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“I knew her before him,” the Kansas City Chiefs head coach revealed

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce had quite the reaction after discovering his head coach Andy Reid was introduced to Taylor Swift before he was!

Reid, a three-time Super Bowl-winning coach, recounted to Tom Brady and Jim Gray on their SiriusXM podcast Let’s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gary how he met the Red singer, 34.

Gray asked Reid what it’s been like for him and the Chiefs to have strong support from the singer and her fans.

“Yeah, listen, she’s been great. I knew her before, from Philadelphia. Her dad [Scott Swift] played at [University of] Delaware and was a big football fan and good guy,” Reid explained. “So I had met him there and her.”

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Reid then joked that Kelce, 34, wasn’t too thrilled to learn his coach knew his girlfriend before him.

“So that was the last thing Trav wanted to hear, that I knew her before him. (laughs) She told him, ‘I know your coach,’” Reid said. “And he went, ‘Oh, God, come on!’ (laughs).”

Andy Reid on January 02, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio.ANDY LYONS/GETTY

Andy Reid Says He’s ‘Glad’ Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Found Each Other: ‘That’s a Good Thing’

“She’s a good girl. And I’m happy for Trav,” Reid said.

“And there has been no distraction that way at all. And Trav’s handled it right, she’s handled it right and we just move forward,” he continued. “So it hasn’t been a problem at all.”

Reid’s story follows the Chiefs’ AFC Championship Game, which ended with the team securing their spot in next month’s Super Bowl LVIII. The Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens, 17-10.

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift on January 28, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.ROB CARR/GETTY

Taylor Swift Celebrates Travis Kelce’s 2024 Super Bowl Berth with His Parents Donna and Ed

Reid has previously been vocal about his approval of the couple. After the Chiefs defeated the New England Patriots on Dec. 17, Reid told PEOPLE that he was glad she was at the game.

“I hope she enjoyed it,” Reid exclusively shared with PEOPLE. “She’s got a great guy she’s dating right now, so I’m happy for both of them.”

In November, Reid told Outkick’s The Five Spot that he met the singer when she was “real young” because her dad “was a big NFL fan.”

Reid then sarcastically took credit for orchestrating the romance between Swift and Kelce, joking, “I joked about setting Kelce up, and, you know, I’m just saying!”

Taylor Swift kisses Travis Kelce on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore.AP PHOTO/JULIO CORTEZ

Every Photo of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Celebrating His AFC Championship Game Win

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On Friday, Kelce shot down criticism that he was distracted this season by his romance with Swift. The tight end said he and the “Karma” singer “talked about” managing privacy.

“As long as we’re happy, we can’t listen to anything that’s outside noise,” Kelce said. “That’s all that matters.”

Kelce said he’d “be silly” not to acknowledge the increased attention on him over the last year. However, he promised his “focus” remains on the Kansas City Chiefs’ success.

The Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11.

Chiefs star Drue Tranquill reveals prophetic text from Andy Reid that persuaded him to sign with Kansas City: ‘See red and think Super Bowls’

Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill shared a text message from Kansas City head coach Andy Reid that appeared to be the deciding factor for him to sign with the team last March.

The screenshot only contains parts of three messages with no exact date. Tranquill did sign a contract with the Chiefs after four seasons with the AFC West rival Chargers.

Thanks Coach!’ Tranquill replied. ‘I’ll call you if any questions pop up today as we process the decision.’

Reid finished the conversation with a one-word reply of ‘Perfect.’

Tranquill’s move to Kansas City has seen the linebacker play in 18 of the Chiefs’ 20 games this season, including the playoffs.

He missed one regular season game with a concussion and the other due to rest, as the team has already locked in the AFC’s No 3 playoff seed.

Tranquill signed a 1-year deal worth $3 million in March, with the linebacker set to be a free agent after this season. Yet, Reid made him feel wanted last year.

The linebacker’s production should see Kansas City being aggressive to re-sign Tranquill amid competition from other teams.

