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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers will have the final call on whether he plays again this season for the New York Jets — if and when he gets medical clearance. “Aaron’s a big boy, a grown man, and no one’s going to know Aaron’s body like Aaron knows his body,” Saleh said. Rodgers, who turns 40 on Dec. 2, has repeatedly said his goal is to return late this season. “If I have a great week this week and next week, that could be accelerated,” he said on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday. “And I think Aaron’s just icing on the cake.”A return this season by Rodgers would be unprecedented in terms of recovery time.

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ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia district attorney who charged former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election said Tuesday that she expects his trial will be underway through Election Day next year and could possibly stretch past the inauguration in 2025. Trump and the remaining defendants — including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows — have all pleaded not guilty. And I don’t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025,” Willis told the newspaper at the The Washington Post’s Global Women's Summit. Political Cartoons View All 1247 Images“I don’t, when making decisions about cases to bring, consider any election cycle or an election season. “The only salient and telling fact is that President Trump left the White House on January 20, 2021 and returned to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.”

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☆ 6 ways ESPN's new sports betting app will leverage the network's talent and audience, from Pat McAfee to fantasy sports
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

ESPN and Penn Entertainment gave on November 9 a first look at their new ESPN Bet app. Execs from both companies shared how the partnership will elevate each of their brands. Here are six ways Penn plans to leverage ESPN's brand and audience to elevate the sportsbook. ESPN and Penn Entertainment unveiled on November 9 a first look at their upcoming sports-betting app, ESPN Bet. Ahead of the app's November 14 launch, ESPN's vice president of sports betting and fantasy Mike Morrison and Penn's president and CEO Jay Snowden discussed at the ESPN Edge conference in New York how the sportsbook will leverage ESPN's iconic brand in hopes of shaking up the sports betting landscape and giving Penn an edge in the market.

Persons: Penn, Mike Morrison, Jay Snowden Organizations: ESPN, Penn Entertainment, ESPN Bet, ESPN Edge, Penn Locations: New York

☆ Biden's AI chief says 'voice cloning' is what keeps him up at night
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He said that "voice cloning" is the one thing that keeps him up at night, Politico reported. "Voice cloning is one thing that keeps me up at night," White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed told Politico. Phone scammers, for example, have already been exploiting advancements in voice cloning technology to make their schemes more believable. In April, one mother in Arizona received a call from a scammer who had used voice cloning software to pretend he had kidnapped her daughter. While we see our tech being overwhelmingly applied to positive use, we also see an increasing number of voice cloning misuse cases.

Persons: Bruce Reed, —, Staff Bruce Reed, Reed, who's, it's, McAfee, Eric Adams, he's, Adams, ElevenLabs, Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, Emma Watson Organizations: Politico, Service, House, Staff, Biden, FTC, New York City, Beta, 4chan Locations: Arizona, New York

(AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe, ruling that Sharpe used constitutionally protected speech on a sports broadcast when he criticized Favre's connection to a welfare misspending case in Mississippi. Discussion of Mississippi welfare spending on “Undisputed” took place after extensive news coverage about allegations of Mississippi's largest public corruption case. Favre is not facing criminal charges, but he is among more than three dozen people or businesses the state is suing to try to recover misspent welfare money. In addition to suing Sharpe, Favre filed defamation lawsuits earlier this year against White, the auditor, and sportscaster Pat McAfee, who is a former NFL punter. Favre has repaid $1.1 million he received for speaking fees from a nonprofit group that spent TANF money with approval from the Mississippi Department of Human Services.

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Chase Young, Montez Sweat and Joshua Dobbs are on the move. The San Francisco 49ers (5-3) made the biggest move of the day, getting Young from the Washington Commanders for a compensatory third-round draft pick. Political Cartoons View All 1227 ImagesThe Commanders traded their top pass rusher, Sweat, to the Chicago Bears for a second-round pick. The Bears (2-6) are headed nowhere, but have to be planning to keep Sweat, who has 6 1/2 sacks this season. People-Jones has eight catches for 97 yards this season after catching 61 passes for 839 yards last season.

