{"id":29788,"date":"2025-08-06T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29788"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:54:24","slug":"news-travis-kelce-refuses-autograph-for-young-fan-before-chiefs-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29788","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Travis Kelce refuses autograph for young fan before Chiefs practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce was so locked in ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s practice that he even refused to even sign an autograph for a young fan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/06\/16\/100978423-0-image-m-5_1754494680357.jpg\" alt=\"Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs start the season on September 5 against the Chargers\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last season&#8217;s Super Bowl runners-up were hosting a session open to the public on Wednesday and it was inevitable that plenty of the members from Chiefs Kingdom were desperate to catch a glimpse of the tight end.<\/p>\n<p>But as Taylor Swift&#8217;s boyfriend made his way out to the field at St. Joe&#8217;s, a young fan asked if he could trouble the tight end for an autograph.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Travis, can I get your signature?&#8217; the kid called out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Let me go learn how to play some football first, alright?&#8217; Kelce responded as he walked on by, before greeting the other supporters in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of opportunities at camp for fans to get signatures and selfies with their favorite players, so hopefully the young Chiefs supporter eventually gets a prized momento. And Kelce also regularly makes times for fans after practice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/06\/16\/100978295-0-image-m-2_1754494415386.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce refused to sign an autograph for a young fan before Wednesday's practice\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Travis Kelce refused to sign an autograph for a young fan before Wednesday&#8217;s practice<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/06\/16\/100978297-0-image-a-3_1754494422479.jpg\" alt=\"Early indications are that Kelce looks in promising shape ahead of the upcoming NFL season\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Early indications are that Kelce looks in promising shape ahead of the upcoming NFL season<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A fan asked Travis Kelce if he could get an autograph before practice, his response? \u201cLet me go learn how to play some football first.\u201d \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B0JjHGLoo0\">pic.twitter.com\/B0JjHGLoo0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sports Radio 810 WHB (@SportsRadio810) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsRadio810\/status\/1953098085661315093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kelce, 35, is also scheduled to speak to media after Wednesday&#8217;s practice with his team.<\/p>\n<p>The early reports out of camp suggest that after an offseason spent getting into the best shape possible, the three-time Super Bowl winner is already reaping the rewards of his hard work.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after Kelce nearly retired following his team&#8217;s humbling 40-22 Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans back in February.<\/p>\n<p>At one stage, Kelce looked to all the world like he was about to call it a day but eventually decided that he didn&#8217;t want to end his career on such a low point.<\/p>\n<p>Away from the football field, the Kelce family have endured a diffcult few days.<\/p>\n<p>The girlfriend of Kelce&#8217;s father Ed, Maureen Maguire, passed away last Friday at the age of 74. Ed announced the news by sharing her obituary on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce&#8217;s parents had split up around the time that Travis and his brother Jason went to college but remain on good terms.<\/p>\n<p>Maguire&#8217;s obituary doesn&#8217;t explain how she and Ed met but revealed how much football was an influence on her later years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/06\/16\/100978423-0-image-m-5_1754494680357.jpg\" alt=\"Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs start the season on September 5 against the Chargers\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kelce usually makes time for autographs after the end of Chiefs practice at St. Joe&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/06\/16\/100875847-0-Ed_pictured_alongside_his_youngest_son_Travis_wearing_his_Kansas-a-6_1754494770322.jpg\" alt=\"Kelce's father, Ed, recently announced that his girlfriend had passed away at age 74\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs start the season on September 5 against the Chargers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kelce&#8217;s father, Ed, recently announced that his girlfriend had passed away at age 74<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;She also grew an unexpected love for football later in life, sharing many laughs and adventures with her beloved friend Ed Kelce and her loyal dog Butch,&#8217; the obituary said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Together, they traveled often and attended football games and concerts, and embraced every opportunity to enjoy life to the fullest.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs start the new season on September 5 in Sau Paulo, Brazil, against the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As  Taylor Swift&#8217;s boyfriend made his way out to the field at St. Joe&#8217;s a young fan asked if he could trouble the Super Bowl champion for an autograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13,19,18,34,36],"class_list":["post-29788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-dailymail","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-sport","tag-travis-kelce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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