Taylor Swift has a new album, Red (Taylor’s Version). It has received some rave reviews all across the country since its release a couple of weeks ago. It appears that she has gotten some unlikely fans in the world of sports media.
Longtime sportscaster Dan Patrick had a segment on his show yesterday where he discussed how he has been listening to Taylor Swift all weekend long.
“I drove to Maine on Saturday, I drove for four and a half hours and I listened to Taylor Swift for four and a half hours and I loved it. She has her version now she is re-recording all of her hits and the ten-minute version where she is calling out Jake Gyllenhaal is epic surgery there by ‘Tay Tay’,” said Patrick of the album.
It appears that Patrick is not the only sports media personality that has been into the longtime pop star’s new album. There has been a lot of talk on social media regarding Swift’s new ten minute some detailing her relationship with actor Jake Gyllenhaal, and there were some notable names in sports media getting in on the fun.
The biggest Taylor Swift fan in all of sports media just might be Mike Golic Jr. The ESPN Radio host also serves as a college football analyst and acknowledged on Twitter that he devoted a portion of Kentucky’s easy win over Vanderbilt to talking about Red (Taylor’s Version).
It definitely seems that Swift has picked up steam in the world of sports. The Washington Football Team social media team even tweeted a little play on the name Taylor following their win this Sunday against the Buccaneers led by quarterback Taylor Heinicke.
Reice Shipley is a daily news writer and social media assistant for BSM. He is a graduate of Ithaca University, contributor to the Syracuse Mets, and aspires to work behind the scenes in sports media in the future. He can be found on Twitter @Reice_Shipley18 or you may reach him by email at RShipley@ithaca.edu.