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☆ Former Trump lawyer Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia, could testify against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A former lawyer for Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping the then-U.S. president's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state of Georgia and agreed to testify against Trump if called upon. "What I did not do and should have done, your honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true," Ellis told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting false statements and writings. Prosecutors said she attended a meeting with Georgia lawmakers where Trump personal lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani made false claims about voting irregularities. It is unclear what Powell, Chesebro and Ellis have told prosecutors or how broad their testimony could be.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, Trump, Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Democrat Joe Biden, Willis, Jay Abt, Prosecutors, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Scott McAfee’s, Amy Lee Copeland, Powell, Chesebro, Biden, Copeland, Andrew Goudsward, David Ljunggren, Scott Malone, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Trump, Fulton, Republican, Democrat, New York, MSNBC, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Fulton, Scott McAfee’s Fulton, Atlanta , U.S

☆ Trump 2020 lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election case, the latest to flip
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jenna Ellis, the right-wing attorney who worked on the Trump 2020 presidential campaign, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a criminal charge in the Georgia election interference case. Ellis is the latest co-defendant of former President Donald Trump to take a deal with prosecutors, joining Sidney Powell and two others. Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. The charge related to false claims of voter fraud that were made to members of the Georgia Senate at a hearing in early December 2020. In a tearful statement before Judge Scott McAfee, Ellis expressed regret for her actions in the wake of Trump's loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Ellis, Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, Fani Willis, Trump, Scott McAfee, Joe Biden Organizations: Trump, Fulton County Superior Court, Georgia Senate Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Former Trump lawyer Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia, could testify against him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"What I did not do and should have done, your honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true," Ellis told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting false statements and writings. Prosecutors said she attended a meeting with Georgia lawmakers where Trump personal lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani made false claims about voting irregularities. Ellis frequently appeared alongside Giuliani in the weeks after the election, members of what Ellis called "an elite strike force" to challenge the results on Trump's behalf. The plea agreement calls for her to be sentenced to five years of probation and $5,000 in restitution.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Ellis, Scott McAfee’s, Donald Trump, Trump, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Democrat Joe Biden, Prosecutors, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Andrew Goudsward, David Ljunggren, Scott Malone, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Trump, Fulton, Republican, Democrat, New York, Thomson Locations: Fulton, Scott McAfee’s Fulton, Atlanta , U.S, WASHINGTON, U.S, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta

☆ Robocalling is already an issue for Americans. AI is making it worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Yet, the nearly $300 million fine against a massive transnational robocalling operation by the Federal Communications Commission shows just how widespread this issue has become. This is called an interactive voice response (IVR) and it's used in a type of spam called voice phishing or "vishing." According to McAfee's CTO Steve Grobman, these types of calls are bound to remain less likely than other, more obvious spam calls, at least for the time being. Spotting AI scamsThat preparation depends on a combination of consumer education and the war between technologies, or more specifically, white-hat AI fighting black-hat AI. Educating people about deepfake audio spam calls

Persons: —, Jonathan Nelson, Nelson, McAfee, it's, Steve Grobman, Grobman, Kristofor Healey, Healey Organizations: Getty, Federal Communications Commission, Hiya Inc, Companies, McAfee, Department of Homeland Security, Black Bear Security

☆ Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Marshall Cohen Nick Valencia Maxime Tamsett Fabiana Chaparro | Marshall Cohen | Nick Valencia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It comes one day after former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell also pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Fulton County prosecutors recommended that he serve 5 years of probation and pay $5,000 in restitution, and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee imposed that sentence at Friday’s hearing. Three defendants have now pleaded guilty in the sprawling racketeering case: Chesebro, Powell and Georgia-based bail bondsman Scott Hall. Powell and Hall both admitted their roles in the January 2021 breach of election systems in rural Coffee County, Georgia. At a hearing earlier this week, Fulton County prosecutors and attorneys for Chesebro haggled over how many politically charged questions should be included.

Persons: Kenneth Chesebro, Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Trump, Sidney Powell, Chesebro, Scott McAfee, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Powell, Mike Pence, Joe Biden’s, “, Daysha Young, bondsman Scott Hall, Hall, McAfee, misapplied, Jack Smith, Steve Sadow, ” Sadow, Jan, impartially, MAGA, Donald Trump’s, ”, “ MAGA, “ MAGA Republicans ”, Chesebro’s Organizations: Atlanta CNN, Trump, Fulton, Giuliani, Eastman, Prosecutors, Hall, Justice, CNN, “ MAGA Republicans Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton, Powell, Coffee County , Georgia, Washington , DC