Before then, Tranquill gets to play in Super Bowl LVIII, as Reid’s prophecy has, at least in some part for now, come true.

In the annals of Japanese history, few figures stand as tall as Nakano Takeko, a remarkable woman who defied societal norms to become a fearsome warrior. Hers is a story of unwavering determination and a commitment to protecting her homeland. Her legacy as a skilled martial artist and a pivotal leader in Japan’s rich samurai heritage continues to captivate audiences to this day.

Nakano Takeko

Nakano Takeko. (Photo Credit: Hokaiji Temple / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain)
Nakano Takeko was born into a well-respected samurai family in April 1847. From an early age – sources indicate she began as early as six years old – she was exposed to the ways of combat and weaponry. Her teacher, Akaoka Daisuke, also taught her the literary arts and calligraphy.

After completing of her training, Nakano became certified to teach these same skills, allowing her to obtain a position with the lady of Niwase. She acted as her secretary and taught her to wield the naginata, a Japanese pole weapon with a curved blade.

In 1863, Nakano was adopted by her teacher. Alongside him, she continued to teach martial arts, eventually finding herself in the Aizu Domain in February 1868. There, she taught naginata to other women and famously captured men peeping on the women’s bathhouse.

However, her fate changed when she became embroiled in the Boshin War,

Fighting the Boshin War

Actress dressed as an Onna-musha. (Photo Credit: Pictures From History / Universal Images Group / Getty Images)
The Boshin War marked the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration of imperial rule in Japan. During this time, the Aizu Domain sided with the Tokugawa forces against the imperial Meiji. The Aizu samurai found themselves drawn into combat.

Even though she was immensely qualified, Nakano Takeko wasn’t supposed to fight, given she was a woman. This didn’t stop her. At only 21 years old, she put together an ad hoc group of female warriors (Onna-musha) called the Jōshitai. Alongside her 40-year-old mother and 16-year-old sister, several other women joined.

Despite Tokugawa commanders refusing to let them join any official ranks, the Jōshitai fought fiercely alongside the men and, eventually, Nakano was designated the leader of their force, under Furuya Sakuzaemon.

A warrior’s death

Collection of 14th-century naginata. (Photo Credit: Universal History Archive / Universal Images Group / Getty Images)

In October 1868, Nakano Takeko led her women in a charge against enemy forces at Yanagi Bridge. They were equipped with only their naginata, while the Meiji troops had firearms.

When they got close enough for the men to realize they were shooting at women, the commander ordered them not to be killed – a big mistake. This gave the Jōshitai the opening they needed to kill many of them before they, again, came under attack. Accounts say Nakano took down at least five soldiers, but her luck ran out when she was hit in the chest with a bullet.

Aware the imperial forces would mutilate the bodies of fallen Aizu warriors to count them, Nakano urged her sister to cut off her head to prevent such a humiliation. Her last wish was honored, and she passed away with her dignity intact. Her head was buried at the family temple, where a monument was eventually erected.

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Nakano and the Jōshitai left behind a revered legacy as some of the last samurai.

JJ Watt on Why Jason Kelce Has a ‘Tough’ Retirement Decision: ‘It’s Very Hard to Walk Away’ (Exclusive)

Watt, 34, retired from the league in 2022, and now the former NFL star tells PEOPLE that Kelce, 36, has “a very tough decision to make” before the start of the next season.

The former defensive end explains, “It’s been the only life that you’ve known for so long. Most of us started playing football in fifth grade. So, literally, the majority of your life has been spent playing football.”

After so many years, the demanding NFL schedule becomes the norm for players, says Watt. “August, you go to training camp, and September, October, and November, you’re playing football and trying to figure out if you’re ready to walk away from that, and what your life will look like beyond that is very, very difficult.”

Watt adds, “I know exactly how it feels in the relationships, with the camaraderie in the locker room. There’s nothing else like it. So it’s very hard to walk away from all that.”

Travis Kelce’s pregame spat with Ravens kicker Justin Tucker was not all in good fun, at least according to one NFL Network analyst.

