The Cavaliers’ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse got a standing ovation when they celebrated Travis and Jason Kelce on Tuesday night. They are from Cleveland and play for the team.
Monday, Jason said he was leaving the NFL. His younger brother Travis, on the other hand, just won his third Suρer Bowl with the Chiefs last month.
The crowd cheered for the brothers after a video tribute to Jason was shown. The Eagles star held up a Cleveland Heights T-shirt, and Travis held up a framed No. 62 Cavs jersey that said “Kelce.”
The boys were born and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and have always been big Cavaliers fans.
They both wore handmade black Cavaliers jerseys with their numbers on them while the fans in the seats behind them went crаzy.
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People celebrate Jason and Travis Kelce during the Cavs vs. Celtics game.
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Travis held up a framed No. 62 Cavaliers shirt of his brother Jason with pride.
+7View galleryJonathan and Travis looked up at the screen, which showed a video tribute to the Eagles great.On Tuesday night, the Cavaliers also sold special Kelce/Cavs gear and gave away bobbleheads of them to raise money for local schools.The Cavaliers made a nearly two-minute film tribute to Jason that showed clips from his childhood to his time in the NFL.In the video, his brother Travis also spoke. He said, “All he knew was that he was going to work hard and do his best.””Yes, I did sit there and watch him do it while taking notes.” In a different video, Travis was seen giving a hug to Bulls star Donovan Mitchell, who is currently out with a bоne bruιse.The boys were also given the golden ball for the team. Early in the evening, the NBA released bobbleheads of the Kelce brothers. The figures show the brothers wearing black Cavaliers shirts and their NFL jersey numbers, with Travis’s being 87 and Jason’s being 62.Jason gave a beautiful 45-minute exit speech on Monday that summed up his career.
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The Cavs gave Jason and Travis Kelce the “golden ball” on Tuesday night in Cleveland.
His wife Kylie told everyone that he started working on the speech four years ago.
“Over the last four years, I’ve heard different versions,” Kylie told NBC 10. “This was a totally different copy.” I think he started over with what was on the surface every year. What he meant when he said he was thinking about retiring “for years” was “for years.”
“I think I was the only one who heard his speech before we started,” Kylie said. “That was a great summary of 13 years,” she said. I always sаy, “He’s not from Philadelphia, but he gets it,” and that was a great example of that.
As Jason put it, the best years of his job didn’t just happen after he met Kylie at an Eagles Christmas party.
Kylie talked about the night she and Jason met: “Of course it made me cry, and it cracks me up that he tries to talk about what he remembers from that night because he was, as I’ve said before, Ԁrunk.” “It was really sweet and nice.” There was way too much credit.
Kelce also got upset on Monday when he talked about how close he is to his brother Travis.
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Jason, 36, is shown with his wife Kylie and their three young children.
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Kelce had tears running down his face the whole time he was speaking.
+7View galleryTravis broke down in tears as he sat with their parents and watched his brother talk. “I won’t forget losing to the Chiefs and the conflicting feeling of my heartbreak for myself and my teammates and the amount of pride I had in my brother,” he said. He went up to the top of the mountain again.”Our family is small.” Not any cousins. One uncle and one aunt. My brother and I have been together our whole lives. We did a lot of things together. They competed, fought, laughed, cried, and learned from each other.”We made up games and thought we were the best players at the time.” We planned to make the plays that would win every game. Our thoughts were already full of Suρer Bowl wins before we even left the house. We went to each other’s games when we weren’t playing.We sat in a long chair or bench and cheered while holding a Capri Sun that our mom had packed. We waited outside during and after the game to celebrate a win or offer support after a loss.”There’s no way I’d be here without the bond between Travis and me.” It taught me how to work with others, be loyal, and understand their feelings. It made me stronger, tougher, and better.