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NBA Free Agency With Brian Windhorst, World Cup, Balogun's Red Card Suspended And People Are Big Mad At The US, Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce Wedding + Mt Rushmore Of Weapons

Explore episode Jul 6, 2026
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Marry at MSG with Adam Sandler Officiating

NBA Free Agency With Brian Windhorst, World Cup, Balogun's … · Jul 6, 2026 Society & Culture

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift officially married at Madison Square Garden in a 1,000-person ceremony with Adam Sandler as officiant, Paul McCartney performing, and $26 million donated to local charities. Big Cat admitted he was wrong about their relationship ever being real, and PFT declared True Love is back.

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Who's Back of the Week

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PFT kicks off Who's Back by announcing that Travis and Taylor have officially married — which prompts Big Cat to formally admit he was wrong about their relationship being PR. The 1,000-person MSG wedding featured Adam Sandler as officiant, Paul McCartney, Wayne Gretzky, George Kittle, Brad Paisley, and $26 million in charitable donations. Big Cat quips that Taylor may have scheduled it on July 3rd so a potential divorce album could be called 'Independence Day' — a joke he was careful to attribute to someone else. Joey Chestnut then gets his moment: 18 wins in 19 attempts, 66 hot dogs in 92-degree heat, followed by drinks all night. Finally, Michael Hewitt, a 65-year-old Leeds United fan who lost his phone in Spain, spent two weeks drinking in Barcelona while his family feared he was dead — refusing to fly home even when his brother booked him a flight because England had a game that day.

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The Missing England Fan Who Spent 2 Weeks Drinking in Spain

NBA Free Agency With Brian Windhorst, World Cup, Balogun's … · Jul 6, 2026 Society & Culture

Michael Hewitt, a 65-year-old England fan, lost his phone in Spain on the way to the World Cup and spent two weeks blissfully unaware his whole family thought he was dead — posting pub photos to the internet while his family launched a missing persons search. He wouldn't even fly home when England had a game.

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