Before Sunday’s AFC Championship game, Kelce kicked away warmup balls and a kicking tee and threw Tucker’s helmet aside as the kicker was getting loose close to the end zone where the Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes were working out.

Jesse Palmer recorded the incident Sunday and went into further detail about what he saw with NFL Network on Tuesday.

“I was there to witness this and I talked to a number of people afterward that were involved,” Palmer said Tuesday while speaking with Steve Wyche, as reported by The Daily Mail. “There was nothing playful about this. Travis Kelce was lit, Steve. He was angry at Justin Tucker.”

Palmer added that Tucker has done stuff like this before to frustrate the opposing team before a game.

“And this is what I was told by people that have played on other teams that have faced the Ravens this year,” Palmer said. “Tucker does this to get under the skin, warming up in the end zone of the opposing team, and then warming up in their way in a sense to play, maybe, a head game.”

Kayla Nicole and Travis Kelce have a long history. Although things ended between them over a year ago, it seems as if the Pepperdine graduate cannot move past her previous relationship.Many fans know that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the Instagram model reportedly separated in an ugly way.

Their breakup turned even more sour, as rumors went around that Kayla Nicole left Travis Kelce because he made her pay half for everything.

However, such rumors were repudiated by Kelce, who said that the claim was absurd. He also emphasized the fact that he was single, but was not looking for relationships. Kayla, on the other hand, is probably not over their affair.

She uploaded a string of pictures to her official Instagram account. In the post, she included various pictures of herself, each completely different from the last.
“Talking bout “I want to see other people.” Yea ok boy, pick your fighter. 😂💇🏽‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️😭

In between scoring touchdowns for the Kansas City Chiefs, Travis Kelce is giving back to the city he plays for.

The tight end is teaming up with Kodiak Cakes to give out 25,000 meals to Kansas City students. The pair will work with the non-profit, after school program Operation Breakthrough to donate the hot breakfasts.

Back in 2022, Kelce, 34, invested in the food brand, which focuses on protein-packed, whole grain breakfast items. Plus, Kelce has worked with Operation Breakthrough over the years through Eighty-Seven & Running, a foundation that the NFL star founded in 2015 focused on mentoring underserved youth.

His mom Donna Kelce also donated proceeds from her cookie bake sale at Arrowhead Stadium in December to Operation Breakthrough.

“Joining forces with my friends over at Kodiak to fuel the Operation Breakthrough families is a total privilege,” Kelce said in a release. “Alongside Kodiak, a brand I love, we will be making a meaningful difference in the day-to-day life of hundreds of Kansas City kids, and I couldn’t be more excited to make this happen.”

Operation Breakthrough has programs for children as young as 6 weeks old through high school. They’ll receive options like breakfast bars, granola bars, pancakes, oatmeal and more from Kodiak. The meals will be donated “immediately,” PEOPLE confirms.

Plus, Kodiak, which counts Zac Efron as chief brand officer, will stock the pantries at Operation Breakthrough locations with snacks for the students.

Kelce’s friend and fellow Kansas City Chiefs player Patrick Mahomes recently confirmed that fame hasn’t changed Kelce.

“Travis has always been Travis,” the quarterback said of his teammate, according to NBC Sports on Wednesday. “He’s still Travis Kelce.”

“He still will walk through the stadium and treat every single person like they’re his best friend. And he’s going to be like that in the locker room every single day,” he added.

Despite Kelce’s new romance with popstar Taylor Swift, his recent Saturday Night Live hosting gig in March 2023, and a cameo in October, Mahomes explained that Kelce has “just been himself the whole time.”

The 23-time grand slam champion shared a video of her older daughter helping out her baby sister “work out” on Christmas day.

 

Serena Williams and daughters Alexis and Adira. Photo: Serena Williams/ Instagram

Serena Williams is teaching her daughters how to train together.

On Christmas, the tennis pro, 42, shared an Instagram video of her daughter, Olympia Ohanian, 6, helping her 4-month-old baby sister Adira River “work out.”

