{"id":780826,"date":"2026-07-05T00:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/780826\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T00:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:56:15","slug":"work-keeps-bombers-qb-from-attending-kelce-swift-wedding-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/780826\/","title":{"rendered":"Work keeps Bombers QB from attending Kelce-Swift wedding \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAMILTON \u2014 You would think Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift would\u2019ve looked at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers\u2019 schedule before locking in a date for their wedding.<\/p>\n

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the global music icon tied the knot Friday at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden in front of a star-studded guest list.<\/p>\n

Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros \u2014 who was teammates with Kelce during their time at the University of Cincinnati \u2014 was invited but had to miss the occasion to prepare for Sunday\u2019s road clash against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (6 p.m. CT).<\/p>\n

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Travis Kelce, left, and Taylor Swift pose after the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, January 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. <\/p>\n

\u201cI told him that! I talked to him the other day,\u201d said Collaros shortly after arriving in Hamilton on Saturday. \u201cThey were taking a walk together and I\u2019m like \u2018You guys could\u2019ve taken a look at the damn schedule.\u2019 But yeah, it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s well documented that Collaros has remained close friends with both Travis and Jason Kelce since their days at Cincinnati, where they also happened to be roommates.<\/p>\n

Travis, a three-time Super Bowl champion, is entering his 14th season with the Chiefs. Jason, who played centre for the Philadelphia Eagles and served as the best man at the wedding, retired in 2024 after a 13-year career that included a Super Bowl victory in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was bummed (to miss the wedding) because Trav came to all my stuff. We had engagement parties, we had bachelor parties obviously, and our wedding up here,\u201d said Collaros, who met his wife, Nicole, in 2015 while playing for the Ticats.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, that makes it tough. But you can speak to any pro football player, part of this deal is you miss events like that. It just kind of is what it is.<\/p>\n

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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers Quarterback Zach Collaros, holds press conference in the Press Room at Princess Auto Stadium Tuesday. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not a normal job where you can take a couple days off and make your work up kind of on the fly, you\u2019ve got to play a game \u2026 It\u2019s never easy, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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RYAN MURPHY \/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n

Fans line up outside of Madison Square Garden ahead of a reported wedding between singer Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce on Friday in New York.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Allen is a sports reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. Taylor was the Vince Leah intern in the Free Press newsroom twice while earning his joint communications degree\/diploma at the University of Winnipeg and Red River College Polytechnic. He signed on full-time in 2019 and mainly covers the Blue Bombers, curling, and basketball. Read more about Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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