USA Wins Gold As Media MELTS DOWN |

Outkick The Show with Clay Travis

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Clay Travis breaks down Team USA’s historic hockey gold and what the moment meant for American pride on the global stage. From the championship performance to the flag-waving celebration, Clay recaps how the U.S. captured gold at the Winter Olympics and why the victory resonated far beyond the ice. He also reacts to the media and political fallout that followed — including criticism and commentary from voices on the left — and examines how sports, patriotism, and politics continue to collide in today’s culture. Gold medals, national pride, and the culture clash that followed — it’s a full Olympics recap with plenty of strong opinions. 🇺🇸🥇 "(0:00) USA Wins Hockey Gold & American Exceptionalism Returns" "(3:52) Alysa Liu vs. Eileen Gu: Loyalty, China & “Traitor” Debate" "(9:36) Jack Hughes Is As Patriotic As It Gets" "(13:15) Kash Patel Criticism Is Ridiculous" "(14:55) Why Legacy Media Has Lost Men & Clay’s Jemele Hill Impression" "(23:58) Clay Benches 225 Lbs To The Haters Dismay" "(28:10) Josh Pate’s Trump Interview & Free Speech Defense" "(31:22) Netflix vs. Paramount Battle Continues" "(33:23) A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms Review" "(34:30) Braves New Media Deal Is The Future" "(35:59) Gavin Newsom’s Ridiculous Appeal To Black Voters" "(37:43) Wrapping Up The Olympics & Why Culture Matters" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:08.4	We help you handle the have-to-dos so you can focus on the can't-wait-to-dos.
0:13.2	It's a new workday.
0:23.4	Welcome in to Outkick the show.
0:26.2	I am your fearless leader, Clay Travis.
0:30.8	I am taping this because I'm on the road again today.
0:34.4	So we are taping this on what is today, Monday morning.
0:39.1	A lot of awesome news coming in the near future, but I'm working hard on a lot of different things. But what an awesome, phenomenal, incredible weekend it was. I got to tell you,
0:49.3	watching the U.S. win in O.T. on the Jack Hughes goal for the first time in 46 years, the United States
0:59.6	are the gold medal champions of the Olympics. And I didn't come into the Winter Olympics
1:05.8	with a high degree of expectation. I just didn't, didn't for whatever reason, because primarily,
1:12.3	look, I'm a kid from Nashville. I've never really done any of the Winter Olympic events.
1:18.2	I'm not a skier. I'm not a snowboarder. I've barely even been on ice skates before. I didn't
1:24.6	play hockey. I think we have one ice skating rink in Nashville when I was growing up.
1:29.9	I've been on it a couple of times. So I can't appreciate necessarily in the same way that I can
1:37.1	for a lot of different winter, summer Olympic events. But I ended up watching a lot of the competition.
1:44.5	And first of all, congratulations the United States, 12 gold medals, the most ever, breaking
1:50.0	the record of 10.
1:51.8	But I just felt a profound sense of patriotism across the board from the vast majority of Olympic athletes.
2:02.3	And the way that the U.S. men's team and the way that the U.S. women's team both beat Canada
2:10.1	and just went all in on America as the greatest country in the history of the world,
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