Williams shares daughters Olympia and Adira with husband Alexis Ohanian, 40.

In the photo, Williams speaks to her eldest daughter in French as she lifts and lowers the infant and shows her how to “work out.”

“Doucement, doucement … comme ça,” Williams is heard telling Olympia (meaning “gently, gently … like that”). In the video, Olympia (wearing a ruffled red dress) carefully lifts her baby sister (in holiday jammies) from the ground and lowers her back down, holding her hands the whole time — for a sweet version of baby sit-ups.

“We all work out in this family. @adiraohanian @olympiaohanian 💪🏿,” wrote Williams of the family moment caught on camera.

Serena Williams and daughters Alexis and Adira.Serena Williams/ Instagram

Last month, in November, the 23-time grand slam champion revealed that Olympia is successfully “navigating” being an older sister to Adira.

“She loves it,” Williams told Entertainment Tonight at the CFDA Awards. “Adira’s like a tiny little baby, so Olympia just calls her her little sis.”

Per the outlet, Williams explained that Olympia “prayed for a sister” but revealed she herself was a little “worried” ahead of Adira’s arrival.

“I was like, ‘OK, I don’t know if I can like anyone as much as I love Olympia,’” Williams said. “I was really nervous about that. But I feel like it all worked out.”

Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. and Adira River Ohanian.Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Instagram

Since the arrival of Williams and Ohanian’s second child, the tennis legend has shared photos of the infant and has opened up about some of the more challenging parts of motherhood.

In late November, Williams shared a photo cuddling with her baby daughter, Adira. In the photo, Williams holds her daughter against her chest as the little girl is swaddled in a polka-dot blanket.

“This makes me so happy,” Williams captioned the post.

Serena Williams and Alexis Olympia during the Auckland Classic tennis tournament in 2020.MICHAEL BRADLEY/AFP/Getty

The sweet selfie was posted just hours after the sports legend shared another message on X (formerly known as Twitter) telling her followers that she was “not ok today.”

“I am not ok today. And that’s ok to not be ok. No one is ok every single day. If you are not ok today I’m with you,” she wrote.

“There’s always tomorrow 😘,” she added. “Love you.”

It was possibly twice the size of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Two billion years ago, an impactor (most likely an asteroid) crashed into the Earth near present-day Johannesburg, South Africa, forming the largest and oldest known crater on Earth. NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

It’s a big week for asteroids, and not just because NASA’s DART mission intentionally slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid. An ancient space rock is getting another chance in the spotlight as well.

At roughly 62 miles (100 kilometers) in diameter, the Vredefort crater, located near the present-day city of Johannesburg, South Africa, is the largest and oldest-known impact crater on the planet. About 2 billion years ago, an impactor (most likely an asteroid) hurtled towards the Earth, forming the giant hole in the ground that was an estimated 111 to 186 miles wide (180 to 300 kilometers) soon after impact. A study published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research found that the impactor may have been bigger than previously estimated. If so, this flying rock would have had devastating consequences across the entire planet.

This new research will allow scientists to better simulate impact events on Earth and other planets. “Understanding the largest impact structure that we have on Earth is critical,” Natalie Allen, the paper’s first author and a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, said in a press release. “Having access to the information provided by a structure like the Vredefort crater is a great opportunity to test our model and our understanding of the geologic evidence so we can better understand impacts on Earth and beyond.”

The Vredefort crater has eroded over the past 2 billion years, which makes it difficult for scientists to accurately estimate both how large the crater was upon impact, not to mention the size and velocity of the impactor that made the crater. The team conducted simulations to match the updated size of the crater. Their results showed that an impactor would have to be much larger: about 12 to 15 miles in diameter (20 to 25 kilometers) and traveling at a velocity of about 33,500 to 44,000 miles per hour (15 to 20 kilometers per second).

