<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor Swift is officially off the market, and it’s no coincidence that America’s most beloved pop star didn’t say yes to another brooding actor, a melodramatic musician, or even some tortured poet. She ended up engaged to 6-foot-5, 250-pound Travis Kelce, a Super Bowl champ with a well-groomed mustache and a macho swagger. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In other words, after years of dating men typically referred to as artsy “soy boys,” Swift said yes to the quintessential jock.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift may be an unapologetic lib, and Kelce may have shilled for Pfizer during the COVID pandemic, but this celebrity pairing actually bodes well for conservatives. Someone with her massive cultural influence over women is bound to start trends, and thanks to this latest development, old-school proposals and traditional marriage might be officially back in style. It’s only a matter of time before wedding-themed earworms start taking over the airwaves. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photos of the staged proposal were straight out of Swift&#8217;s wildest dreams. Kelce got down on one knee in a sun-dappled garden. The pop star is wearing a sundress and a soft smile. Swift posted a photo of the ring alongside the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For this particular Hollywood love story, there was no girl bossing, no modern twists, no glorification of living in sin forever. This viral moment had everyone swooning because it was – gasp! – traditional. That makes it a cultural win for conservatives, even if the main characters are leftists through and through.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And there’s something very significant about the man Swift chose to spend forever with. This wasn’t a petulant man-child or anti-hero with a guitar and endless pathos. This is a bruising, six-foot-five athlete who knows how to win and isn’t afraid to go after what he wants.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce took the lead from the very outset of their relationship. In 2023, during Swift’s Kansas City tour stop, he confessed on his “New Heights” podcast that he tried to give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it. When she didn’t get it, he joked about being “butt-hurt.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift later said she thought his attempt was “metal as hell.” The nation’s biggest pop star admitted that confidence and directness are attractive. In an age when men are told to be sensitive, to cry, to ask permission before winking at a woman or sending a DM, Kelce came in strong with a solid attempt without any creepy overture. That’s the difference between being a man who leads and a boy who cries about not getting his way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In so many ways, this isn’t just another celebrity love story. It’s a reminder of something our culture has tried to forget: women are biologically wired to be drawn to strength, confidence, and dominance. For centuries, and across cultures, overtly masculine traits like physical strength and the ability to protect and provide have been considered signs of a good partnership for women. These days, it&#8217;s written off as dated, old-fashioned, or, worse, &#8220;toxic.&#8221; But Swift’s decision to commit to Kelce speaks to the truth of women’s attraction to certain types of men on a deeper level.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Women are naturally drawn to a strong jawline, a muscular build, and height as cues of sound genetic fitness. This hasn’t changed for much of human history, despite so many current attempts to downplay it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s easy to see the difference when comparing her romance with Kelce to Swift’s ex-lovers. The “Shake It Off” singer has famously dated a lineup of artsy men, including indie actors and sensitive musicians who made more appearances in her lyrics than they did in the spotlight. This may have been a boon for fans craving the next great breakup song, but it wasn’t ideal for Swift herself. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joe Jonas. Jake Gyllenhaal. Lucas Till. John Mayer. Harry Styles. Joe Alwyn. Swift’s list of exes sounds like a who’s who list in the tortured soul competition she knows all too well. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce also doesn&#8217;t appear threatened by Swift’s fame or popularity. As a professional athlete, he&#8217;s accustomed to playing for tens of thousands of fans on any given Sunday. And even if Swift is on a different level in terms of fame and notoriety, so far, he hasn’t appeared fazed by the newfound attention. The NFL star seems smitten, just like the rest of her fans. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Underneath all the glitz and glamour, this story is simple. Taylor Swift, the most successful female artist of her generation, chose strength. She chose a man who could protect, provide, and lead. She chose someone who isn’t afraid of pressure. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s not an accident. It’s not a coincidence. It’s biology at work. Real men, whether they’re referred to as jocks, providers, or alphas, are usually winners because they&#8217;re wired for it. Feminists can whine about &#8220;toxic masculinity,&#8221; but human nature is what it is. Women like Swift, at their core, seek strength that complements their own. As she sings in &#8220;So High School,&#8221; a song inspired by Kelce, &#8220;You know how to ball, I know Aristotle.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s poetic. After so many artsy flings with overly sensitive men, she&#8217;s going home with the jock. Ladies, take note: nature always wins.</span></p>


Kelce and Swift

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No More Tortured Poets: Taylor Swift Picked The Gym Teacher

