NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Some of Travis Kelce鈥檚 teammates on the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, retired Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl-winning and other players and prominent figures around sports are expected to be in attendance on Friday.
San Francisco 49ers tight end said recently he received an invitation and planned to attend.
The at Madison Square Garden, the home arena of the NBA鈥檚 New York Knicks and NHL鈥檚 Rangers. of the NBA Finals there, sitting courtside as the Knicks pulled off at that stage of the playoffs in league history by rallying from down 29 to beat San Antonio.
MSG has been the site of some iconic sports moments since the current version opened at this location atop Penn Station in 1968.
The Knicks won their first NBA title there in 1970, when from injury to spark their Game 7 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Joe Frazier beat Muhammad Ali there in the first of the legends’ three boxing matches against each other, the 鈥淔ight of the Century,鈥� in 1971. Ali won the rematch in ’74.
The Rangers ended their 54-year championship drought at the Garden in 1994, defeating the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup.
Kelce is a three-time Super Bowl champion with Kansas City and a four-time AP All-Pro selection at his position. Jason was a seven-time All-Pro center who helped Philadelphia win the Super Bowl in the 2017 season.
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