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Travis Kelce’s Taylor Swift tribute after the final Eras Tour was just the sweetest

Travis Kelce had nothing but kind words for the end of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

A new episode of the New Heights podcast dropped on Wednesday, and it was the first one since Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour came to an end. The concert was, of course, a topic of interest as New Heights co-host Travis Kelce has been dating the 14-time Grammy winner since last summer.

“The unbelievable Eras Tour has finally come to an end,” Travis said on the podcast. The Kansas City tight end impressively knew the number of shows — 149 in total — when asked by brother Jason, and he was effusive in his praise for everyone that worked on the popular concert tour.

“Shoutout to everybody that was a part of that show,” Travis continued. “It was the best tour in the world because of a lot of people, but mostly because of Taylor.”

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Travis Kelce gets teased about Taylor Swift ‘Tayvoodoo’ by Jason on latest New Heights

The brothers chatted about the mysterious phenomenon on this week’s podcast.

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s New Heights podcast day. The newest episode of the sports and pop culture pod hosted by brothers Jason and Travis Kelce dropped, and the duo finally addressed something that’s been pressing this football season: the “Tayvoodoo.”

“Tayvoodoo” is a term coined by the internet to attempt explain the unexplainable phenomenon around Taylor Swift and those that seem to slight the 14-time Grammy winning singer. Swift has been dating Travis Kelce for over a year now, Swifties have credited “Tayvoodoo” with helping the Chiefs get improbable wins. Usually, “Tayvoodoo” follows some unprompted hate, like Bills fans burning pictures of her while tailgating or the Ravens fan that bought then broke one of her records before the postseason game last year.

Now “Tayvoodoo” has made it into the discussion on New Heights as the brothers discussed the most recent close win for the Kansas City Chiefs

“There’s some unknown,” Jason said before trailing off with a laugh as little brother Travis interrupted with “Here you go with this [expletive] Tayvoodoo [expletive] again.”

The best part? Probably that Travis said “again,” meaning this discussion has happened before. Don’t play with the Tayvoodoo!

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Travis Kelce’s ex Kayla Nicole talks about Taylor Swift ‘situation’ on Angel Reese’s podcast

Kelce’s ex made an appearance on the WNBA star’s podcast this week.

Chicago Sky star Angel Reese’s new podcast episode dropped on Thursday night, with Kayla Nicole joining as a guest. The model and influencer dated Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce for five years, and their relationship reportedly ended in late 2022.

Reese has done six episodes of her Unapologetically Angel podcast, with previous guests including Dwyane Wade, Latto and Sheryl Swoopes. On this week’s episode, Reese and Nicole touched a variety of topics, including a lengthy discussion about her relationship with Kelce.

At one point, Reese asked if Nicole and Kelce were “cool” now that he has been dating pop star Taylor Swift for over a year. Nicole said they’d greet each other, but any sort of visible interactions or friendly behavior would be heavily scrutinized because of the 14-time Grammy winner.

“We’ve seen each other in public spaces, but I think that we’re both aware of the nature of his new situation,” Nicole told Reese. “There’s just no room really for us to communicate or acknowledge each other publicly without it being spun into something crazy so we just keep it moving.”

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While the classification of Kelce and Swift’s relationship as a “situation” was a little odd, Reese’s follow up statement of “I loved you guys together” felt even more out of place.

Nicole also denied on the rumors of Kelce being “cheap” in their relationship, and discussed the over-the-top behavior from some Swifties.

“I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and online chaos doesn’t impact me. It does, even to this day,” she said. “You can go to my most recent post and there will be people debating each other why I am worthless and I’ll never be a talented person and I have no career.”

The full episode is available on YouTube.

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Jason Kelce loves Taylor Swift making Travis Kelce less of a picky eater

The 14-time Grammy winner is introducing Travis to more foods.

Travis Kelce is a picky eater, something that has come up several times on his New Heights podcast with his big brother, Jason. This week, the topic came up again as Jason described his experience tailgating outside Arrowhead Stadium before the Chiefs hosted the New Orleans Saints on Monday night.

