Taylor Swift Isn't the Only One Who Made Travis Kelce Famous (Newser Deep Dive)

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January 13, 2024     Taylor Swift Isn't the Only One Who Made Travis Kelce Famous Travis Kelce didn't earn his own Newser tag until he started dating Taylor Swift, but there was apparently a plan in place to propel the Kansas City Chiefs tight end to stardom way before that romance—a plan that would make him potentially "as famous as the Rock." That scheme, detailed by Zach Schonbrun for the New York Times, was hatched by twin brothers Aaron and Andre Eanes, the football player's co-managers who had long been sure that "the 6-foot-5 athletic star with the Marvel-character physique, blue eyes, and affable charm had crossover potential." Keep reading   New Anorexia Debate: Let Patients Stop Treatment? At what point does an extreme mental health disorder become untreatable? And must doctors continue to treat those patients, even against their will? Keep reading   From our sponsors Pay No Interest Until 2025 and Earn $200+ Bonuses Score no interest until 2025 AND winning bonus offers with these cards. A long-time credit card writer says these are some of the best deals he's seen in his years of writing for top financial websites. Start racking up huge rewards. Learn more     The Venus Flytrap Is in Danger. This Woman Is on a Mission You can go to a run-of-the-mill garden shop and buy a Venus flytrap. Try to find one in the wild, though, and it's a different story. Keep reading   Odd Symptoms, COVID, Then a Fall: An Unsolved Medical Mystery The only thing worse than having a frightening debilitating condition is not knowing what exactly that condition is. That's the predicament that former Gawker and Slate editor Tom Scocca details in a lengthy essay in New York Magazine, laying out the mystery malady that has plagued him now for months. Keep reading   From the Archives What the Donner Party Did—and Should Have Done In July 1846, 85 people became members of the Donner Party with a single ill-fated choice: They turned left at a crossroads that they believed would trim three weeks from their trek to California. Instead, it added four, putting them at the Sierra Nevada in a year where winter came atypically early. Keep reading   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved