“I don’t really mind that. I wouldn’t like a coach who didn’t wear his emotions out on the field,” Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata said last week. With Sirianni, he said, “you know when he’s happy, you know when he’s angry.”
And you know when he’s listening to the national anthem.
2. Kansas City Fans Being Kansas City Fans
At the end of the anthem, Kansas City fans at the game in Arizona upheld an Arrowhead Stadium tradition by singing “and the home of the Chiefs” instead of “and the home of the brave.” Before the game, about 50 people protested the name of the team and the fans’ tomahawk chop hand gesture because they see them as disrespectful to Native Americans, but the traditions live on.
3. Serena Williams Selling Drinks
Williams, who said last August that she was “evolving away from tennis,” continued to evolve as a pitchwoman, appearing in ads for two alcohol brands, Rémy Martin cognac and Michelob Ultra beer.
The Rémy Martin ad cast Williams as a coach exhorting a football team (and, for some reason, dancers and kitchen workers) to “fight our way back into the light one inch at a time.”