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Taylor Swift lip readers decode her message after Kansas City Chiefs win
Taylor Swift’s fans have decoded a message that she shared with fellow attendees after she watched her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s NFL team secure a win on Monday.
The pop star has been seen cheering on Kansas City Chiefs tight end Kelce and his teammates at a number of games, since they went public with their romance in September 2023. Earlier this year, Swift was on hand as the Chiefs won the Super Bowl.
For his part, Kelce has also been seen among the crowd at several stops on Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour, which took her around the world for more than 18 months and saw her wrap the U.S. leg on November 3 in Indianapolis.
One day after she performed at her last U.S. Eras show, Swift was on hand to support Kelce as his team secured 30-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In video footage shared on X, Swift was seen waving and blowing kisses to game attendees, who turned around to greet her in her private suite at Missouri’s Arrowhead Stadium.
At one point, Swift was seen dramatically mouthing a statement to fans as she walked in the VIP suite.
A Swift fan account suggested that the singer was expressing feeling the pressure, on behalf of her partner. Decoding her statement, a caption from the account read: “Taylor after the game, ‘Stressful!’”
At the Week 9 matchup, Swift was joined by her brother, Austin Swift, and her mother, Andrea Swift, who was photographed wearing a black jacket emblazoned with the words, “In my Chiefs Era”.
Taylor Swift sported a vintage Chiefs jacket, which she teamed with black denim shorts and a pair of knee-high boots.
Kelce’s family members were also in attendance, including his mother, Donna Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce, who was accompanied by his wife, Kylie Kelce.
Brittany Mahomes, who is married to Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was also seen in the VIP suite.
Kelce has supported Taylor Swift at her shows. A video of the athlete leaving his girlfriend’s second Indianapolis show, while being followed by a camera crew recently went viral, strengthening theories that the pop star is filming a documentary about her tour.
This isn’t the only clip of Kelce supporting his girlfriend that has gone viral. A video on TikTok showed the tight end smiling and dancing to “So High School” alongside Taylor Swift’s mom.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift’s support of her partner last season brought a flood of media attention—much to the exasperation of some football fans.
“I’m just there to support Travis,” the singer told Time in late 2023. “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and p****** off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.”
Addressing the cameras often panning her way, Swift said: “I don’t know how they know what suite I’m in. There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when [the] camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once.”
“Football is awesome, it turns out,” Swift added. “I’ve been missing out my whole life.”
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New high-rise apartment building coming to north side of downtown Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Kansas City’s skyline is getting bigger. Starting next year, construction of a new high-rise apartment building will begin on the north side of downtown.
The 25-story, 385-foot-tall tower will be built at 800 Grand Avenue, where a parking garage currently sits. The developer, BR Companies, is excited to break ground in the KC market.
“You have to have the right environment for investment,” said Ryan Sullivan, BR Companies’ Chief Development Officer. “If you think about Kansas City and you’re playing bingo, you yell out ‘Bingo!’ pretty quickly.”
The tower is expected to have more than 300 units, as well as 24,000 square feet of retail space and parking. Construction is expected to begin in the second half of 2025.
“The city has a vision to make Grand ‘grand,’” Sullivan said. “It’s a civil project they’ve been envisioning for a while now.”
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BR Companies is based out of Los Angeles. They say friendly local government, a strong local sports scene, and CPKC Stadium made Kansas City a market they wanted to build in. City Manager Brian Platt helped BR Companies make the announcement at the annual “State of Downtown” address Wednesday, Nov. 20.
“We’re welcoming everybody here to Kansas City,” Platt said. “It’s the coolest city in the country by far. We’re on the map in a lot of ways for a lot of different reasons. That energy, that vibe, is bringing people here. They want to move here, they want to live here, they want to be part of the action.”
This week, Kansas City is in the national sports limelight with CPKC Stadium hosting the NWSL Championship.
“It’s a massive, massive help and asset,” said Sullivan. “From our perspective, more is more. The more people that are participating in the market cement the reasons why people want to live here, work here, and spend time here.”
“The stadium is a national example of how downtown urban sports arenas, and other types of arenas, can drive new development,” said Platt. “The success of the stadium is leading to I think $1 billion of new development that’s coming afterwards, which is unprecedented in Kansas City.”
BR Companies said it is still the “schematic design phase” of the new apartment building, but the company expects to break ground in the third quarter of 2025.
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19 Kansas City-area Minit Marts sold; gas to be rebranded to Phillips 66
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nineteen greater Kansas City-area Minit Marts have been sold to a new company, Block & Company, Inc. Realtors announced Wednesday.
The Minit Marts were acquired by Tarko, Missouri-based Tarkio Real Estate LLC.
As part of the sale, the properties will transition from Minit Marts into independent liquor and corner stores depending on the location.
All gas pumps will be rebranded to Phillips 66.
A map of the locations is below.
In June 2023, Casey’s General Store announced it had purchased 26 Minit Mart locations in the Kansas City area.
The moves come as the Buc-ee’s, a massive convenience store, is moving forward with plans for a facility at 110th Street and Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Iowa women’s basketball: 3 things to watch as Hawkeyes face Kansas in Sioux Falls
Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen recaps Drake win, previews Kansas matchup
Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen recaps Drake win, previews Kansas matchup
IOWA CITY — The miles are piling up early and so are the growth opportunities for Iowa women’s basketball.
For already the third time this season, Jan Jensen’s Hawkeyes will venture away from Carver-Hawkeye Arena for an intriguing non-conference affair. Iowa (4-0) will take its perfect mark to the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., for Wednesday’s 6 p.m. matchup against Kansas (4-0). The Hawkeyes have won 19 of their last 22 neutral-site games.
This South Dakota showdown is loaded with storylines as these Hawkeyes continue growing together in this young season. Here are three things to watch ahead of Wednesday’s matchup.
Can Iowa take advantage of Kansas’ lack of road experience?
Iowa’s non-conference schedule is the perfect blend of interesting but not overwhelming matchups that can be productive in numerous ways.
The Hawkeyes have already conquered two key ones with wins against Virginia Tech in Charlotte and at Drake on Sunday. Those games away from home should have Iowa ready to handle the quirkiness Sanford Pentagon presents.
Conversely, Wednesday will be the Jayhawks’ first game away from Allen Fieldhouse this season following double-digit home wins over Lindenwood (56-43), Sam Houston (66-51), Omaha (75-56) and North Alabama (81-64). Those victories look good on paper but haven’t offered much adversity to hurdle.
Successfully conquering the first road trip is always an early-season objective, no matter what the roster looks like. Having long cleared that benchmark already, Iowa hopes to catch Kansas off-guard in that regard.
Taylor McCabe believes confidence is growing by the game for Iowa women’s basketball
Taylor McCabe believes confidence is growing by the game for Iowa women’s basketball
Will the Hawkeyes keep their early defensive success going against a versatile Kansas lineup?
Even with Drake guard Katie Dinnebier popping off for 40 points Sunday, the Hawkeyes still delivered a better defensive effort than usual in the Knapp Center. Iowa’s 86-73 win was the fewest points yielded at Drake since 2012.
Now comes the challenge of spinning the defensive confidence forward versus an entirely different look. The versatility of North Dakota State transfer Elle Evans and freshman Reagan Williams, in particular, will put players like Hannah Stuelke and Teagan Mallegni in different defensive spots
“(Kansas’) ‘4s’ are like ‘2s’ and ‘3s’. And (Hannah and Teagan) haven’t guarded that yet,” Jensen said. “We guarded small ball (against Drake). … But this particular ‘4’ matchup, they put it on the floor a little bit more with ease. Kansas’ ‘4’ players play a little bit more like small forwards, and so that’s going to be a whole different matchup than what we’ve had.
“So I’ll be interested to see how we answer that.”
Sydney Affolter previews Iowa women’s basketball vs. Kansas
Sydney Affolter previews Iowa women’s basketball vs. Kansas
Which player delivers the next eye-popping moment during Iowa’s pivotal early-season stretch?
The foundations for lengthy postseason surges are often set in the non-conference, and Iowa has productively used the season’s first two weeks to get multiple players pointed in the right direction.
Addi O’Grady has delivered a huge jolt with four double-digit scoring performances that twice set new career-highs. Sydney Affolter wrapped up her knee recovery and is back in her starting spot. Taylor McCabe shifted back to the bench and immediately responded with seven treys in her last two games. Teagan Mallegni has two double-digit showings in her first four games. So who’s next?
While her start has certainly been above average, is Wednesday the first “go off” game for Lucy Olsen in black and gold? After a rare game without a field goal, does Affolter have a gaudy offensive stat line waiting in the wings? How do Taylor Stremlow and Ava Heiden respond to limited action on Sunday?
Any of these high-end non-conference matchups has a chance to be the next sterling effort Iowa leans on to push this team forward.
Dargan Southard is a sports trending reporter and covers Iowa athletics for the Des Moines Register and HawkCentral.com. Email him at msouthard@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.
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