Podbit · New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Jason Kelce, dressed as George Washington at the World Cup opener in Kansas City, created the chant that America didn't know it needed: '13 stripes, 50 stars, we don't care who the f*** you are.' Alex Morgan and Kelley O'Hara endorsed it live on stage. The Orpheum Theater crowd nailed it on the first try.
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The Orpheum's energy spikes when Alex Morgan and Kelley O'Hara emerge, capped by a t-shirt cannon moment that proves not everyone is a natural markswoman. The duo assessed the USMNT's opener with genuine expert insight: the possession, the creativity, the cohesion — all of it impressed them. Alex Morgan was physically in Kansas City at the Power and Light District watch party and confirmed the city knows how to show up. Both expressed that initial anxiety around US hosting has given way to pride: Ecuador fans transforming Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Switzerland players seeking out San Diego padel clubs. Jason's viral George Washington chant from the opener — '13 stripes, 50 stars, we don't care who the f*** you are' — gets a full Orpheum run-through, and the crowd nails it on the first attempt [1] — Jason Kelce "Jason Kelce, dressed as George Washington at the World Cup opener in Kansas City, created the chant that America didn't know it needed: '13…" 43:10 .
Despite pre-tournament anxiety about host cities, stadiums and logistics, both Alex Morgan and Kelley O'Hara say the US is delivering. Ecuador took over the Linc in Philadelphia. Switzerland set up shop at a San Diego padel club. The atmosphere is electric. The US team's opening performance was, in Kelley O'Hara's words, 'some of the best football I've ever seen them play.'
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Rico Verhoeven controlled the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion for approximately 10 rounds — and had his appeal upheld when officials admitted the fight was stopped after the bell. The result was never overturned. Rogan calls it either incompetence or corruption, and argues the money behind Usyk made an upset politically inconvenient.
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