Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs attended Game Three between the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
CLEVELAND, OHIO - MAY 23: Singer Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs attend Game Three between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Rocket Arena on May 23, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio.
NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. as the Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the New York Knicks at Rocket Arena — and prompting one of the more baffling broadcast moments of the NBA playoffs.last August, were spotted in the first quarter and shown on the ESPN on ABC broadcast.
What followed left the internet in disarray: play-by-play announcer Mike Breen acknowledged the pair with “and his fiancée here at the game,” while analyst Richard Jefferson went with “as Travis and his girlfriend are in the building, that’s always great to see.
”Post Malone Announces Australian and New Zealand Stadium Run With Don Toliver as Special Guest ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION at 30: Members Talk New Releases 'Fujieda EP' & 'Skins,' Making Music for a Fractured World, More Analyst Tim Legler then inadvertently delivered the evening’s funniest line when, after Jefferson mentioned being invited to the couple’s wedding, Legler asked who was getting married — apparently unaware of theThe trio made the curious decision not to say Swift’s name at any point during the broadcast, despite ESPN having shown the couple on camera multiple times, and the broadcast drew immediate backlash online.
Commentator going out of his way to refer to her as Kelce’s girlfriend over and over rather than Swiftdebuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in October 2025 with a modern-era weekly record of 4 million equivalent album units — the largest opening week of any album since Adele’s, and led to Swift becoming the first act to top the year-end chart in back-to-back years with two different titles since Elton John in 1974 and 1975. She holds 15 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 — the most among soloists in chart history.
She also leads tomorrow night’sWhether the broadcast omission was a deliberate bit or a genuine oversight is unclear, though the latter seems unlikely given Swift is one of the most recognisable people on the planet. The moment echoes a long history ofbroadcasters fumbling Swift’s identity — in December 2023, Tony Romo called her “Kelce’s wife” during a CBS Chiefs broadcast. The Cavaliers had also issued a light-hearted warning ahead of the game via social media, posting “NEW ROUND.
NEW RULES” and specifying that anyone in the building was required to wear a playoff T-shirt from tip to final buzzer. Neither Swift nor Kelce was wearing the shirt. The Knicks lead the series 2-0 going into Game 3, with Kelce cheering on his hometown Cavs — he was born in Westlake, Ohio and attended Cleveland Heights High School. In the fourth quarter, he was captured on camera chugging a beer to crowd cheers.
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