ESPN's Laura Rutledge Is 'Saddened' Taylor Swift Still Faces NFL Backlash

As ESPN’s Laura Rutledge continues to break boundaries in sports media, she’s eager for all football fans to celebrate the diversity of the sport’s fan base. Rutledge, 37, who joined ESPN’s Monday Night Football coverage this year in addition to her duties on the network’s NFL Live, couldn’t help but notice some of the predictable social media backlash to Taylor Swift attending her fiancé Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs’ game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football on Sunday, October 12.  “I am shocked and saddened by it,” Rutledge exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting