US EditionCleveland Heights’ Laila Edwards to Be Featured on 'Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce' as Team USA Prepares for Olympic Gold Medal Game
The Kelce brothers donated $10,000 each to a GoFundMe that raised over $61,000, enabling Edwards' family to attend the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
- A donation from Travis and Jason Kelce enabled 10 family members and four friends to travel to Italy for Laila Edwards’ Olympic final.
- Robert Edwards launched a GoFundMe to pay for family travel, with a $50,000 goal since costs limited attendance to two relatives.
- Hometown ties showed as Jason Kelce supported Edwards in person at the Feb. 16 semifinal, and the Kelce brothers promoted her on `New Heights` since 2023.
- Laila Edwards described her family's presence as `means everything to me,' and she scanned the stands for her 91-year-old grandmother during her Olympic debut in Milan.
- Her visibility highlights that men's and women's hockey remain predominantly white, with very few Black athletes, as new viewers and jersey sales grow, Gray-Edwards said, `I've never watched hockey before and I'm tuning in.
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How the Kelce brothers helped historic US Women’s Hockey champion Laila Edwards
U.S. hockey defender Laila Edwards became the first Black American to win a medal in Olympic ice hockey in Thursday's gold medal win against Canada with her family watching from the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan, Italy.
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Hockey star Laila Edwards' family saw Olympic gold medal win, thanks to Kelce brothers and GoFundMe
When U.S. hockey defender Laila Edwards skated onto the Olympic ice ahead of Thursday’s gold medal win against Canada, she immediately scanned the stands for the real MVP. It's her 91-year-old grandmother. Edwards was the first Black female hockey player…
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Hockey star Laila Edwards’ family cheers at Olympic debut, thanks to Kelce brothers and a GoFundMe
By STEFANIE DAZIO and ANNIE RISEMBERG MILAN (AP) — As soon as U.S. hockey defender Laila Edwards skates onto the Olympic ice ahead of Thursday’s gold medal game against Canada, she will scan the stands for the real MVP: her 91-year-old grandmother. Related Articles US hockey star Haley Winn’s three older brothers are her biggest fans online and at the rink Loose dog makes Olympic cameo on the cross-country ski cour…
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