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our household, we lean more Carrie Underwood than Taylor Swift. It’s nothing personal — though, I’ll admit, it sometimes feels personal when celebrities use their platforms not only to sing but also to lecture half the country. Taylor Swift has been explicit in her support of President Biden and left-leaning causes. Travis Kelce, for his part, was the face of a national campaign telling Americans to roll up their sleeves and get the COVID shot. So, let’s be clear from the outset: their politics aren’t mine, and their cultural influence often points in the opposite direction of what I want for my family and this country.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And yet, here we are — celebrating their engagement. And celebrating is exactly the right word.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Because while my ideological Venn diagram doesn’t perfectly overlap with “Swiftie Nation” or its new hubby, there is one place where the circles meet in the middle: the enduring institution of marriage. Two people at the absolute height of their careers, perhaps the most famous singer and the greatest tight end to ever wear an NFL uniform, have chosen to stop, look each other in the eye, and say: “This is the person I want to commit my life to.” That is worth applauding.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift commands more than 280 million followers on Instagram alone. Kelce has over seven million. Combine their reach, and you have a cultural juggernaut — bigger than most cable networks.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Young people study their lives like Scripture. So, when two such figures choose marriage — not another “situationship,” not cohabitation without vows, not endless serial dating, but marriage — they are broadcasting a message stronger than any new single or touchdown dance: love is worth binding. Commitment is worth celebrating.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That matters in a culture where marriage is often delayed, derided, or dismissed altogether. Divorce rates may be down, but so too are marriage rates, with many young people opting out of family life altogether. Celebrities, more often than not, model instability rather than stability. Swift and Kelce choosing marriage provides an image of permanence at a time when our culture too often glorifies impermanence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make no mistake: this isn’t an argument that either of them has suddenly found their inner Ronald Reagan. I’m not suggesting Taylor Swift is about to record a country ballad praising the Second Amendment or that Travis Kelce will do the Trump dance after his next touchdown. Their politics are what they are. But we conservatives don’t need to agree with someone on everything to recognize when they’ve taken a step toward timeless truth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marriage is older than the United States. It predates kings, constitutions, and pop charts. It is the bedrock of civilization. Even when cultural elites mock or minimize it, they cannot erase the reality: when a man and woman bind themselves together in marriage, they are creating the most time-tested foundation for family and community that the world has ever known.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s why this engagement — between two people we wouldn’t consider political allies — is so instructive. It reminds us that truth has a stubborn way of showing up in places we least expect it. It reminds us that marriage is attractive even to those who don’t share our worldview. And it reminds us that conservatives should not be shy in celebrating when culture, however briefly, affirms what we’ve known all along.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor Swift has sung about breakups for nearly two decades. Now she’s signaling something far more meaningful than another heartbreak anthem. Travis Kelce has been praised for toughness on the field; now he’s showing a different kind of courage off of it — the courage to commit. For young people watching — and let’s be honest, tens of millions of them are — this story has the potential to shift the narrative. Instead of “just keep swiping,” the message becomes: “choose one, and choose forever.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s a deeper point here for conservatives. Too often, we — myself included — reduce culture to a scoreboard of “us versus them.” Who endorsed Biden? Who took a knee? Who did the Bud Light ad? That matters, yes. Ideas have consequences, and politics shapes the future. But not everything has to be reduced to the partisan trenches. Sometimes, culture reminds us that God’s design still resonates even when people don’t recognize it as His design.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marriage is one of those reminders.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So no, I don’t expect Taylor Swift to headline CPAC anytime soon. And no, I don’t expect Travis Kelce to start quoting C.S. Lewis in the locker room. But I do expect that their engagement will make some young people pause and reconsider the script they’ve been fed — that career comes first, that love is temporary, that vows are outdated. Seeing the most famous woman on the planet say yes to marriage — and seeing one of the NFL’s biggest stars embrace that same choice — undercuts the lie that commitment is uncool.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We don’t have to be Swifties to be happy for them. We don’t have to endorse their politics to endorse their vows. In fact, it is precisely because we disagree with them on so much that celebrating this moment becomes even more powerful. It shows that conservatives can recognize and affirm the good, even in those who don’t see the world as we do.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And maybe — just maybe — Swift and Kelce will discover that the overlap between their world and ours is bigger than they think.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For now, let’s give them this: congratulations. Marriage is still worth singing about.</span></p>
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<p><i>Gates Garcia is the host of the YouTube show and podcast “We The People.” Follow him on Instagram and X @GatesGarciaFL.</i></p>
<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</i></p>


