{"id":11821,"date":"2024-12-17T08:51:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T08:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11821"},"modified":"2024-12-17T08:51:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T08:51:42","slug":"cnn-sports-anchor-says-chiefs-should-replace-cowboys-as-americas-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11821","title":{"rendered":"CNN Sports anchor says Chiefs should replace Cowboys as \u2018America\u2019s Team\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Why should the Dallas Cowboys be &#8216;America&#8217;s Team?&#8217; Their glory days are a distant memory.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thecomeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2024\/12\/CHIEF3-832x447.jpg\" alt=\"CNN Sports anchor says Chiefs should replace Cowboys as \u2018America\u2019s Team\u2019 -bich123\" \/>The Dallas Cowboys have been known as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team\u201d for almost a half-century, but one sports commentator thinks it\u2019s time they lose that title in favor of a more deserving team: the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>CNN World Sport anchor Don Riddell posted an Instagram video this week pointing out the issues with the Cowboys retaining that \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team\u201d title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should the Dallas Cowboys be \u2018America\u2019s Team?&#8217;\u201d Riddell asked. \u201cTheir glory days are a distant memory. Maybe it\u2019s time we pick a new team for America and I think the people of Dallas might be OK with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cowboys haven\u2019t won a Super Bowl since 1996, and you know how many playoff games they\u2019ve won in the last 25 years? Four. Don\u2019t you think that a country that likes to think of itself as a winner should give its affection to a team that actually wins things? Well the Kansas City Chiefs are that team right now. Three Super Bowls in just five years. Possibly an unprecedented three-peat on the horizon. And they\u2019re a genuine crossover team with\u00a0Taylor Swift and millions of Swifties cheering them on. That\u2019s\u00a0<em>surely<\/em>\u00a0America\u2019s team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys fans obviously would not support this proposal, although Riddell tries to sell it based on historical ties, pointing out the Chiefs franchise actually started in Dallas (the Dallas Texans) in the old American Football League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo who really is \u2018America\u2019s Team?&#8217;\u201d Riddell asked. \u201cIsn\u2019t it time that we picked a historical and relevant team that is more deserving of the title? And by the way, Dallas still gets to claim a slice of the glory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DDaU9j5pJHG\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fawfulannouncing.com&amp;rp=%2Fnfl%2Fchiefs-replace-cowboys-americas-team.html#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4604.199999988079%2C%22ls%22%3A1318.5%2C%22le%22%3A4538.5%7D\" height=\"1005\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fans were not too keen on the idea, even fans from other teams. One fan commented, \u201cI hate the Cowgirls as a Birds fan, but I\u2019d rather see the girls be \u2018America\u2019s Team\u2019 before I see the Chiefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And many fans were wondering. \u201cIs CNN World Sport related to the\u00a0\u201cCNN Sports\u201d that chased their tail\u00a0trying to explain how they\u00a0broke the \u2018Milwaukee Bucks have hired Doc Rivers\u2019\u00a0story earlier this year?\u201d Well, they\u2019re certainly in the same Warner Bros. Discovery family. And CNN Sports shares the same Instagram account. So for all intents and purposes, this is the same outlet that mysteriously \u201cbroke\u201d the Rivers story.<\/p>\n<p>But now, CNN World Sport and Riddell will have work harder to explain to Cowboys fans why their team should lose its vaunted title. Legendary broadcaster\u00a0Pat Summerall first used the reference on a broadcast\u00a0in their 1979 NFL season opener, although NFL Films coined the phrase in their recap of the Cowboys\u2019 1978 season.<\/p>\n<p>It will take more than a CNN Sports commentary to pry that title away from the Cowboys, aka \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys have been known as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team\u201d for almost a half-century, but one sports commentator thinks it\u2019s time they lose that title in favor of a more deserving team: the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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