Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was among the celebrities enjoying an afternoon at the 2024 Kentucky Derby on Saturday afternoon.
He flexed a bit of fashion, too. Kelce, who signed a two-year contract extension with the Chiefs earlier this week, donned a white pinstripe suit with a blue top hat to the event.
Kelce and the Chiefs will reunite later this month when organized team activities begin May 20. The 34-year-old tight end will be chasing a third straight Super Bowl title and his eighth career 1,000-yard season in 2024 after coming up just 16 yards short last year.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has had a tumultous offseason after winning the Super Bowl as a rookie.
First, on April 10, police charged Rice with aggravated assault, collision involving serious bodily injury, and six counts of collision involving injuries for his alleged role in a hit-and-run crash in Dallas. Then, on May 7, police in the same city named Rice asa suspect in an alleged nightclub assault.
On Saturday, Rice addressed his legal issues for the first time in Kansas City.
"I've learned so much from that," he told gathered reporters. "All I can do is mature and continue to grow from that. This is a step in a better direction for me."
Rice and other Chiefs wide receivers hosted the Dream Big Youth Football Camp on Saturday morning at Kansas City's Central Park.
"Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is move forward and walk around being the same person, try to be positive so that everybody can feel your love and your great energy," he said.
In 2023, Rice caught 79 passes for 938 yards and seven touchdowns.
Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce has long been a man of the people, from his zealous “fight for your right” post-AFC title win quote to his act of shotgunning a beer at a faux Cincinnati graduation ceremony.
The three-time Super Bowl champ further cemented his reputation as one of the country’s most lovable celebrities and was full of jokes during the Chiefs’ second consecutive White House visit on Friday. While it’s customary for the reigning Super Bowl winners to be honored at the White House, it’s nearly unheard of for an NFL player to take the podium and give an individual speech to the audience during the ceremony.
One year after Kelce hilariously tried to take over the mic at last summer’s White House ceremony, the Chiefs tight end was welcomed by President Joe Biden himself to say a few words.
“Travis, come here,” President Biden said. “It’s all you, pal.”
“My fellow Americans,” Kelce said, “it’s nice to see you all yet again. I’m not gonna lie, President Biden, they told me if I came up here I’d get tased so I’m going to go back to my spot, alright?”
The celebrations took a somber turn later in the ceremony, when Biden brought up the deadly shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade in February.
“But then, [as] Kansas City was celebrating your incredible win, we saw pride give way to tragedy,” Biden said. “Amid the chaos this team stepped up … This team is exceptional. As a country, we have to do more to stop the tragic shootings before they happen.”
The Kansas City Chiefs landed a perfect fit when they traded up and selected Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy with the 28th pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. The speedster seems pretty excited about joining the defending Super Bowl champs, and even got a new tattoo to commemorate his draft selection.
Worthy posted a video showing the process of getting a Chiefs logo tattooed on his arm above "R: 1, P: 28" which represents the round and position of his selection.
Rookie Xavier Worthy got some fresh ink dedicated to his new team 😤
Worthy ran the fastest 40-yard dash at the NFL combine since 2003 when he sprinted the distance in 4.21 seconds. While he is on the smaller side at 5'11" and 165 pounds, he's an impressive receiver. His size and skill set are eerily similar to former Chiefs star Tyreek Hill. Worthy had a great career at Texas and capped his time in college by catching 75 passes for 1,014 yards and five touchdowns as a junior in 2023.
The Chiefs' biggest weakness last season was their receiving corps. They had seven pass catchers with three or more drops during the regular season. Kansas City's receivers began to improve in the postseason but it was still a massive problem that needed to be addressed. This offseason the team added veteran Marquise Brown and now the rookie in Worthy to a pass catching group led by Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice. The revamped unit should keep star quarterback Patrick Mahomes happy.
Worthy and Brown's speed should stretch defenses, opening things up underneath for Kelce and Rice. Meanwhile, the two new receivers represent the best deep threats Mahomes has had since the Chiefs traded Hill away in 2022. On paper, it looks like Kansas City's offense got a whole lot better.
Given that he got a tattoo with his new team's logo, Worthy seems really excited to join the Chiefs.
