The movie star golf event in Lake Tahoe had a bitter flip earlier this week, after Jerry Rice obtained right into a verbal spat with members of the media.
Rice was enjoying on the American Century Championships when he was approached by a Chiefs reporter for Starcade Media in Kansas City.
The reporter recorded himself asking Rice whether or not the Chiefs had “a ok receiving corps this yr to win once more.”
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Former San Francisco 49er and Corridor of Famer Jerry Rice cheers in the course of the sport towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at Levi’s Stadium on October 23, 2022, in Santa Clara, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Pictures)
Rice initially ignored the query, however Starcade’s video cuts a couple of moments later to Rice approaching the reporter, calling him a “f—ing a–hole.”
One other video, obtained by TMZ, sees the 2 going forwards and backwards, the place Rice could be heard saying, “I’ll f–k you up.”
Rice advised TMZ that the query had been requested to get an increase out of the NFL legend. The Chiefs simply beat his former San Francisco 49ers within the Tremendous Bowl for the second time in 4 years this previous February.
“I will defend the San Francisco 49ers,” he advised TMZ, including that the query had been requested with a smirk on the reporter’s face. “That is my historical past.”
Corridor of Famer NFL participant Jerry Rice within the second half of a NCAA soccer sport between the USC Trojans and the Stanford Cardinal on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 9, 2023. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-Information by way of Getty Pictures)
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The outlet, although, denied such a notion in a Fb submit the place they wished to “set the file straight.”
“We meant completely no disrespect to Jerry or the 49ers when asking this query as we’ve got a profound respect for the nice gamers which have performed this sport, particularly (in our opinion) the best receiver of all time,” the outlet mentioned.
“The confrontation that adopted was very unlucky however we weren’t attempting to elicit a unfavorable response and there have been no ‘smirks’ as Mr. Rice prompt. We merely wished the enter of the best receiver in league’s historical past concerning the Chiefs receiving corps and if it had improved sufficient to proceed profitable at a excessive stage after an traditionally tough season for the group.
Extensive receiver Jerry Rice, #80 of the San Francisco 49ers, celebrates a 38-yard landing within the second quarter of Tremendous Bowl XXIV towards the Denver Broncos on January 28, 1990, on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. San Francisco received 55-10. (Wealthy Pilling/Diamond Pictures by way of Getty Pictures)
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“We’d be greater than open to talking with Jerry personally to clear the air on what occurred and put all of it behind us.”
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