ATLANTA (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin Friday for the first defendant to go to trial in the Georgia case that accuses former President Donald Trump and others of illegally scheming to overturn the 2020 election in the state. CHESEBRO WILL BE TRIED BY HIMSELFUntil Thursday morning, Chesebro was set to go on trial alongside Powell after each filed a demand for a speedy trial. On Monday, prospective jurors will be called in groups of 14 for individual questioning. Then the prosecution and the defense attorneys will have one hour per group of 14 prospective jurors to ask questions. McAfee recently said he would tell prospective jurors during jury selection that it's likely to take up to five months.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Chesebro —, Fani Willis, he's, Chesebro, “, Trump, it's, CHESEBRO WILL, Powell, Racketeer, Rudy Giuliani, Chesebro's, ”, Scott McAfee, McAfee Organizations: ATLANTA, Trump, TRUMP, ”, CHESEBRO, Georgia Republicans, New York, Act Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta

Unlike federal prosecutors – who kept their indictments carefully restricted to easily understood and more provable infractions, with few co-defendants – Willis went big. Under the agreement, Powell entered a guilty plea in six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to intentionally interfere with the election in Georgia, a state that President Joe Biden won narrowly. And it's bad for Trump," O'Brien says. Trump once considered appointing Powell as a special counsel investigating election fraud in late 2020, after he lost the election. Her guilty plea, entered in a Fulton County courthouse Thursday, means Powell is formally acknowledging her role in attempting to subvert the election Trump lost.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, –, – Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Scott McAfee, Willis, Sidney Powell, Trump, Scott Hall, Hall, Kevin O'Brien, Ford O'Brien Landy, O'Brien, Powell, Joe Biden, it's, Mai Ratakonda, Ratakonda, Giuliani, It's, Neal Katyal, Barack Obama Organizations: Fulton, Trump, United Democracy Center, of Locations: Fulton County, Coffee County, New York City, Georgia, of Georgia

☆ Sidney Powell: Former Trump attorney pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start. As part of her guilty plea, Powell is admitting her role in the January 2021 breach of election systems in rural Coffee County, Georgia. Bail bondsman Scott Hall last month pleaded guilty and agreed to testify at future trials. Legal jeopardy elsewhereBeyond the Georgia case, Powell is still facing legal headaches. She is an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal election subversion case that special counsel Jack Smith filed against Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, Powell, Trump, Bail bondsman Scott, ’, They’ve, ”, Elie Honig, you’re, Honig, Misty Hampton, Hampton, Judge McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Chesebro, Jack Smith Organizations: CNN, GOP, Trump, Trump . Fulton, Voting Systems Corporation, ” CNN, “ News, Dominion Voting Systems Locations: Georgia, Coffee County , Georgia, Fulton, Venezuela, Coffee

☆ Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia criminal election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sidney Powell is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Atlanta, Aug. 23, 2023. Right-wing attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges stemming from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen other defendants. The first, bail bondsman Scott Hall, pleaded guilty in September to five misdemeanor conspiracy charges. Like Hall, Powell agreed to testify truthfully in upcoming trials involving other co-defendants in the case, including Trump. She was accused of being involved in a scheme to unlawfully breach election equipment in Coffee County, Georgia, and tamper with voting machines.

Persons: Sidney Powell, mugshot, Powell, Trump, Donald Trump, Brian Rafferty, Scott McAfee, Scott Hall, Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, Willis Organizations: Sheriff's, Fulton County Superior Court, Trump, White Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia's, Coffee County , Georgia

Aaron Rodgers ditched the crutches and walking boot, strolled onto the field during pregame warmups Sunday and the New York Jets quarterback started throwing passes again. "It is unbelievable," said Zach Wilson, who has started the Jets' past five games in Rodgers' absence. And it has happened in the locker room among the teammates Rodgers felt as though he let down just four snaps into his debut with the Jets on Sept. 11. While Rodgers continues to work on his recovery in Southern California, he has twice joined the team for games. Against Kansas City two weeks ago, Rodgers was still on crutches and watched from a suite.

Persons: Aaron Rodgers, Zach Wilson, Rodgers, I'm, Pat McAfee, “, —, I've, Neal ElAttrache, Achilles, Robert Saleh, “ I'm, ” Rodgers, raved, ” Saleh, can’t, Saleh, “ It’s, “ He’s, he’s, Tyler Conklin Organizations: New York Jets, Jets, ” Jets, Kansas City, Fame Locations: Green Bay, Southern California

Aaron Rodgers attended a team meeting at the New York Jets’ New Jersey hotel Saturday night and is expected to attend the game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Rodgers was injured four snaps into his debut with the Jets on Sept. 11 against Buffalo. “You never know who you’re going to see at the game,” Rodgers said with a grin. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team didn’t announce Rodgers had rejoined his teammates. I hope it is this weekend.”Two days after the injury, Rodgers had surgery performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles.

