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Is Fame to Blame for Kelce's Performance?

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  Though a majority of coverage of Sunday’s game of the Kansas City Chiefs was mainly talked about due to the lack of Taylor Swift as she did not attend, there was also a wide array of online coverage of Travis Kelce as well as he looked disheveled and (some even said) miserable on the sidelines. In the 22-17 victory against the Atlanta Falcons , Kelce was targeted for five receptions, only catching four for a total of 30 yards. This led a lot of fans, and haters alike, to an important question: where is Travis Kelce? Since the relationship between Swift and Kelce began last year, there have been many opportunities outside of football that the 3x Super Bowl champion has taken advantage of both on and off season. From showing up to the US Open just a few days after the season opener against the Baltimore Ravens to showing his acting abilities in the new FX show Grotesquerie , it is clear that he is booked and busy outside of football. However, this has led to online scrutiny say...

A Swift Comeback: Media Reactions to Swift's Week 1 Appearance

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What if I told you she’s back? As the NFL season began, so did the public reactions to Taylor Swift’s appearance at the season opening game in Kansas City against the Baltimore Ravens on September 5th. Various social media outlets were quick to post Swift entering the stadium before the game began and needless to say some Brad’s and Chad’s were not happy with the quick coverage.  One TikTok posted by the NFL about Swift’s arrival led to hundreds of comments such as one asking “Can we get a football post”. Once the game began, the NFL cleverly responded with a clip from the game simply replying with “here, damn”.  This comeback garnered a lot of traction online as pointing out the genius of the creative PR response to those who were not happy with the coverage of Swift at the game. Though the Chiefs did go on to win the game, it was the media’s continued attention and coverage of the relationship between Swift and Kelce that is what leaves fans and haters on the edges of their...

It's Me, Hi!

To anyone who is reading this, hello and welcome to The Swift Sunday Recap! My name is Annie Elburn and I am a student at Salisbury University studying communication in multimedia journalism. Currently, I am taking a course about sports communication and have been tasked with creating a blog about a topic within the sports realm so here we are! Though I have been a die-hard Baltimore Ravens fan for my entire life, when thinking of a topic to write about for my blog I decided to take a unique take and combine two of my favorite things: football and Taylor Swift . The football world was taken by storm when the iconic singer-songwriter and Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce seemingly hard-launched their relationship last September during a game against the Chicago Bears. From seeing clips of the couple during and after games in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl run to watching Kelce join Swift on-stage in a London show in her record-breaking Eras Tour, the couple has garnered wide-spread med...