2025 Stanley Cup Final – Game Four

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s rare </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">that </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">we have news so big, so incredibly important, that it trumps not only all the other news of the day, but all the other news of the year, the decade, the century, nay, perhaps the millennium.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, it&#8217;s finally happened. The most important event of our lifetime: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I know. I, too, am flabbergasted. Shocked. I am also ecstatic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yesterday was a magical day in the history of the United States and perhaps all of Western civilization.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen, I will admit when I&#8217;m wrong. Two years ago, when these two lovebirds began their relationship, I thought this was just another one of Taylor Swift’s relationships that would end with a breakup album in which she sang like a 17-year-old about how sad she was that she&#8217;d been rejected, but don&#8217;t worry, she don&#8217;t need no man.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But she does need a man — and that man is Travis Kelce.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I have to say, unironically, I think it&#8217;s great. I hope they have a wonderful marriage. I hope they have lots of kids. I hope she sings lots of songs about being married and having kids, and all those songs are better than her normal songs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That&#8217;s what I hope for her, because I think that would be a very good thing for the West, for America, for young women particularly — who have been taught for generations that a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle, and that romance is somehow a giveaway to patriarchal institutions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A core component of human happiness has always been finding a member of the opposite sex, marrying them, having babies with said member of the opposite sex, and enjoying a long-lasting relationship built on love and mutual commitment. That is a very good thing.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to </span><a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-engaged-1236135520/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “The couple shared the big news on Instagram with a carousel of photos and the caption, ‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.’”</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forget the whole idea that Taylor Swift would be a great English teacher; the pictures are quite charming and quite normal, and I&#8217;m here for it. The normie revolution is happening.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sure, she&#8217;s a billionaire, and he is a multimillionaire athlete, and that is a very, very large ring. That is some serious jewelry. They can afford it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But you know what? Good for them. It&#8217;s charming and it is good.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hope that many other people take advantage of the situation to get married and follow in their footsteps, and then have long-lasting, decades-long marriages filled with children and grandchildren.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is culturally significant because over the course of the last few decades, there has been a rebellion against normality, against the very idea that men and women ought to get married to one another.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead, the idea that was purveyed was that </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">any </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">decisions that men and women made with regard to relationships were equally praiseworthy, and equally useful, and equally likely to lead to happiness.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s not true. Tacitly, the reason people are celebrating this marriage is that </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">singledom is not ideal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. It is not, in fact, a wonderful, happy existence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That doesn&#8217;t mean you have to be miserable if you&#8217;re single. What it does mean is that aspiring to be married, to be part of a happy marriage, is a wonderful thing. It&#8217;s an aspiration that is natural to the human heart.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And that is why people are happy for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. The idea that a traditional romance between the high school cheerleader and the high school quarterback is a platonic ideal in America is because that is the basis of the forwarding of civilization.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marriage is the fundamental, bedrock institution of all successful civilizations. That&#8217;s good.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is tacitly a cultural rejection of the idea that the actual ideal is non-marriage, that the actual ideal is prancing around like Madonna in your 70s, being a faded pop star, and trying to convince everyone that you are super-duper happy waking up drunk in the mornings by yourself in a five-star hotel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These images of Swift and Kelce are great. They&#8217;re wonderful. They&#8217;re good for the world.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perhaps we’ll get a Taylor Swift baby boom. That would be an excellent development for Western Civilization.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What&#8217;s going to be fascinating is to see what comes next for Taylor Swift, aesthetically and musically. We made fun of her album cover a couple of weeks ago on the program, a very kind of over-sexualized album cover, and pointed out that she&#8217;s been getting more and more sexual on her album covers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s going to be hard to do that when you&#8217;re married and you presumably go on to have kids; it won’t have quite the same sort of resonance.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So what&#8217;s going to happen to Taylor Swift?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor Swift is amazing at marketing herself. But pop music is a teenager’s medium. It is a medium made for teenage girls and people who have a prolonged adolescence in their mid-twenties.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pop music is based on certain tropes; being brokenhearted about your latest breakup, being messed up about your latest breakup, or something else about your latest breakup. All pop music is basically rooted in sexual lust in terms of its lyrics and or emotional problems. That&#8217;s what pop music is about, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">which is why people age out of it.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The minute that women stop being sexually alluring, it&#8217;s very difficult for them to be successful in the pop world.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Women age out of that in the pop world pretty quickly. Katy Perry, who is five years older than Swift, is the butt of enormous mockery online for her latest tour. She&#8217;s considered to be too old for the game.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I would not be shocked if Taylor Swift&#8217;s next album moves back toward country music. It&#8217;ll be fascinating to watch.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But again, my great hope here is that an entire generation of young people — particularly young women who have been told by the feminist movement and by pop stars like Taylor Swift that relationships are bound to fail and thus they should act with teenage angst — start to mature, along with Taylor Swift.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That would be amazing.</span></p>


Instagram: Taylor Swift and Killatrav

Bombshell: Taylor Swift Engaged

Ben Shapiro

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pop star Taylor Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce have announced their engagement after two years of dating.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift, 35, confirmed the news via a joint Instagram post, which included the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” She had comments turned off, but within 15 minutes, the post had racked up two million likes from Swift’s 280 million followers on the platform.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The photo carousel includes photos of Kelce down on one knee in front of Swift, plus a close-up of her engagement ring. There are more images of the couple posing together in a flower-filled garden.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans have been speculating for months whether an engagement was imminent. Recently, the “Shake It Off” singer made a rare appearance on the “New Heights” sports podcast, which is hosted by Travis and his brother, Jason Kelce. Travis is currently the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Jason retired in 2024 after playing center for 13 years with the Philadelphia Eagles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During the </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-pokes-fun-at-male-sports-fans-sick-of-seeing-her?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Taylor+Swift+Pokes+Fun+At+%E2%80%98Male+Sports+Fans%E2%80%99+Sick+Of+Seeing+Her"><span style="font-weight: 400;">appearance</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Swift poked fun at herself and the backlash she’s gotten from sports fans sick of seeing her featured during football games.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast. And I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it’s more of me,” Swift said during the episode.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Entertainment outlets such as Page Six have been reporting for weeks that the pair was about to get engaged as insiders confirmed Kelce was ring shopping and had asked Swift’s father for permission to propose.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The couple met following a missed connection. Kelce attended Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour concert in Kansas City in 2023 and tried to give her a personalized friendship bracelet with his phone number, but security denied him access. He later told the story on “New Heights,” which led to the pair meeting and a romance developing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Neither Swift nor Kelce have been married before. Previously, the pop star dated Joe Alwyn for six years, but kept their relationship mostly private.</span></p>


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Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Announce Engagement After Two Years Of Dating

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<p>Taylor Swift poked fun at her image among NFL fans in a sneak peek from her appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce&#8217;s podcast, set to premiere Wednesday night.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 35-year-old pop star </span><a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-new-heights-podcast-upset-male-sports-fans-1236042683/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">made a joke</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about being a guest on the “New Heights” sports podcast, which is hosted by Travis and his brother, Jason Kelce. Travis is currently the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Jason retired in 2024 after playing center for 13 years with the Philadelphia Eagles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast. And I think we all know that if there&#8217;s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it&#8217;s more of me,&#8221; Swift said with a laugh on the episode teaser ahead of the upcoming episode.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Shake It Off” singer was referring to NFL fans who got annoyed by Swift constantly being shown on camera during Chiefs games last season. But some league officials insisted her attendance helped bring the sport to a new audience, boosting viewership numbers. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The league said in a </span><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38568388/nfl-defends-focus-swift-kelce-pop-cultural-moment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">statement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in October 2023 that they had “seen an incredible amount of positivity around the sport&#8221; with Swift around and said “the vast majority” of the broadcast remained “focused on the game, our players, and [a] variety of other initiatives.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That same month, Travis agreed that the focus on Swift was overdone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I think it’s fun when they show who was at the game. I think it brings a little bit more to the atmosphere, brings a little bit more to what you’re watching. But at the same time I think…,” Travis </span><a href="https://people.com/travis-kelce-says-nfl-overdoing-it-focus-on-him-and-taylor-swift-8347224"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;They&#8217;re overdoing it,&#8221; Jason suggested, prompting Travis to agree.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;They’re overdoing it a little bit for sure, especially my situation. [But] I think they’re just trying to have fun with it,” the Chiefs player said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift’s full interview with Travis and Jason premieres at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday. It’s expected to draw an above-average number of listeners after the pop star just announced her upcoming studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Tuesday.</span></p>


Taylor Swift Pokes Fun At ‘Male Sports Fans’ Sick Of Seeing Her

Taylor Swift Pokes Fun At 'Male Sports Fans' Sick Of Seeing Her

Football

Jason Kelce

Sports

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adam Sandler got everyone’s attention when he dropped the official trailer for “Happy Gilmore 2” nearly 30 years since the original movie hit the big screen.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a viral post on Tuesday on </span><a href="https://x.com/AdamSandler/status/1901966979264852389"><span style="font-weight: 400;">X</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the 58-year-old actor wrote, “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hope you all have fun and thanks for all the great times.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His post included a one-minute-plus clip giving fans a sneak peak at what they could expect when the sequel hits Netflix July 25, when he reprises the role of the unlikely golfer Happy Gilmore.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the trailer, we see his character clearly hesitant about facing off against a handful of PGA greats, saying he “hasn’t swung a club in years.” However, he finally decides to find a “new happy place” and head back to the golf course. And, as expected, all kinds of chaos is about to happen.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hope you all have fun and thanks for all the great times. <a href="https://t.co/uTfPdouoIR">pic.twitter.com/uTfPdouoIR</a></p>
<p>— Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSandler/status/1901966979264852389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans have been waiting a long time for a sequel to Sandler’s hilarious 1996 golf comedy, in which he played a hockey player turned golfer to save his grandmother’s home.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Several original movie stars are returning for the sequel, including Christopher McDonald as rival golfer Shooter McGavin, and Julie Bowen, who plays Gilmore’s love interest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The news comes after Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce dropped a teaser trailer in December in which he made a brief appearance in Sandler’s highly-anticipated “Happy Gilmore 2.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the clip Kelce posted to </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEP410wIt46/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the Chiefs star told Sandler’s character in the trailer, “It’s great to see you back, Mr. Gilmore!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He captioned the post, “It’s great to see you back in 2025, Mr. Gilmore! Wishing everyone a HAPPY New Year with HAPPY GILMORE 2, coming to</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> @netflix</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the new year.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce’s involvement in the film comes after the Chiefs tight end made it clear on a past episode of his &#8220;New Heights&#8221; podcast that he was a &#8220;Happy Gilmore&#8221; fan, and if there were a sequel in the works, he </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae1J82fM23Q"><span style="font-weight: 400;">would love to be part of it</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sandler later appeared on the Kelce brothers’ podcast and hinted at the role the Chiefs star player would have in the movie.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Travis, we’re gonna have fun because the scene you’re doing is with so many great golfers it’s going to be amazing. You’re going to be funny as hell,” the famed actor said, </span><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/adam-sandler-travis-kelce-talk-athletes-happy-gilmore/story?id=113221086"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ABC News</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noted.</span></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-appears-in-trailer-for-adam-sandlers-happy-gilmore-sequel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce Appears In Trailer for Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore’ Sequel</a></strong></p>


Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Drops First Trailer Nearly 30 Years After Original

Hollywood

Netflix

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce appears to have made a decision about whether or not he’s retiring from the NFL, telling podcast host Pat McAfee he’s returning for another season.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During “</span><a href="https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1895175295520645395"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Pat McAfee Show</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” on Thursday, the host said he had been hearing reports about Kelce possibly sticking around for a 13th season and decided to message his sources, which turned out to be the Super Bowl-winning tight end himself.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McAfee said his text from sources read, “I’m coming back for sure. Gonna try and get to the best shape I’ve been this offseason.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I reached out to source(s) on the future of <a href="https://twitter.com/tkelce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tkelce</a>..</p>
<p>Source(s) said I&#8217;M COMING BACK FOR SURE..</p>
<p>I&#8217;m gonna get in the best shape of my life this offseason..</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got a real bad taste in my mouth with how I played in that last game and I can&#8217;t go out like that!!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMSLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/HqfpdqEjqa">pic.twitter.com/HqfpdqEjqa</a></p>
<p>— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1895175295520645395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And get back to the mountaintop,” the host added. “Got a real bad taste in my mouth with how I played in that last game and how I got the guys ready for battle. I can’t go out like that!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The host noted that the text ended in multiple exclamation points making it clear Kelce is coming back to play another year with Chiefs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Talk of retirement really took off following the Chiefs&#8217; failure to secure a three-peat Super Bowl victory against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following the Super Bowl loss, Chiefs star QB Patrick Mahomes seemed to be unsure if Kelce would be back.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mahomes said he would “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">let Travis make that decision on his own. He&#8217;s given so much to this team and to the NFL. And he&#8217;s been such a joy, not only for me to work with, but for people to watch.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During the NFL Combines this week, Kansas City Chiefs GM </span><a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1894560760207941762"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brett Veach</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> talked about Kelce’s future.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We anticipate Travis being back,” Veach said. “We’re excited to have Travis back and that’s how we’re operating this offseason.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He [Kelce] was battling with a pretty big illness there before the Super Bowl,” he added. “I think Travis is excited to come back. He makes us better when he’s in our locker room and on the field and excited to get him back.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce goes into the 2025 season at 35-years-old. His </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">stats for his career prove he will definitely be in the football Hall of Fame one day, leading the pack of tight ends with a </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">recorded 1,004 receptions for 12,151 yards with 77 touchdowns over 12 seasons </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">playing in </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">175 career regular-season games, </span><a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/travis-kelce-will-return-to-chiefs-in-2025"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NBCSports</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chiefs tight end&#8217;s postseason record is just as impressive with 20 touchdowns in 25 games and 178 career receptions for 2,078 yards.</span></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tough-reality-travis-kelce-reflects-on-nfl-future-following-devastating-super-bowl-loss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Tough Reality’: Travis Kelce Reflects On NFL Future Following Devastating Super Bowl Loss</a></strong></p>


