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Time of India
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
"The Taylor Swift effect": Kansas City Chiefs' 2025 schedule fuels Swiftie buzz with must-watch primetime clashes early in the season
The Kansas City Chiefs made NFL history with five primetime games early in 2025, sparking buzz about Taylor Swift's appearances. (Credit: Getty Images) The Kansas City Chiefs are gearing up for what might be their most-watched season yet — and not just because of their Super Bowl pedigree. With the release of the 2025-2026 NFL schedule, Taylor Swift fans, aka Swifties, are marking their calendars for what feels like the third season of 'Taylor at Arrowhead.' And if last year's buzz was any indication, the upcoming season is about to be even bigger. Taylor Swift effect continues: Chiefs' 2025 NFL Schedule has 'Tayvoodoo' written all over it With nine home games scheduled, including a high-profile Christmas Day showdown against the Denver Broncos, there's a good chance Taylor Swift will once again light up Arrowhead Stadium with her presence. The 14-time Grammy winner became a near-weekly fixture in the stands last season, and with beau Travis Kelce returning for his 13th NFL season — which just so happens to be Swift's lucky number — fans are predicting more of what they've come to call 'Tayvoodoo.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Click Here - This Might Save You From Losing Money Expertinspector Click Here Undo The Chiefs' tight end was seen reflecting on her impact, saying during Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, 'She's a good luck charm.' That quote alone has fueled Swifties' hopes that her mere presence continues to boost the Chiefs' chances on the field. Superstition or not, there's no denying that when Swift shows up, the atmosphere shifts — and the wins seem to follow. Kelce's decision to return after briefly considering retirement post-Super Bowl loss to the Eagles adds more spark to the upcoming season. His return not only bolsters Kansas City's championship aspirations but also ensures Swift's name remains orbiting NFL headlines. The couple has become the sport's biggest crossover attraction. Interestingly, the NFL is leaning into this phenomenon. According to analyst Warren Sharp, 'The Chiefs are now the first team in NFL history to receive 5 primetime games in the first 8 weeks of the season.' While this could easily be credited to the team's dominance, many fans aren't buying it. 'You know it's to get Swift on TV. It's not about Patrick. It's about Taylor fn Swift. Garbage,' one fan vented online. Another echoed, 'The Taylor Swift effect…' And yet another jabbed, 'Swifty in full effect. Most unlikable franchise in sports.' Though only two of those five primetime games are at Arrowhead, the scrutiny remains. It's worth noting that last year, Swift attended only home games — plus the Super Bowl. But with the Chiefs set to play the Titans in Nashville on December 21, a visit to her hometown could be on the cards, adding even more fire to the frenzy. Like it or not, Swift's presence has woven itself into the Chiefs' narrative. Whether she's seen as a good luck charm or a distraction, there's no denying this — Season 3 of Taylor Swift at Arrowhead is officially in session. Also Read: NFL drops full 2025 schedule with blockbuster Chiefs vs. Eagles Super Bowl rematch in Week 2 Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
USA Today
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Kansas City Chiefs schedule: Which NFL games is Taylor Swift most likely to attend?
Kansas City Chiefs schedule: Which NFL games is Taylor Swift most likely to attend? Show Caption Hide Caption Chiefs star Travis Kelce on how he and Taylor Swift manifest their success Tayvoodoo in full force? Travis Kelce tells the media ahead of Super Bowl LIX how he and Taylor Swift manifest their success. The Kansas City Chiefs' 2025-2026 NFL schedule has been released. If Taylor Swift attends all Chiefs home games, she'll be at Arrowhead Stadium nine times. Chiefs tickets go on sale May 15. Swifties, are you ready for Season 3 of Taylor Swift at Arrowhead? The 2025-2026 NFL schedule for the Kansas City Chiefs just dropped. If Swift only attends home games in the regular season — like she did last season — she could watch beau Travis Kelce play nine times including on Christmas Day as the red and gold face off against the Denver Broncos. Nashvillians will also be waiting to see if she turns out when the Chiefs play the Tennessee Titans in Swift's home city for the first time since the couple went public. The tight end is entering the 13th season of his NFL career, which is Swift's lucky number. Kelce said at Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, the singer is a good luck charm and there may be some magic when it comes to what Swift's fans dub "Tayvoodoo." The term refers to the superstition that when she's in the crowd, the Chiefs have better odds of winning. "We love to manifest things, for sure, and you can't say it's not real, because we're here, right?" Kelce said at the Superdome. "Whatever she was doing, I'm sure it helped." Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's love story: 'Glitter and Gold' 2025-2026 Chiefs schedule The 2025-2026 Kansas City Chiefs schedule in central time (home games are in bold): Week 1: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, against Los Angles Chargers Week 2: 3:25 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, against Philadelphia Eagles Week 3: 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, against New York Giants Week 4: 3:25 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, against Baltimore Ravens Week 5: 7:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, against Jacksonville Jaguars Week 6: 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, against Detroit Lions Week 7: noon Sunday, Oct. 19, against Las Vegas Raiders Week 8: 7:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, against Washington Commanders Week 9: 3:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, against Buffalo Bills Week 10: bye week Week 11: 3:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, against Denver Broncos Week 12: noon Sunday, Nov. 23, against Indianapolis Colts Week 13: 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27, against the Dallas Cowbows Week 14: 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, against the Houston Texans Week 15: noon Sunday, Dec. 14, against Los Angeles Chargers Week 16: noon Sunday, Dec. 21, against Tennessee Titans Week 17: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, against the Denver Broncos Week 18: TBD against the Las Vegas Raiders Arrowhead tickets go on sale 11 a.m. CT May 15. Don't miss any Taylor Swift news; sign up for the free, weekly newsletter This Swift Beat. Follow Bryan West, the USA TODAY Network's Taylor Swift reporter, on Instagram, TikTok and X as @BryanWestTV.
