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Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy reacts after Taylor Swift reveals how excited she was team drafted him
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy briefly became the topic of conversation during Taylor Swift’s appearance on Travis and Jason Kelce’s podcast last week.
Swift recalled how she became an obsessive football fan since dating the Chiefs’ star tight end on the “New Heights” podcast. She went as far as to say that she was excited about the team selecting Worthy out of Texas in the 2024 draft.
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
“That’s crazy. I ain’t gonna lie,” Worthy said in response to watching the Swift clip. “She’s the biggest pop star in this generation, so, it’s crazy to have somebody running around the house screaming, ‘We drafted you.’ That’s tight. That’s what’s up.”
Worthy made an immediate impact on the Chiefs in his first season. He had 59 catches for 638 yards and six touchdowns.
He also scored a touchdown late in the team’s Super Bowl LIX loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Swift admitted in the podcast interview that she didn’t really know much about football and regretted asking Kelce a pretty basic question that any casual fan would know the answer to.
“Jason, on our first date, I legitimately asked him what it was like when the Chiefs played the Eagles in the Super Bowl, and he looked across the field across the line of scrimmage and saw his brother standing on the other, like five feet in front of him on the field,” she said.
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Travis Kelce appears with Taylor Swift after the Chiefs victory over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship game in Kansas City on Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
“He didn’t even look at me. Like, I now know what an insane question that was.… I thought everyone was on the field at the same time. I thought it was like Jared Goff is here, and Josh Allen is here, and they blow a whistle. And they go at each other, and they’re like, ‘Who’s going to win?’” she added, describing how she thought quarterbacks squared off in a one-on-one matchup.
From there, Swift said she started to learn certain defensive schemes and went wild when the team drafted Worthy No. 28 overall in 2024.
“I didn’t know what a first down was. I didn’t know what the chains were. I didn’t know what a tight end was.… Oh my God, I fell in love with it. I became obsessed with it. I became a person who was running through the halls of my house screaming, ‘We drafted Xavier Worthy!’ My friends are like, ‘Who body-snatched you? What do you mean we drafted Xavier Worthy?’”
Even Kelce expressed skepticism when she was going wild about Worthy when he didn’t even know who the team had drafted.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy runs the ball at training camp on Aug. 5, 2025, in St. Joseph, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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“I was so excited. I couldn’t believe it,” she added.
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Twenty men have been charged in a point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 college basketball players on more than 17 NCAA Division I teams, leading to more than 29 games being fixed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Fifteen of the defendants played college basketball during the 2023-24 and/or 2024-25 seasons, according to the indictment. Some have played this season. Two of the players named in the indictment, Cedquavious Hunter and Dyquavian Short, were sanctioned in November by the NCAA for fixing New Orleans games.
At least two of the defendants, Shane Hennen and Marves Fairley, were also charged in a federal indictment in the Eastern District of New York centered on gambling schemes in the NBA.
Former NBA player Antonio Blakeney was named but not charged in the indictment. The indictment describes Blakeney as being “charged elsewhere.”
The scheme, according to the indictment, began around September 2022 and initially was focused on fixing games in the Chinese Basketball Association. The group later targeted college basketball games, offering bribes to college players ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 to compromise games for betting purposes, according to the indictment.
“In placing these wagers on games they had fixed, the defendants defrauded sportsbooks, as well as individual sports bettors, who were all unaware that the defendants had corruptly manipulated the outcome of these games that should have been decided fairly, based on genuine competition and the best efforts of the players,” the indictment said.
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USAA on Thursday announced the three finalists for the NFL’s Salute to Service Award, and a dynasty in San Francisco could be on the rise.
After 49ers star George Kittle took home the award last year, Christian McCaffrey is among three finalists for the league’s award, along with Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson and Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones as the finalists — Jones was a finalist last year, as well.
“The finalists for the 15th Annual Salute to Service Award presented by USAA have used their platforms to be exceptional advocates for the military community, reminding us that service doesn’t stop when the uniform comes off,” Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Bob Whittle, Senior Vice President and Head of Military Affairs at USAA, said in a release.
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Christian McCaffrey, Jake Ferguson and Aaron Jones are this year’s Salute to Service Award finalists. (, G Fiume, and John Fisher/Getty Images)
“The NFL and USAA applaud Jake Ferguson, Aaron Jones, and Christian McCaffrey as deserving finalists who have demonstrated exactly what the award stands for — using the power of football to connect with, empower, appreciate and uplift our service members, veterans and their families.”
McCaffrey launched 23 and Troops in 2021 to focus on post-traumatic stress and athlete-level care for veterans. The foundation has raised $700,000 for military support and paid off holiday layaway for 515 military families.
San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) celebrates his touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Santa Clara, California. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Ferguson has partnered with USAA to visit local military bases and supported the National Medal of Honor Museum, including an event in 2024 in which 900 students joined in person and thousands more virtually.
Jones grew up in a military household. His father, Alvin, served 29 years in the Army, while his mother, Vurgess, served for 27. Jones’ older brother, Xavier, serves in the Air Force. Jones and his twin brother, Alvin Jr., founded the A&A All the Way Foundation in 2020 to support the youth of military families.
The winner will be announced at NFL Honors in San Francisco on Feb. 5, the same night the MVP, Offensive and Defensive Players and Rookies, and Coach of the Year will be crowned.
George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates after a touchdown with Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers during the fourth quarter in the game against the Seattle Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium on Dec. 10, 2023, in Santa Clara, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
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Whittle and Kittle will be among those on the judging panel for the award.
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