These new findings show it is possible that it was larger than the asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, causing the extinction of most species of dinosaurs and forming the Chicxulub crater in Mexico. In addition to this mass extinction, Earth was plagued by major effects after the hit, including widespread forest fires, acid rain, and destruction of the ozone layer.

If the Vredefort crater was created by an even larger and faster moving impactor than the one that formed the Chicxulub crater, the Vredefort impact possibly caused even greater catastrophic global consequences.

“Unlike the Chicxulub impact, the Vredefort impact did not leave a record of mass extinction or forest fires given that there were only single-cell lifeforms and no trees existed two billion years ago,” Miki Nakajima, an assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester, said in a press release. “However, the impact would have affected the global climate potentially more extensively than the Chicxulub impact did.”

Nakajima added that it’s possible that dust and small particles from the Vredefort impact spread across the planet blocking sunlight, cooling the Earth’s surface. “This could have had a devastating effect on photosynthetic organisms,” he said. “After the dust and aerosols settled—which could have taken anywhere from hours to a decade—greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide that were emitted from the impact would have raised the global temperature potentially by several degrees for a long period of time.”

Previous research into this event determined that material from the impactor was ejected as far away as present-day Karelia, Russia. Using a new model, the team determined that the distance of the land mass containing Karelia would have been only about 1,200 to 1,500 miles (2,000 to 2,500 kilometers) from the crater in South Africa—much closer than the roughly 6,176 miles (9.940 kilometers) that separate the two areas are today.

“It is incredibly difficult to constrain the location of landmasses long ago,” Allen said. “The current best simulations have mapped back about a billion years, and uncertainties grow larger the further back you go. Clarifying evidence such as this ejecta [material thrown out by the asteroid] layer mapping may allow researchers to test their models and help complete the view into the past.”

50 Cent Leaks New Freak Off Footage Of Jay Z & Beyonce?!

Fifty Cent is on a non-stop trolling spree aimed at Diddy, and he just dropped a video that seems to suggest Jay-Z was involved in Diddy’s wild parties. We all know Diddy and Jay are tight, ’cause not too long ago, Diddy spilled the beans in an interview, saying only his mom and Jay-Z can call him “Sean.”

Diddy’s website, “Combs Global,” still proudly features a pic of him and Jay, showing off their bromance. But now, is 50 Cent hinting that maybe Diddy and Jay were more than just buddies at some point? Or is Jay keeping mum on Diddy’s claims because he’s got some secrets in his own closet?

50 Cent claims Beyonce ‘jumped’ out at him after he tried talking to her husband: ‘She came out like she was ready’

50 Cent was confronted by Beyonce after she thought he and her husband Jay-Z had some altercation

Rapper Curtis James Jackson III, better known by his stage name 50 Cent, says singer Beyonce Knowles once confronted him for getting into an argument with rapper-record producer Jay-Z and “jumped off a ledge” to defend her husband.

The rapper was shocked when Beyonce jumped off a ledge and came running over to him defend her husband at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“One time (Beyonce) jumped off of a ledge and came running over cause she thought me and Jay had issues. And I’m like, ‘Did she really just jump and run up on me like that?’,” said 50 Cent.

Beyonce became very protective of Jay-Z because she thought things were about to turn physical between the two rappers, but they soon laughed off the dispute.

“She jumped out and I was like this, ‘What?! (Is) That Bonnie and Clyde for real! You try this or what, boy (Beyonce)?! I’m here!’ She bugged out (acted crazy) at me. I looked (at him) and Jay starts laughing. He’s like, ‘Yo, you know what it is’,” said 50 Cent.

Los Angeles: Rapper Curtis James Jackson III, better known by his stage name 50 Cent, says singer Beyonce Knowles once confronted him for getting into an argument with rapper-record producer Jay-Z and “jumped off a ledge” to defend her husband.

The rapper was shocked when Beyonce jumped off a ledge and came running over to him defend her husband at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“One time (Beyonce) jumped off of a ledge and came running over cause she thought me and Jay had issues. And I’m like, ‘Did she really just jump and run up on me like that?’,” said 50 Cent.