Persons: Aaron Rodgers, Rodgers, Pat McAfee, ” Rodgers, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce —, Robert Saleh, “, Garrett Wilson, Neal ElAttrache, wouldn’t Organizations: New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Jets, Buffalo, MetLife, Chiefs, Associated Press, New York, AP NFL Locations: New Jersey, Malibu , California, Los Angeles

☆ First co-defendant in Trump Georgia election case pleads guilty
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Scott Hall, one of 18 co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, pleaded guilty Friday to multiple criminal charges. Hall, a bail bondsman, is the first defendant in the case to plead guilty in the case. Hall, who pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts as part of a negotiated deal, will avoid spending time behind bars. Like all other defendants in the case, Hall had pleaded not guilty to the charges brought by Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis. But earlier Friday, an attorney for Hall submitted a court filing waiving his indictment in the case.

Persons: Scott, mugshot, Donald Trump, Scott Hall, Hall, Scott McAfee, Trump, Joe Biden's, Sidney Powell, Fani Willis, Willis Organizations: Sheriff's, U.S, Fulton County Superior Court, Trump, Atlanta District, Hall Locations: Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia's, Coffee County , Georgia

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift's trip to watch the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce play football on Sunday didn't just have the internet talking nonstop. Following the 12-time Grammy Award winner's appearance at Arrowhead Stadium, jersey sales for the All-Pro tight-end seemingly skyrocketed. Kelce did not speak to reporters afterward, but he was spotted leaving Arrowhead with Swift by his side. In a later appearance on the “The Pat McAfee Show,” Kelce revealed that he invited Swift to watch him play. Beyond jersey sales, the NFL has also met the internet hype of Swift's trip to Arrowhead.

Persons: — Taylor, Travis Kelce, Kelce, “, ”, Swift, Kelce’s, Donna, Andy Reid, Pat McAfee, ” Kelce, Donna Kelce Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Arrowhead, Associated Press, Chiefs, Chicago Bears, Kansas City, Kansas, NFL Locations: Kansas City, Arrowhead, Kansas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

But the challenge facing Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee in Georgia is unlike any of the others. For one, he is the only judge so far to allow television cameras in the courtroom to broadcast hearings and any trials. And the trials will play out in a battleground state that Trump narrowly lost in 2020. But the experience of some judges who have been thrust into the public eye point to potential pitfalls and dangers ahead for the 34-year-old Georgia native. “Hopefully, you have a life outside the law,” Cahill said during his talk in Reno about handling high-profile cases.

Persons: Peter Cahill, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, you’re, ”, Donald Trump, Scott McAfee, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, McAfee, Aileen Cannon, Reggie Walton, Lewis ” Scooter, Libby, Dick Cheney, Roger Clemens, “, Lance Ito, Simpson, Critics, Jay Leno ”, Elizabeth Scherer, Nikolas Cruz, Cruz, Scherer, Eric Davis, Tanya Chutkan, Ito, Judy, he's, Han Chung, Chung, Trump's, E, Susan Garsh, Aaron Hernandez, ” Garsh, Fani Willis, Trump, Willis, — Chutkan, Barack Obama, Juan Manuel Merchan, Merchan, Chutkan, Brian Kemp, Kemp, ” Cahill Organizations: ATLANTA, Minnesota, National Judicial College, New York, Trump White House, Trump, Georgia, Senior, Associated Press, Los Angeles Superior, Delaware, Systems, Fox News, American Bar Association, U.S, New Yorker, McAfee, Massachusetts, New England Patriots, AP, Patriots, University of Georgia, Republican, Federalist Society, Emory University, Georgia Aquarium Locations: Minneapolis, Reno , Nevada, Fulton, Georgia, U.S, Florida, Los, Parkland, Washington, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Reno

☆ Opinion: Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce frenzy sends a toxic message
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Frankie De La Cretaz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Taylor Swift broke sports media when she showed up to the Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday, seated next to tight end Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna. The outing capped a frenzied period of speculation in which the rumor mill had been working overtime to speculate whether Swift and Kelce were, in fact, an item. Swift has been incredibly vocal about how much she dislikes when people speculate about her dating life. “I feel like watching my dating life has become a bit of a national pastime,” she told Rolling Stone in 2014. “Taylor is very focused on work right now and hanging out with her girlfriends,” a source told People magazine.

