And we shouldn't be talking about this anyway. A podcast about where pop culture and sports culture collide… inspired by the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss the unexpected Traylor x The Challenge crossover; Taylor's face on a racecar; Luka living very Demi Lovato life; baseball players lying about their height; Wayne Gretzky loves the 51st state idea; Gavion Newsom throws trans women under the bus; we get the ticktock of an NFL Insider actual IRL showdown; and a conversation about hockey and basketball with The Ringer's Katie Baker.

Links:

• Rob Gronkowski responds to report he's coming out of retirement (The New York Post)

• Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Started Dating Long Before They First Appeared Together, Says Neighbor Wes Bergmann (People)

• The Challenge's Wes Bergmann Recalls Getting Mistaken for His Neighbor Travis Kelce (Us Weekly)

• Taylor Swift is latest celeb to decorate an IndyCar (IndyStar)

• Kyrie Irving on facing Luka Doncic for first time since trade "awkward as sh*t" 😂 (YouTube)

• Men Lie About Their Height—Even Baseball Players (Sports Illustrated)

• On Thin Ice? NHL Braces for Fallout From U.S.-Canada Tensions (Front Office Sports)

• Why Canadians are stung by Wayne Gretzky's silence (The Athletic)

• NYT Gavin Newsom (NYT)

• 'How Many Politicians Curl Up With Their Wife on the Floor?' Twenty years after he posed on a rug, Gavin Newsom can't shake the image. (New York Magazine)

• Jordan Schultz verbally accosted Ian Rapoport at a Starbucks in Indianapolis (NBC Sports)

• The Confessions of Former Adolescent Puck Tease (Deadspin)

• Brandon Tanev continues to see ghosts in annual headshot (NHL.com)

• The Consortium Report: Scouting the Potential Next Class of NBA Owners (The Ringer)

• Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's tease of Sonics return a whiff (Fox 13 Seattle)