In a discussion on Travis’ aversion to jambalaya and curry, the Kansas City tight end said that girlfriend Taylor Swift has gotten him to expand his palate a little bit. This is something that clearly makes Jason happy as the former Eagle said, “My girl Tay is getting you opened up. She’s introducing new foods to you. One of the greatest things that I’m happy about.”

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Is Travis Kelce’s Grotesquerie character not real? Jason Kelce has theories on New Heights

Jason has THOUGHTS on Travis’ new role.

Last Wednesday, the new FX thriller drama Grotesquerie starring Niecy Nash premiered with its first two episodes dropping. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has a recurring role on the show, making it his first major television role.

On this week’s new episode of the New Heights podcast, Travis and brother Jason Kelce got into a discussion on the first episode of the Ryan Murphy drama. Travis plays an orderly, and Jason already has a lot of questions.

“I’m gonna need you to stop dodging. Did you boil a baby or not?” Jason asked, doubling down on his tweet from last week.

The former Eagles center continued, throwing out a theory that Travis’ character just isn’t real.

We learned Travis’s character’s name, though:

New episodes of Grotesquerie air on FX every Wednesday.

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Travis Kelce loved a joke on how he might’ve told Taylor Swift about his 11 softball HRs

Hey, dingers are important, too!

Travis Kelce had a big weekend. The three-time Super Bowl winner participated in David Njoku’s Celebrity Softball Game in Ohio, hitting dinger after dinger in highlight reel fashion. Kelce got a shoutout from the GoJo and Golic show on Monday morning as Mike Golic Sr. praised his home run derby performance.

MORE: Taylor Swift shouting out a newly-engaged couple in Edinburgh was so heartwarmingly wonderful,

Mike Golic Jr., while impressed, pointed out what a rough time it must be now to stand out at home. “The only thing I can come back to with all this is how difficult it is to register on the Richter scale in the house that he’s now a part of,” GoJo said in reference to Kelce’s relationship with 14-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift.

He continues with a joke about Swift’s Eras Tour and, you know, just stimulating the global economy.

Kelce, however, took it all in stride and responded with a tweet loaded with the crying laughing emojis. “Love listening to these guys! ‘Feeling pretty good about it, babe.'”

The Kansas City tight end is always a good sport, no matter what he’s competing in.

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Tributes pour in for Scott Wampler after death of beloved Kingcast co-host and film writer

Beloved film writer and Kingcast co-host Scott Wampler has died.

Scott Wampler, a veteran film writer, co-host of the popular Stephen King podcast The Kingcast and one of the singularly hysterical voices on social media, has died.

His Kingcast co-host Eric Vespe shared the news of Wampler’s death on Friday evening, hailing his collaborator and friend as “hilarious, infuriating, singular.”

Wampler wrote for publications like the former Birth.Movies.Death.,  Fangoria and Collider. He became better known on Twitter (X) for his gregarious persona and gut-busting commentary on pop culture as well as his devoted affinity for all things horror and King in particular.

The Kingcast, a Fangoria production, quickly turned into one of the preeminent pop culture podcasts in the space, one the legendary author himself appeared on as a guest.

Fangoria‘s Phil Noble Jr. lamented Wampler with news of his death.

“We’re devastated to report that Fango contributor and podcast co-host Scott Wampler has died,” Noble wrote in a statement. “Details are scarce at present but, from what we understand, he passed suddenly and without any suffering, which is giving us some small measure of comfort right now. The loss is immeasurable, and tonight we mourn with Scott’s family and friends.”

Tributes poured in for Wampler and his unforgettable impact, including one from King and some from various great directors in the horror space who recognized how much the writer and podcaster impacted the medium.

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Travis Kelce has incredible cussing efficiency on New Heights according to a swear jar started by a fan

Sure, Travis swears a lot, but now it’s for a good cause.

One fan of the New Heights podcast has a new responsibility.

Since the October 11 show of the popular show hosted by Jason and Travis Kelce, Elaine (@Elaine_V29 on Twitter) has been keeping track of the swearing habits of the brothers.

