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Crying disrespect — whether it's real or not — is a time-tested motivator for champions at the highest level. After an offseason that didn't crown them as Super Bowl favorites, the Kansas City Chiefs — Travis Kelce in particular — leaned into alleged disrespect en route to their second championship in four years. The theme continued during Wednesday's Super Bowl parade in Kansas City, where Kelce and Patrick Mahomes took center stage. "Let me take you back to 2022 and the month of maybe April," Kelce said. "Guys were getting signed left and right. The haters were saying that the Chiefs would never make the playoffs. The haters were saying that the Chiefs were done." There certainly were some ridiculous takes out there. There always are. It's the nature of the media game. But there was nothing resembling a consensus that believed the Chiefs "were done." Few believed the Chiefs would fail to contend for a Super Bowl, much less miss the playoffs. This is a great Chiefs core that was expected to contend this season and projects to do so for seasons to come.The Chiefs were betting favorites to win the AFC West. And while not preseason favorites to win the Super Bowl, they had the third-shortest odds out of 32 teams behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and consensus favorite Buffalo Bills. But championships at the highest level are won in the margins. Players find motivation wherever they can, and disrespect — feigned or not — is a powerful motivator. There were cries of disrespect from Georgia football en route to its second straight national championship in January. Michael Jordan famously found slights wherever he could to fuel his singular focus on winning. The Chiefs certainly used disrespect as fuel this season and did so effectively en route to a championship. But Wednesday wasn't all about disrespect. In fact, it was mostly about partying. And party the Chiefs did. Head coach Andy Reid had a front row view from the top of the bus for the parade.Brown and fellow offensive lineman Trey Smith had a message for a vaunted Eagles pass rush that failed to sack Mahomes on Sunday.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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