Indiana Fever star and 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark This week I was a guest on Jason’s podcast, New Heights. Travis Kells.
And of course the topic is Kansas City Chiefs Let us know what you think about Travis Kelce’s girlfriend, pop superstar Taylor Swift.
Clark, like many others who became Chiefs fans following the Kelce-Swift partnership, cleared up speculation that she, too, was not a fan of the bandwagon. She also said that Kelce is her favorite player.
“I have family in Kansas City and I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines is only three hours away from Kansas City, so this is the closest NFL team.” Clark said.. “My dad was a huge Chiefs fan growing up. People think I’m a bandwagon Chiefs fan. I’m like, ‘No, I was there before Patrick (Mahomes) and Travis.’ “I was a big fan because I either died or died.”
Clark said she made her mother a “Swiftie” after taking her to a concert, a term given to the Grammy winner’s biggest fans.
“My mom was begging me to take her,” Clark said. “She said, ‘I have to go, everyone is talking about it.’” I say, ‘Okay, okay.’
“It made my mom go all Swift. Two of my cousins were there. It was a great time!”
While women’s sports, particularly the WNBA, are growing in popularity and viewership, Clark was asked about college sports.
Clark set the NCAA’s all-time scoring record while at Iowa in March, and used that as a slew of picks to become the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft. On that day’s broadcast, she was asked about the transfer portal.
“The transfer portal is crazy, especially in football. I think that’s where it’s the most crazy,” Clark said. “It’s kind of sad. We’ve lost a little bit of the amateur spirit of college sports, but that’s the world we live in.
“Now we have people in year 7 going to school for the fourth time. It’s getting more and more serious.”
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY. Caitlin Clark of Kelces’ New Heights Podcast: Not a fan of the Chiefs bandwagon.
