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Taylor Swift once again showed up to support Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday (Oct. 22), this time accompanied by (and sharing a special handshake with) Brittany Mahomes. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Chiefs faced off against the Los Angeles Chargers at […]
It’s time to celebrate your favorite tight end, as Sunday (Oct. 22) is the NFL‘s National Tight Ends Day. National Tight Ends Day first started in 2019 after San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle was caught in a mic’d-up segment making a joke about tight ends having their own a holiday — and he […]
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The heat is on.
No. 2 Michigan and their in-state rival Michigan State are gearing up for a Big Ten matchup at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich., on Saturday (Oct. 21). The game will air at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC and stream live on Peacock.
Read on for more details on ways to watch the college football game for free.
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How to Watch Michigan vs. Michigan State
Michigan vs. Michigan State is one of the most anticipated rivalries of the season. Fans will be packing the stands (click here to get tickets starting at $52) and watching from home.
If you want to watch from home, you can catch the game live on NBC or stream it on Peacock.
Peacock’s Premium Plus subscription ($11.99/month) includes live access to your local NBC channel in addition to hours of entertainment available in the Peacock library. Peacock also features more Big Ten games, as well as Sunday Night Football, Premier League, NASCAR, WWE and other sports.
To stream the game live for free, sign up for DirecTV or Fubo. Both offer up to a week free and streaming packages that are priced below $75/month for 75+ channels and DVR.
You can also watch Peacock on DirecTV (at a discount). To stream internationally, use ExpressVPN.
Other ways to watch the game include SlingTV and Hulu + Live TV. Stream live television including your favorite football teams and more on Sling, with plans starting at just $20/month for a limited time. Hulu + Live TV comes with 90+ channels for $76/month.
If you’re not interested in joining a streaming service, you can watch NBC, CBS, ABC and other channels with a $25 digital antenna.
Ahead of the big game, the Wolverine brand launched a University of Michigan boot collection that benefits student athletes. The collection will be available for pre-order in early 2024, but a limited number of boots are available now at The M Den, the school’s official athletics store.
You can shop Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans gear online at Fanatics.com.
Amid Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s blooming romance, Chiefs coach Andy Reid joked that he deserves some bragging rights. After all, he knew the pop star first.
“I knew her from Philadelphia, her dad was a big NFL fan,” Reid said in a recent episode of Donovan McNabb’s OutKick. “So I had met her when she was real young, and her dad.”
Swift and Kelce’s love story has been playing out in front of the whole world in recent weeks, fueled by the “Anti-Hero” singer’s string of appearances at Chiefs games (where she’s often seen sharing a box suite with the tight end’s parents). Shortly after she originally broke the internet by attending her first game at Arrowhead Stadium in September, Reid quipped in a post-game press conference that he had set the pair up before quickly walking away.
“I joked about setting Kelce up, and, you know, I’m just saying!” Reid recalled Tuesday (Oct. 17), laughing.
“She’s a good girl, she’s into it,” he added. “We’re glad she’s here.”
Reid is far from the only NFL pro with a claim to fame regarding the pair, though. Long before Kelce and Swift started dating, sports commentator Erin Andrews had taken to her podcast Calm Down, which she co-hosts with Charissa Thompson, to publicly ask the “Karma” musician to “please try our friend Travis.”
“Take us up on this — go on a date with this guy,” she’d added in the August episode, which dropped not long after Kelce first confessed that he’d tried unsuccessfully to give Swift his phone number at an Eras Tour show.
After reports surfaced that he and the 12-time Grammy winner may be dating, Kelce himself commented under one of Andrews and Thompson’s posts, “😂😂 You two are something else!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I owe you big time!!”
Andrews recently opened up about her role in getting the pair together on TODAY, joking that she’s “the new Bumble.” “He’s got a glow to him,” she added as she reacted to photos of Kelce and Swift holding hands. “That’s a glow up, girls. He looks fantastic.”
Watch Andy Reid talk Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce below:
NFL fans seem to have mixed feelings about all the coverage Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s relationship is getting across various sports broadcasts, but Thursday Night Football announcer Al Michaels is all for it.
