and couldn’t take the first lady’s suggestion very seriously.

While the first lady certainly means well with her suggestion, the whole point of winning a championship is getting to celebrate the exclusivity of being a champion.

We’ll see if this actually happens, but Iowa attending the White House ceremony would make much more sense if they had, y’know, actually won.

Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis advocated for mental health support in White House visit

Good on Jason Sudeikis and the Ted Lasso cast for shedding light on mental health support.

As the cast of Ted Lasso visited the White House on Monday, show star Jason Sudeikis talked about the importance of helping those who are going to struggles related to mental illness.

That was the subject of the visit this week, as the show’s cast members were invited by President Joe Biden to discuss the importance of advocating for mental health issues.

One of the running themes through the AppleTV+ series has been the importance of self care, Sudeikis discussed how people at home can support themselves and those they know who are dealing with mental health struggles.

“It’s something that we can all, and should, talk about with one another when we’re feeling that way, or when we recognize that in someone feeling that way,” Sudeikis said about mental illness during the White House press briefing.

It was an admirable step for the Ted Lasso cast to make as the show’s new season premieres, and it will surely help bring awareness to one of the most prevalent issues people face around the globe.

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Trent Crimm made a surprise appearance at the Ted Lasso White House press briefing

Trent Crimm of The Independent made his White House press briefing room debut on Monday.

The cast of Ted Lasso got to see a familiar face while visiting the White House on Monday.

As previewed by President Joe Biden, Ted Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Toheeb Jimoh, Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt appeared at the nation’s capital this week to discuss the importance of talking about mental health and supporting those who are struggling.

Toward the end of the day’s press briefing, Sudeikis got asked a question by an old friend. It was none other than Trent Crimm of The Independent.

Yes, Ted Lasso actor James Lance showed up to the briefing in character as Crimm and fittingly asked Sudeikis about Kansas City being named a host city for the 2026 World Cup.

Of course, Sudeikis, a Johnson City, Kansas, native, gave a very Coach Lasso-inspired answer to Crimm’s question.

As the Ted Lasso cast advocated for something as vital as mental health care, it is nice to see them embrace the moment to do some good and add a little fun into the mix.

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