Alyssa Tillman

Kansas City Chiefs Become Back to Back Champions with Super Bowl LVII win Kansas City, 2/29/24 - In a nail biting overtime game on Sunday February 11th, t he Kansas City Chiefs made history with their third Super Bowl title in five years, achieving the first back-to-back NFL championship in almost 20 years.  Facing the San Francisco 49ers and overcoming numerous challenges throughout the game, the Chiefs showcased unmatched skill, determination, and teamwork that ultimately led them to triumph on the grandest stage of American football.  The Chiefs trailed the San Francisco 49ers at halftime, but rallied to tie the game at the end of regulation. After San Francisco managed only a field goal in their first overtime possession, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs marched down the field to victory. The game, held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, was a spectacle of athleticism and sportsmanship that will be remembered for years to come. Head Coach Andy Reid guided the team and wants ...

NFL fans think Taylor Swift being at the games is ruining the NFL, but it's unclear as to why. Taylor Swift has been consistently attending the Chief’s games since she and Travis Kelce started dating, and football fans have been up in arms about it. With claims of her being shown on the big screen too much and attracting viewers who don’t actually like football, Taylor Swift has been accused of ruining the NFL.       Swift has addressed this directly in her interview with Time Magazine when she was named person of the year. "I'm just there to support Travis," she said. "I have no awareness of if I'm being shown too much and p****** off a few dads, Brads, and Chads”. She also explains that her being at the games is for no reason other than to support Travis Kelce.       According to USA Today , Swift was shown on camera for 55 total seconds during CBS's Super Bowl 58 broadcast. That’s less than 1% of the entirety of the Su...

     The topic I chose to do some research on is Taylor Swift’s media presence. Any celebrity as big as Taylor Swift is going to draw attention and cause commotion no matter where they go or what they do, but for her it’s a bit different. She’s crafted this formula for announcing music on social media to the point where everything she does is assumed to be calculated. Many sources I found have called this “The Taylor Swift Effect”.       To start off, I figured the best source would be from Taylor Swift herself. The Ms. Americana documentary on Netflix is about her life after taking a break from social media for a year and what moments in her career led to her making that decision. The documentary provides a rare point of view, since celebrities don’t often explain the nuances of every controversy they’re involved in. Swift offers insight on how the scope of her fame often feels like a magnifying glass, and that every move she make...