All eyes have been on New Orleans, which hosted Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, and lots of soccer followers have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Taylor Swift.
Swift, the girlfriend of Chiefs famous person tight finish Travis Kelce, was in attendance at Caesars Superdome. Sadly for Swift, she had to watch Kelce and the remainder of the crew lose 40-22 to the Eagles.
Here is what else we all know!
Did Travis Kelce suggest after the Tremendous Bowl?
So far as anybody is aware of, no, Kelce didn’t suggest after his crew was dominated within the Tremendous Bowl. It was nonetheless a well-liked subject main as much as the massive sport, although.
Kelce fielded tons of of questions throughout his hour-long podium session on the Caesars Superdome for Tremendous Bowl Opening Evening — and at the least 10 of the questions have been about whether or not he’d suggest to Swift.
“Anybody particular? A Tremendous Bowl ring?” Kelce smirked when one inventive reporter requested if he deliberate to provide a hoop to another person. “Subsequent query.”
The reporter was extra direct: “Are you going to suggest to Taylor Swift on the Tremendous Bowl?”
“Man, back-to-back,” Kelce mentioned. “You guys are loopy.”
One other reporter requested him if he knew something in regards to the launch date for “Fame (Taylor’s Model),” Swift’s rumored upcoming album.
“Subsequent query,” he mentioned with a smile.
Did Taylor Swift attend Tremendous Bowl LIX?
As anticipated, sure.
Although at one level, she was booed by the pro-Eagles crowd:
Swift was additionally in attendance for the Chiefs’ two playoff video games on Jan. 18 and Jan. 26. She additionally famously made the journey from Tokyo to Las Vegas for final yr’s Tremendous Bowl, the place Okay.C. beat the San Francisco 49ers.
Swift and Kelce have been noticed collectively at an Uptown restaurant in New Orleans on Friday evening alongside Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his spouse, Brittany.
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What number of Chiefs video games has Taylor Swift been to?
Since attending her first sport at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 24, 2023, Swift has now been to 23 Chiefs video games. Sixteen of these video games have been at residence, whereas 5 have been highway video games and two have been at a impartial website (Tremendous Bowl LVIII and Tremendous Bowl LIX).
This season, a few of Swift’s most notable appearances have been at the Chiefs’ 2024 season opener in September 2023, in Week 9 after wrapping up the U.S. leg of The Eras Tour, over Thanksgiving weekend alongside her mom and during the divisional round of the playoffs beside reigning WNBA Rookie of the Yr Caitlin Clark.
[Read more: ‘He’s really evolved’: How Travis Kelce’s new role made Chiefs even more dangerous]
Will this season be Travis Kelce’s final?
Kelce reportedly hasn’t made up his mind yet on whether or not he’ll play in 2025, however he is anticipated to decide earlier than free company begins on March 12.
The 35-year-old Kelce totaled 97 receptions for 823 yards and three touchdowns in 16 regular-season video games in 2024. Within the postseason, Kelce shined within the divisional spherical, recording seven receptions for 117 yards and a landing. He had a quieter outing, although, within the subsequent two video games. Within the AFC Championship Sport, Kelce got here down with simply two receptions on 4 targets for 19 yards. Within the Tremendous Bowl, he had 4 catches on six targets for 39 yards (and was nonetheless the Chiefs’ second-leading receiver).
“Hopefully nonetheless enjoying soccer,” Kelce said on where he plans to be in three years. “I really like doing this, I really like coming in to work day by day. I really feel like I nonetheless have quite a lot of good soccer left in me. We’ll see what occurs. I do know I have been setting myself up for different alternatives in my life. That is all the time been the purpose, understanding soccer solely lasts for thus lengthy. It’s a must to discover a solution to get into one other profession and one other career. I have been doing that in my offseason.”
The Chiefs star has one yr left on a contract he renegotiated in 2024, holding a $19.8 million cap hit for 2025.
As Kelce will flip 36 a month into the 2025 common season, rumors have been swirling that this season might be his final. His older brother, former Eagles All-Professional heart Jason Kelce, retired after the 2023 season when he was 36.
[Read more: Travis Kelce might be considering retirement post-Super Bowl LIX after all]
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