Back in October, the brothers wondered if they should create a swear jar and donate the proceeds to charity. Well, Elaine has them covered, and the results were staggering. Jason Kelce, a former center for the Philadelphia Eagles, clocked in at 366 swears.

MORE: Jason Kelce perfectly mocked Harrison Butker after Travis Kelce’s defense of Chiefs teammate

When Jason announced his current swear count, little brother Travis was floored. “You cussed 366 times?” the Kansas City tight end said with disbelief.

Then Travis heard his numbers. In just 33 shows, Travis has dropped something deemed NSFW by Elaine a mind-blowing 2,135 times. “Two thousand is just a random number, there’s no way.”

That shakes out to just shy of 65 swears per show (SPS) for Travis and just over 11 SPS for Jason (please note our math is slightly different than the clip). Considering each episode clocks in around 75 minutes, Travis is looking at a swear every 52 seconds or so.

While they aren’t sure yet what charity this will benefit or how it will all shake out, they do know that Elaine is now “the official transcriber of the Kelce Swear Jar” and that she will have a say in what they end up doing with the information.

ESPN is about to start airing its most popular podcasts on TV

ESPN’s podcasts are evolving again, and you’ll start seeing them on the airwaves.

ESPN’s podcasts are getting a bit of an upgrade quite soon.

As part of what the company calls a new “seasonal content initiative,” the company will be airing one of its podcasts every weekday from 2-3 p.m. ET on ESPN2 starting on January 29, according to an ESPN statement sent to For The Win. 

The lineup of podcasts will include The Lowe Post by ESPN NBA expert Zach Lowe, The Hoop Collective run by NBA insider Brian Windhorst, The Mina Kimes Show led by NFL expert Mina Kimes, First Draft run by draft experts Mel Kiper Jr. and Field Yates and The Elle Duncan Show featuring ESPN anchors Elle Duncan and Gary Striewski.

The shows were already featured on YouTube so there was already a video component included. But for the podcasts to be broadcast on ESPN’s airwaves is another step forward in video.

It’s similar to how the company once aired its radio programming live on television, except it’s ESPN’s podcasts with a different show playing daily. The shows will be pre-recorded and then re-formatted to be aired on TV.

Here’s what the schedule will look like:

This is a move that the brand could potentially use to further highlight some of its lesser-known individual personalities. As things stand, Pat McAfee and Stephen A. Smith are the brand’s biggest personas.

RELATED: Aaron Rodgers and Pat McAfee have created a problem ESPN needs to solve

Current ESPN Senior Vice President and former For The Win founding editor Mike Foss said this is about audience expansion.

“This strategic content initiative provides our ESPN podcasts with a tremendous opportunity for continued growth and audience expansion while simultaneously lending compelling content to our ESPN2 television lineup,” he said in a company statement.

Broadcasting podcasts probably won’t make stars in the magnitude of names like Smith or McAfee, but it does give other ESPN personalities a chance to shine outside of the show formats we’re used to seeing them in. That’s a good thing.

Nine (newish) golf podcasts worth your time

Golf podcasts are a dime a dozen.

Golf podcasts are a dime a dozen. It seems like every one and their brother has started one and it makes it difficult to keep up with them all, or to determine what shows are worth your time.

On the drive to a variety of tournaments during March and April, I listened to my fair share and I made a discovery swiping through my library: a fair number of pods I liked are either extinct or on a lengthy hiatus. (Will Haskett, bring back The Perfect Number, please, Shane Ryan, it’s a Ryder Cup year and I’m ready for The Ryder Cup Run, and Tony Finau and Boyd Summerhays, Let’s Get It a little more often.) It seems many podcasts fade into oblivion almost as quickly as they pop up – anyone know what happened to the Rory & Carson Pod?

There are still way too many to listen to but if you’re wanting to mix it up and try something different from the mainstays – No Laying Up, Fore Play, Sub Par, Shot Gun Start seem to have emerged as the Big Four – here’s a bunch I’ve been enjoying and am rooting for to gain some traction (in no particular order).

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