Travis Kelce Makes Decision About NFL Retirement

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was battling an illness when his team lost Super Bowl LIX 40-22 earlier this month, ending the team’s quest for a “three-peat.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The revelation was made by Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Listen, we&#8217;re never going to make excuses but [Kelce] was battling through a pretty big illness there,&#8221; Veach </span><a href="https://people.com/travis-kelce-battling-illness-ahead-of-super-bowl-says-chiefs-gm-11686629"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The GM mentioned that Kelce’s mysterious illness, which Veach did not reveal, likely didn’t make much of a difference in the outcome of the game, though. “We didn’t have the end to our season that we hoped for,” he added, saying the team “picked a bad day to have a bad day.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Veach also promised that the Chiefs would use the big loss as “motivation to get better.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You learn more from your losses than your wins,” he said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The GM addressed rumors that Kelce, 35, is considering retirement. When asked if the tight end would return for the 2025 season, Veach said, “I think so. We anticipate Travis being back. We’re excited to have Travis back.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce himself sounded less confident when discussing the same topic earlier this month on the “New Heights” podcast he hosts with his brother, former Eagles offensive lineman Jason Kelce. Jason retired from his NFL career at the end of the 2023 season. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I know everybody wants to know whether or not I&#8217;m playing next year, and right now, I&#8217;m just kicking everything down the road. I&#8217;m not making any crazy decisions,” Travis </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tough-reality-travis-kelce-reflects-on-nfl-future-following-devastating-super-bowl-loss"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> during the episode that aired February 12. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“That’s a lot of wear and tear on your body, and it’s a lot of time spent in the building focusing on your craft, focusing on the task at hand, every challenge that you set up for yourself, and that process can be grueling,” he continued. “It can weigh on you. It can make you better, it can drive you crazy, at the same time. And right now, it’s one of those things where it was kind of driving me crazy this year.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While Travis made it sound like he was thinking about what to do for next season, Jason said during a later podcast interview that he believes his brother has already made up his mind. “I think Travis, I think he probably, in his heart, already knows what he wants to do,” the retired NFL star revealed. “That’s the reality of it.” </span></p>
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Chiefs GM Claims Travis Kelce Was ‘Battling’ A ‘Pretty Big Illness’ Before Super Bowl

Chiefs GM Claims Travis Kelce Was 'Battling' A 'Pretty Big Illness' Before Super Bowl

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seven Chilean men have been charged in the multi-million dollar heists of professional athletes like Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, and Cincinnati Bengals star QB Joe Burrow.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to a criminal complaint filed in Florida federal court on Tuesday, the men have been charged with </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property in the burglaries of NBA and NFL players across the country, the </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mahomes-kelce-burrow-athletes-burglaries-chilean-charges-3c8b707fa21edc5d31285d88d6d80253"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Associated Press</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reported.</span></p>
<p>If convicted, each of the seven suspects faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison, the AP noted.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/seven-chilean-nationals-charged-following-nationwide-burglaries-several-professional">complaint</a> doesn’t name each of the professional athletes who were burglarized, it does list the burglaries of professional players that were previously reported including the thefts at the homes of Mahomes, Kelce, and Burrow, the outlet noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The suspects were members of a South American Theft Group (SATG), the complaint noted.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Federal prosecutors in Tampa on Tuesday charged seven purported members of a South American theft group that allegedly targeted the homes of Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce and other professional athletes around the country.<a href="https://t.co/zXyTxG2FY1">https://t.co/zXyTxG2FY1</a></p>
<p>— Good Morning America (@GMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1892224595169829179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;In many circumstances, professional sports teams will publicize their schedules and locations of their games, making it easy for the SATG to know when a particular athlete on a particular professional sports team will be away from his residence,&#8221; the complaint added.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The suspects named in the complaint are</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Jordan Quiroga Sanchez, 22; Bastian Orellano Morales, 23; Sergio Ortega Cabello, 38; Pablo Zuniga Cartes, 24; Ignacio Zuniga Cartes, 20; Alexander Huiaguil Chavez, 24; and Bastian Jimenez Freraut, 27, </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/chilean-migrants-charged-travis-kelce-patrick-mahomes-joe-burrow-multimillion-dollar-heists"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fox News</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In December, the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cincinnati Bengals</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> QB became the next athlete to have his home broken into while he was on a road trip with his team.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to </span><a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/joe-burrows-house-broken-into-report-during-football-game/63148465"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WLWT</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Burrows’ $7.5 million Ohio home was burglarized and ransacked during Cincinnati’s 27-20 win over the Cowboys in Texas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The NFL previously issued a security alert to players and teams following burglaries of the homes of the Kansas City Chiefs stars in October.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a memo obtained by the </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-security-alert-burglaries-mahomes-kelce-960075221367266fbee98f711a74c094"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Associated Press</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the time, the league said homes of professional athletes have become “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The memo labeled the transnational crime rings “well-organized, sophisticated,” and urged the players to safeguard valuables and avoid publicly sharing check-ins on social media or any information about their homes and any luxury items they might own, </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cincinnati-bengals-qb-joe-burrow-home-burglary-rcna183666"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NBC News</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Officials noted that the homes were specifically being targeted when players were at their games.</span></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-star-qbs-home-broken-into-while-hes-playing-monday-night-football-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL Star QB’s Home Broken Into While He’s Playing Monday Night Football Game</a></strong></p>


