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Philly Newscaster Emphatically Throws Away Gloves After Realizing They're Chiefs Colors

Red is banned in Philly.

Josh Wilson

Mike Jerrick throws his red gloves
Mike Jerrick throws his red gloves / Screengrab, Fox 29 Philadelphia
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Red may be the most-donned color on Valentine's Day worldwide but don't expect to see too much of it on Friday in Philadelphia. With the Eagles Super Bowl parade taking place the same day, green will be the color of choice for just about every Philadelphian.

Except for one newscaster, Mike Jerrick, who was reporting live for Fox 29 from the parade site with red gloves. His co-host, Alex Holley, addressed the gloves and asked him to explain himself, given that red is the color of the Eagles opponent in Super Bowl LIX: the Kansas City Chiefs. Jerrick explained they are electric, heated gloves, necessary on a frigid day in the city.

He also contested the gloves were orange, but upon being informed they are, in fact, quite red, he ripped them off and tossed them to the ground.

Just like a true Philadelphian.

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JOSH WILSON

Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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