Persons: Frankie de la, “, Mary, CNN — Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce’s, Donna, Swift, Delia M, Harrington, Kelce, Jason, Sophie Turner, “ Travis Kelce ”, Pat McAfee, “ I’ve, —, Stone, I’ve, ”, they’re, ” Swift, Stephen A, Smith, ” Kelce, Colin Cowherd, “ Travis Kelce, — MEL, “ Taylor, “ Travis Organizations: National Women’s Football League, ”, The New York Times, Sports, CNN, Kansas City Chiefs, NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, MTV, ESPN, Chiefs, —, Swift’s PR Locations: Arrowhead

☆ Trump Georgia election juror names to be kept secret until trial ends, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee hears motions from attorneys representing Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell in Atlanta on Sept. 6, 2023. The identities of jurors for the Georgia election interference case of former President Donald Trump will be kept secret until the end of the trial, a judge ordered Monday. Those jurors "shall be identified by number only in court filings or in open court during the pendency of trial," Judge Scott McAfee wrote in the ruling in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta. Parties in the case are barred from disclosing the names, addresses, telephone numbers or identifying employment information of the jury or any prospective jurors, McAfee wrote. The judge's ruling follows violent threats made against officials in Fulton County, which prompted an FBI investigation.

Persons: Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Donald Trump, McAfee Organizations: Fulton County Superior Court, Trump Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Georgia, Fulton County

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce put the ball in Taylor Swift's court, and she wound up bringing it to Arrowhead Stadium after all. The 12-time Grammy Award winner took advantage of an invitation from the All-Pro tight end to see the Kansas City Chiefs play the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Swift was decked out in red and white while watching alongside Kelce's mother, Donna, from one of the glass-enclosed suites on a sun-splashed afternoon in Kansas City. “But having said that, I think he’s doing great and I think that it’s all 100% true.”There has been no word from Travis Kelce or Swift on defining their relationship.

Persons: — Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift's, Swift, Kelce's, Donna, Kelce, Pat McAfee, ” Kelce, “, ‘ I’ve, Jason Kelce, Travis ’, Travis Kelce, ___ Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Arrowhead, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears, Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles Locations: KANSAS, Mo, Kansas City, Arrowhead, Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, Argentina

☆ Travis Kelce on Taylor Swift: ‘I threw the ball in her court’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Travis Kelce is talking about the pop superstar, while still not confirming speculation that the pair may be dating. No one actually know what’s going on.”The athlete also called out his brother, Philadelphia Eagles football player Jason Kelce, for talking about it recently. “I threw the ball in her court and told her, ‘I’ve seen you rock the stage in Arrowhead. You might have to come see me rock the stage in Arrowhead and see which one’s a little more lit,’” Kelce said. “So, I was a little bit hurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.”When Jason Kelce asked his brother if he meant his jersey number or his phone number, Travis Kelce quipped, “You know which one.”

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, ESPN’s, Pat McAfee, Kelce, “, ”, Jason Kelce, Travis ’, ” Travis Kelce, ‘ I’ve, ” Kelce, Jason, Swift, Travis Organizations: CNN, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles Locations: Arrowhead

During his appearance on the show last week, the 39-year-old Rodgers spoke of using the doubters and people’s theoretical timelines to recover as motivation. Political Cartoons View All 1176 Images“I don’t want to get caught in the timeline,” Rodgers said. “It's been tough,” Rodgers said during the video call in the middle of a rehab session. There have also been reports Rodgers had a “speed bridge” procedure, which is designed to accelerate the normal rehabilitation process. This is the time for me to kind of sit and receive and try to find some joy in the process.

Persons: — Aaron Rodgers, Pat McAfee, ” Rodgers, Rodgers, —, “, you’re, Jordan Love, Love, “ It's, it's, Robert Saleh, Bryant, Dr, Neal ElAttrache, wouldn’t, who's, It's, There’s, Tony Adams, Wes Schweitzer, LT Duane Brown, John Franklin, Myers, Greg Zuerlein, Brown, Zuerlein Organizations: New York Jets, Jets, Buffalo Bills, Bears, Packers, Dallas, Kobe, Muse, Basketball, New England, Franklin Locations: FLORHAM, N.J, Green, Chicago, Jersey, Malibu , California

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