AFC Championship – Cincinnati Bengals v Kansas City Chiefs

Seven Foreign Nationals Charged For String Of Athlete Mansion Heists That Hit Mahomes, Kelce

Seven Foreign Nationals Charged For String Of Athlete Mansion Heists That Hit Maholmes, Kelce

Crime

Joe Burrow

<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/travis-kelce"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travis Kelce</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reflected on his future in the NFL following the Chiefs&#8217; devastating Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, calling it a “tough reality” that he’s “t</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">oward the back nine” of his career.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking on Kelce’s </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“New Heights” </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EUOvKB3jgs"><span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with his brother </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dont-feel-sorry-for-me-jason-kelce-addresses-those-retirement-rumors"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason Kelce</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the Kansas City star tight end admitted this year was “grueling” and he’s not sure what his future in football looks like right now.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I know everybody wants to know whether or not I’m playing next year,” Travis said. “Right now, I’m just kicking everything down the road. … and I’m not making any crazy decisions, but right now, the biggest thing is just being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches, understanding that there’s a lot goes into this thing.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’ve been fortunate over the past five, six years, I’ve played more football than anybody,” he added. “And it’s because the people that are in that building, and the fact that we keep going to these AFC Championships and these Super Bowls, that means I’m playing an extra three games more than everybody else in the entire league.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“That’s a lot of wear and tear on your body, and it’s a lot of time spent in the building focusing on your craft, focusing on the task at hand, every challenge that you set up for yourself, and that process can be grueling,” Kelce continued. “It can weigh on you. It can make you better, it can drive you crazy, the same time. And right now, it’s one of those things where it was kind of driving me crazy this year.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travis’ brother Jason, who </span><a href="https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/jason-kelce-announces-his-retirement"><span style="font-weight: 400;">retired</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from the NFL last year after playing for the Eagles his entire career after being drafted in 2011, sympathized with his brother, who admitted that the reality is he’s now “toward the back nine of your career.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As you see yourself or not feel yourself have the success that you once used to have,” Kelce said. “Man, it’s a tough pill to swallow.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And then on top of that, to not be there in the biggest moments, knowing your team’s counting on you, man, those are all extremely hard things, to0, it’s just a tough reality,” he added. “I think I am going to take some time to figure it out.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I owe it to my teammates that if I do come back, then it’s going to be something that is a wholehearted decision; I’m not half-a**ing it,” Kelce continued. “I’m fully here for them. I think I can play — whether or not I’m motivated or it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take on all that responsibility.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce was drafted by the Chiefs in 2013 had has had a Hall of Fame career as the team&#8217;s star tight end.</span></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-shakes-off-haters-calls-it-a-great-honor-that-president-will-attend-super-bowl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce Shakes Off Haters, Calls It ‘A Great Honor’ That President Will Attend Super Bowl</a></strong></p>


‘Tough Reality’: Travis Kelce Reflects On NFL Future Following Devastating Super Bowl Loss

