Month: July 2025

For over a decade, Travis Kelce has been one of the best players in the NFL. The Kansas City Chiefs star is a three-time Super Bowl champion and future first-ballot Hall of Famer, but he says all the experience in the world couldn’t prepare him for what he’s currently facing in his relationship.

Kelce is dating one of the few people in the world more famous than him, pop star Taylor Swift. Kelce and Swift have been the NFL’s most talked-about power couple for the last two seasons, as Swift has attended each of the last two Super Bowls.

Kelce is 1-1 in the big game when Swift makes her way there, and he’s discussed how much he appreciates her support. The Chiefs star says that it’s been great with Swift, but that there’s one interesting element he misses about being single.

During an appearance on the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast, Kelce said that he’s had to get used to a greater level of interest in his personal life.

“I’m just playing golf and all of a sudden in the trees there’s a [expletive] guy with a camera,” Kelce said. Like, ‘Oh [expletive], I gotta go to the restroom now. I can’t just go over here to take a piss.'”

Kelce said that he made the decision to take his business inside after the expanded paparazzi presence documenting his every move.

Kelce has become one of the most recognizable athletes on the planet since dating Swift, a feat only a few NFL players have accomplished throughout the league’s history. The NFL is extremely popular in the United States and Kelce’s been popular domestically for several years, but his relationship with Swift has made him a global icon.

The star tight end has taken advantage of nearly every opportunity he’s been afforded with his newfound fame, appearing in several television shows and commercials. He even has a role in the upcoming “Happy Gilmore 2,” a role that could result in more acting jobs down the line.

Travis Kelce began his NFL career as a player simply looking to make an impact an help his team. He’ll eventually end his career as one of the greatest and most popular players of all time. 

Guy Fieri, 57, is facing a federal lawsuit by Food Network show winner Kevin Cooper, which was filed in Philadelphia against Chicken Guy LLC (owned by Fieri) and Earl Enterprises LLC (owned by Fieri’s business partner, Robert Earl). Cooper was the champion of Guy’s Chance of a Lifetime in 2022.

The series awarded Cooper the chance to run one of his own Chicken Guy franchises. Per Philly Mag, the lawsuit claims that Cooper did not receive promised monetary support for his restaurant, which opened in early February 2024 and subsequently closed just one year later in February 2025. Cooper beat out other chefs in the competition series after six episodes of intense cooking challenges.

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The winner was allegedly supposed to receive $10,000 in necessary legal expenses and a guaranteed minimum salary of $100,000 within the first year. Apparently, after numerous requests for the minimum salary payout, it was never received from Fieri. Cooper is arguing that running the franchise restaurant totaled nearly $69,000 in exceeded revenue costs, including the estimated $39,000 in Pennsylvania sales tax. 

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The lawsuit alleged a breach of contract and is asking for the total minimum salary and operational expenses. Cooper has yet to comment publicly on the lawsuit, but he did post a video on June 29 commenting on his “quiet” break from social media.

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“There were some moments where I didn’t even want to speak my truth…” he cryptically told his Instagram followers. “For a long time I held back because I didn’t want to become just another black man pushing the blame, just because I was done dirty.”

The details on exactly why Cooper’s restaurant closed have not yet been revealed.

Guy’s Chance of a Lifetime only ran for one season. Fieri’s team has yet to comment on the lawsuit. 

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Paramount Pictures dropped the trailer for The Running Man, and it’s filled with chaos, explosions, and a side of humor.

The film is both a Stephen King novel adaptation and a remake of a 1987 film of the same title.

In the Stephen King novel, Ben Richards is an average working man trying to earn enough money to support his wife and gravely ill daughter. To save his family from poverty and potential death, Richards turns to the Games Network, a government-operated television station that runs violent game shows. He’s selected to appear on a show called The Running Man. The game is simple. If Richards can survive for 30 days while being hunted, he earns $1 billion. Fittingly enough, the book is set in a dystopian version of 2025.

The previous movie starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards and is set in the far-off future in the year 2017. The 1987 film took some liberties with the book’s plot, namely eliminating Richard’s spouse and child and changing Richard’s reason for joining the game show.

The trailer for the 2025 Running Man film shows closer ties to the novel than its predecessor. It stars Glen Powell as Ben Richards and shows a starkly dystopian version of the year 2025. According to Deadline, the film’s synopsis is, “In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and each day bringing a greater cash reward.

Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is convinced by the show’s charming but ruthless producer, Dan Killian (Josh Brolin), to enter the game as a last resort. But Ben’s defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite—and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.”

The Running Man has a release date of November 7, 2025. 

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Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum is taking some flak for an interaction with a fan wearing a Caitlin Clark shirt.

Ahead of the Sparks’ game versus the Chicago Sky on Sunday, June 29, Plum spotted a fan wearing a Clark shirt while watching the team’s shootaround.

That led to Plum walking over to the fan and tossing her a Sparks shirt and requesting that the fan wear that over the shirt donning the name of the Indiana Fever star. The fan obliged and took a picture with Plum after.

“You can’t wear that in the gym. What is this?” Plum said to the fan, before adding that the fan needs to “do better.”

While it might have been all in good fun, there were no shortage of people who didn’t take kindly to the request.

“Do Better”

— The Sporting Tribune (@SportingTrib) June 30, 2025

“Caitlin Clark has single-handedly transformed that league, increasing attendance and attention several fold,” the New York Post’s Jon Heyman wrote in response to the video. “The other players should be thanking her, not dissing her and/or mistreating her.”

“Doesn’t even try to hide her jealousy,” one commenter said of Plum. “If it wasn’t for Caitlin, that woman probably wouldn’t even know the league existed.”

“She’s a hater,” another reply to the video said of Plum.

There is a widely-held belief among Clark’s supporters that her league mates are jealous of her success and popularity. 

Plum’s interaction with the fan, along with the fact that Clark was voted as the ninth-best guard by her peers in WNBA All-Star voting, won’t help to erase that belief.

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