USA Today
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Here's what Justin Timberlake, Travis Kelce did on their Las Vegas buddies golf trip
Here's what Justin Timberlake, Travis Kelce did on their Las Vegas buddies golf trip Show Caption Hide Caption Chiefs star Travis Kelce on how he and Taylor Swift manifest their success Tayvoodoo in full force? Travis Kelce tells the media ahead of Super Bowl LIX how he and Taylor Swift manifest their success. JT and TK are living it up in Las Vegas. Football stars Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce were seen alongside Justin Timberlake at a Las Vegas blackjack table in an Instagram video on the 8AM Golf brand page. The video was shared April 26, before the brand's annual 8AM Golf Invitational during Wynn Celebrity Weekend, which also featured appearances from former NBA star Blake Griffin and comedian Andrew Santino. The group was also spotted together the following day grooving on the golf course, in a video posted by Timberlake, who is an investor and partner for the golfing brand. The budding golf star and fellow Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes will compete against Golden State Warriors stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in an NFL versus NBA matchup for Capital One's The Match 12-hole golf event. Adam Sandler shares first 'Happy Gilmore 2' trailer with Travis Kelce, Bad Bunny: Watch Kelce will also soon get to fully embrace his golfing era onscreen in Adam Sandler's "Happy Gilmore 2." Sandler has confirmed the film would likely debut on Netflix in July, adding, "We have a nice something for Travis (Kelce). He's going to come by. He's a very nice guy. You guys would love him in real life." It's unclear what role Kelce has in the sequel to the 1996 comedy. In a trailer premiering on Netflix's Christmas Day NFL Gameday 2024, the "New Heights" podcaster is dressed in vintage spiffy with slicked-back hair, telling Sandler's famed golfer character, "It's great to see you back, Mr. Gilmore." Travis Kelce talks Chiefs return on 'New Heights': 'Don't want to leave that life yet' It has been a chill post-season for Travis Kelce, who lost to the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl 59 in February. He's now an uncle of four, after Jason and Kylie Kelce welcomed daughter Finnley Kelce in March. And since girlfriend Taylor Swift's Eras Tour wrapped in December, the pair have kept a low profile. Contributing: Bryan Alexander
USA Today
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Golfing buddies Justin Timberlake, Travis Kelce cut loose in Las Vegas
Golfing buddies Justin Timberlake, Travis Kelce cut loose in Las Vegas Show Caption Hide Caption Chiefs star Travis Kelce on how he and Taylor Swift manifest their success Tayvoodoo in full force? Travis Kelce tells the media ahead of Super Bowl LIX how he and Taylor Swift manifest their success. JT and TK are living it up in Las Vegas. Football stars Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce were seen alongside Justin Timberlake at a Las Vegas blackjack table in an Instagram video on the 8AM Golf brand page. The video was shared April 26, before the brand's annual 8AM Golf Invitational during Wynn Celebrity Weekend, which also featured appearances from former NBA star Blake Griffin and comedian Andrew Santino. The group was also spotted together the following day grooving on the golf course, in a video posted by Timberlake, who is an investor and partner for the golfing brand. The budding golf star and fellow Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes will compete against Golden State Warriors stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in an NFL versus NBA matchup for Capital One's The Match 12-hole golf event. Adam Sandler shares first 'Happy Gilmore 2' trailer with Travis Kelce, Bad Bunny: Watch Kelce will also soon get to fully embrace his golfing era onscreen in Adam Sandler's "Happy Gilmore 2." Sandler has confirmed the film would likely debut on Netflix in July, adding, "We have a nice something for Travis (Kelce). He's going to come by. He's a very nice guy. You guys would love him in real life." It's unclear what role Kelce has in the sequel to the 1996 comedy. In a trailer premiering on Netflix's Christmas Day NFL Gameday 2024, the "New Heights" podcaster is dressed in vintage spiffy with slicked-back hair, telling Sandler's famed golfer character, "It's great to see you back, Mr. Gilmore." Travis Kelce talks Chiefs return on 'New Heights': 'Don't want to leave that life yet' It has been a chill post-season for Travis Kelce, who lost to the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl 59 in February. He's now an uncle of four, after Jason and Kylie Kelce welcomed daughter Finnley Kelce in March. And since girlfriend Taylor Swift's Eras Tour wrapped in December, the pair have kept a low profile. Contributing: Bryan Alexander
USA Today
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Travis Kelce talks Chiefs return on 'New Heights': 'Don't want to leave that life yet'
Travis Kelce talks Chiefs return on 'New Heights': 'Don't want to leave that life yet' Show Caption Hide Caption Chiefs star Travis Kelce on how he and Taylor Swift manifest their success Tayvoodoo in full force? Travis Kelce tells the media ahead of Super Bowl LIX how he and Taylor Swift manifest their success. Travis Kelce isn't ready to hang up the cleats. Instead, he's shaking off a Super Bowl 59 loss to continue playing for the Kansas City Chiefs. The star tight end experienced a down year, by his standards, in 2024, but doesn't want to walk away from the game he loves. Talk of retirement dominated Kelce's season, with speculation only growing as the weeks went by. After looking mostly nonexistent in the Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, there was some question whether that would be the last time NFL fans saw of Kelce on the field. Then it was revealed during the NFL combine week that he would return for a 13th season. Kelce addressed his decision to play another year during the latest episode of the "New Heights" podcast. "I think the biggest thing is that I (expletive) love playing the game of football," Kelce said. "I love playing. I still feel like I can play it at a high level and possibly at a higher level than I did last year. I don't think it was my best outing. I think I let my guys down in a lot more moments than I helped them, especially if you look at my track record and how I've been in years past. I want to give it a good run. I got a bad taste in my mouth in how I ended the year and how well I was playing and how accountable I was to the people around me." He continued, saying how much he loves the city and the community. "I love so many people in Kansas City, both in that facility, in the community, and it's home for me now," Kelce said. "I don't want to leave that life yet. I put in a lot of hard work and I put in a lot of focus into being the best that I can for K.C. Last year it didn't end well for us. I just feel like there's a responsibility in me to play out the contract that I initially signed, to give Kansas City and the Chiefs organization everything that I've got, and that's what I'm going to do, man." Kelce has one year left on his deal with the Chiefs. The 35-year-old carries a cap hit of $19.8 million for 2025, according to Spotrac. Ultimately, he said, the decision came down to feel rather than some measured approach. "It's similar to all the other decisions I make and it's just off of feel," he said. "I'm not a big measure the pros and cons, and all that. I just go off of feel. Pure gut feeling." Kelce added that he loves going to work with his teammates and especially Andy Reid, calling the head coach one of the biggest influences on his life. Despite those factors, the Super Bowl loss played a role in the tight end's decisiveness to announce his return. "It was probably the biggest factor," Kelce said. "I mean, it's a pretty cool way to go out, but I just think I would still have this love for the game. I think I would have thought about it more if we would've won. "The ending of that game, I feel like I owe the guys that I come into that building with a whole lot more effort and focus," Kelce said. "I just don't know what it was during that game, man, but I wasn't at my best. The more that I see clips or watch the film and put myself back into those moments, man, I'm just like what the (expletive)?" Despite finding some extra motivation while watching the film, Kelce said that he has to play the game for the right reasons, suggesting he can't be mad about how everything ended in 2024. The tight end addressed some of the pieces the Chiefs will have coming back, but also some of the roster construction issues they currently face regarding contract negotiations and cap space. "We gotta get some pieces," Kelce said. "This offseason, we're stuck trying to juggle some contract negotiations and losing some key pieces. And that hurts." Despite the challenges, Kelce is back in the fold for at least one more year, though he stopped short of committing beyond that. "Kansas City, baby, we're back at it for at least one more year," he said. "I can't say whether or not this is going to be the last year because I still love a lot of what I do for the city of Kansas City and the Chiefs organization. I know I've got one on my contract, and I'm gonna give you everything I got, baby." Kelce finished 2024 with a career-worst in both receiving yards, 823, and touchdowns, three. The three-time Super Bowl champion, four-time All Pro and 10-time Pro Bowler has accomplished plenty in his career. He'll eventually add "Hall of Famer" to that résumé. For now, he returns to Kansas City with some unfinished business.