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Retired </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/philadelphia-eagles"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Philadelphia Eagles</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> offensive lineman Jason Kelce recently explained his thoughts on </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/super-bowl"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Super Bowl LIX</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which saw his former team crush the Kansas City Chiefs 40 &#8211; 22. Jason said he was feeling “mixed emotions” due to the fact that his brother, Travis Kelce, plays </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/football"><span style="font-weight: 400;">tight end</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the Chiefs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles, my former teammates, and friends on being </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SB LIX </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Champions!! There were a lot of emotions last night, and now that I’ve collected my thoughts, I’ll attempt to share them in the longest tweet ever,” he shared on X on Tuesday morning.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles, my former teammates, and friends on being SB LIX Champions!!  There were a lot of emotions last night, and now that I’ve collected my thoughts, I’ll attempt to share them in the longest tweet ever.</p>
<p>That game was odd for me to watch if…</p>
<p>&mdash; Jason Kelce (@JasonKelce) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonKelce/status/1889213289940267146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason went on to say the game was “odd” to watch because of “mixed emotions before, during, and after.” The former center said his feelings of rooting for both sides were likely similar to what his parents went through when he was still playing and both of their sons were on different teams, including when they became the first brothers in history to play each other at the 2023 Super Bowl, which the Chiefs won 38 &#8211; 35.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“On one hand, I wanted what is best for my brother, and to see his success. And on the other hand, there are so many people, teammates, and coaches, in the Philadelphia Eagles organization that I care deeply about &#8230; many of whom I owe my own success to throughout my career,” Kelce added. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason spent his entire 13-year NFL career playing for the Eagles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I am very proud [of] Jalen Hurts, Nick Sirianni, and this entire team. They have persevered greatly, answered their critics amazingly, and proved themselves to be undoubtedly the best team this season,” he continued. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Motherly Love 💐</p>
<p>When Jason and Travis Kelce became the first brothers to play against each other in a Super Bowl, Donna Kelce wore a split Chiefs/Eagles jersey as well as a shoe for each team (now on display at the Hall of Fame) 🫶 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MothersDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MothersDay</a></p>
<p>📸: <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballHOF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ProFootballHOF</a> <a href="https://t.co/6fJYAqRDZG">pic.twitter.com/6fJYAqRDZG</a></p>
<p>— NFL on Prime Video (@NFLonPrime) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLonPrime/status/1789736570888630599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It is extremely difficult for a team in the NFL to have enough talent, coaching, fortune, and character to win a Super Bowl.  The character and swagger of this Eagles team was something truly special to behold.  A true representation of the toughness and grit that makes Philadelphia what it is.  Well done fellas, well f***ing done,” he wrote.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next, Kelce heaped praise on Travis. He said, “As for my brother, There isn’t a person I love or care about more.  It has been tough to process these feelings, of course I feel for him and am always rooting for him,  but I know he does not need, nor want my pity.  He has amassed greatness few on this planet could ever dream of, as has his team, and they should feel pride in their accomplishments this season and in the past.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I know right now they are still thinking of last night and the shortcomings in the last game,” he said, “but in time that will fade, and the greatness they have exhibited as a group will remain as one of the most dominant eras of football ever.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce concluded by saying he was looking forward to the parade in Philadelphia and signed off by saying, “Go Birds.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sunday’s Super Bowl rematch between the Eagles and the Chiefs at the Superdome in New Orleans was one-sided, with the Eagles dominating for the entire game, ending the first half with 24 unanswered points. The Eagles’ big win was the franchise&#8217;s second Super Bowl title and dashed the Chiefs in their quest for a history-making &#8220;three-peat,” or winning three Super Bowl titles in a row. </span></p>
<p>Travis admitted that his team didn&#8217;t show up like they wanted to on Sunday. “We haven’t played that bad all year,” he <a href="https://x.com/Sam4TR/status/1888800752207896875">told</a> reporters after the game. “You don’t lose like that without everything going bad.”</p>


Kelce brothers

Jason Kelce Discusses ‘Mixed Emotions’ Of Watching His Former Team Wallop His Brother

Jason Kelce Discusses 'Mixed Emotions' Of Watching His Former Team Wallop His Brother

<p>President Donald Trump gave his pre-Super Bowl analysis in a Truth Social post on Friday morning, praising players on both the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadephia Eagles while ripping the NFL&#8217;s new kickoff rule.</p>
<p>Trump is expected to be in attendance at the big game in New Orleans on Sunday, becoming the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl. In his social media <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113962763765213252" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>, Trump had some nice words for both teams&#8217; coaches, quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts, and Eagles running back Saquon Barkley. Trump saved his highest praise for Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.</p>
<p>&#8220;Two great Quarterbacks in this game. Also, an unbelievable running back, and the absolute best tight end in football (Ever!),&#8221; the president wrote. &#8220;Incredible coaching!&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump&#8217;s praise of Kelce comes after the tight end <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-shakes-off-haters-calls-it-a-great-honor-that-president-will-attend-super-bowl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> earlier this week that &#8220;it&#8217;s a great honor&#8221; to have Trump in attendance at the Super Bowl. &#8220;I think you know, no matter who the president is, I know I’m excited because it’s the biggest game of my life, you know, and having the president there — it’s the best country in the world — and that’s pretty cool,&#8221; Kelce said.</p>
<p>Trump harshly criticized Kelce&#8217;s superstar girlfriend Taylor Swift during the 2024 presidential campaign after she endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris. In a Truth Social post in September, Trump wrote, &#8220;I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!&#8221;</p>
<p>In his Friday post, Trump blasted the new kickoff rule the NFL instituted at the beginning of the 2024 season, which is meant to cut back on injuries. He also reminded people that he would sit down for an interview with Fox News&#8217;s Bret Baier before the game. The pre-Super Bowl presidential interview was a tradition before President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/media/biden-skipping-super-bowl-interview/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skipped</a> it in 2023 and 2024.</p>
<p>&#8220;If they would only get rid of that really weird looking new Kickoff &#8216;deal,&#8217; which actually makes football more dangerous, they would be doing everybody, especially the fans, a big favor,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;ANYWAY, IT WILL BE A GREAT GAME!!! I’ll be doing the interview, before the game, at 3:00 P.M. There hasn’t been one in four years (Gee, I wonder why?).&#8221;</p>


Donald Trump/Travis Kelce

Trump Previews Super Bowl LIX, Calls Travis Kelce ‘Absolute Best Tight End’ In NFL History

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