“We love it, man,” Michaels told Jimmy Kimmel on Monday night, during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Swift attended last week’s Thursday night game between Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos, once again making headlines for sharing a suite with Travis’ mother, Donna Kelce, and hugging Brittany Mahomes, wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“We had to be judicious,” Michaels told Kimmel about figuring out how best to address Swift’s presence on the Prime Video broadcast. “We had the game last Thursday night in Kansas City. We knew she’d be there. So how much do you show her? She’d been on twice, and football fans were going, ‘Enough.’ But we were praying she’d come into the booth and sing for us,” he said with a laugh.
Kimmel played a clip of Michaels fumbling his words while trying to describe Swift on the broadcast, as he settled on calling her Kelce’s “good buddy and girlfriend.”
“So is she his good buddy or his girlfriend, Al?” Kimmel said, ribbing the announcer. “You can’t be both!”
“You know, you’re doing a game like that, I know the Internet’s gonna blow up,” Michaels said. “Page Six is waiting for whatever I say. You know what I really wanted to say? ‘Fiancee.’ I didn’t because I figured Travis would beat me up at the end of the game. … Or [Swift] would have beat me up.”
In the end, Michaels and company wanted to make sure football came first in the broadcast. “It’s hard because people tune in to watch a football game,” he said. “I’m not doing Access Hollywood.”
Following Thursday’s game, Swift and Kelce confirmed their long-rumored relationship by attending the Saturday Night Live afterparty over the weekend hand-in-hand. (Find a full timeline of their relationship so far here.)
Watch Michaels’ Kimmel appearance below:
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Amazon Music Live is continuing its Thursday Night Football programming throughout the fall, and Amazon Music revealed its upcoming string of star-studded headliners. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Hosted by 2 Chainz, Amazon Music’s weekly livestreamed concert series after Thursday Night Football will feature Peso Pluma as the performer […]
Nothing says Thanksgiving like and Dolly Parton. The music legend is set to headline The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Kickoff Halftime Show on Nov. 23, when the Dallas Cowboys take on the Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Wow! […]
Lance Bass made sure that no one at the Cowboys-Chargers game on Monday (Oct. 16) got their expectations too high. After SoFi Stadium alerted the crowd that a star was in the midst and showed the *NSYNC band member on its jumbotrons, Bass held up a sign clarifying that he wasn’t one of the NFL‘s most famous recent guests: Taylor Swift.
“Not Taylor Swift,” read Bass’ handwritten sign, which he held up to the cameras as he waved to the thousands of fans in attendance.
The singer shared a video of the moment on Instagram, showing how SoFi played his band’s iconic song “Bye Bye Bye” over the speakers. “In case anyone was confused,” he captioned the post. “#LookWhatYouMadeMeDo #GoChargers ! #NotTaylorSwift #MNF”
Bass’ sign poked fun at the pop culture craze surrounding Swift’s romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, with whom she was photographed twice holding hands over the weekend in New York City. The “Anti-Hero” singer has shown up to three of Kelce’s games so far, and is often shown by NFL cameras sharing a box suite with the athlete’s mom, Donna Kelce.
And while there are millions of Swifties who would love to see the pop star’s face appear on jumbotrons at any given NFL game, many of Bass’ fans assured him that they’d be just as excited to see him in the stands. “Honestly I would be more excited at seeing Lance Bass then Taylor swift 🤣” commented one fan.
“Lance…you’re the Taylor Swift of 20 years ago,” added another.
In fact, Swift just might be one of those fans. In September, she gushed over her love for *NSYNC at the VMAs after the band reunited onstage to present her with an award. “I had your dolls,” the “Karma” musician told the guys. “Like, are you doing something? What’s going to happen now … They’re going to do something and I need to know what it is!”
Soon after the awards show, Bass, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone announced plans to release their first full-band song in 20 years. “Better Place” arrived Sept. 29 as part of the soundtrack for Trolls Band Together, which aptly focuses on a boy band reunion.
See Bass’ video below:
Brittany Mahomes is living every Swiftie’s dream. At the Kansas City Chiefs game against the Denver Broncos Thursday (Oct. 12), Taylor Swift was spotted wrapping the 28-year-old former soccer player in a big hug as the two cheered on their Chiefs boys: Brittany’s husband, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and Swift’s rumored boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce. […]