Steve Kerr’s top-secret homage to Taylor Swift revealed

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“Steve Kerr once spent an entire year secretly paying homage to Taylor Swift.”

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The evidence provided contains a snippet from an ESPN article by Wright Thompson that mentions Kerr 'pulled the stunt in public night after night', but there are no other independent news sources corroborating that he spent a year secretly paying homage to Taylor Swift.

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“The Warriors coach revealed to ESPN’s Wright Thompson during a recent interview that it all happened in 2023”

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The evidence mentions an ESPN piece by Wright Thompson discussing Kerr's thoughts on retirement and a 'stunt', but there is no second independent source confirming the specific detail that he revealed this happened in 2023.

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“Kerr would sneak lyrics from Swift’s hit “All Too Well” into his answers to journalists’ questions”

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While the ESPN evidence mentions a 'stunt' Kerr pulled in public, the specific detail about using lyrics from 'All Too Well' is not corroborated by any other independent source in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally s…
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“Kerr told Thompson his son actually ended up editing all of his phrases together into one big video at the end of the year, and it actually found its way to Swift.”

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The provided evidence from ESPN mentions a 'stunt' and a request to keep it private, but the specific detail about his son editing a video and it reaching Swift is not corroborated by any other source.

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““She ended up seeing it through a mutual friend,” Kerr said.”

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The ESPN article is the only source mentioning the interaction between Kerr and Swift regarding the video.

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web search NEUTRAL — STEVE KERR WALKED into the lobby of the Beverly Wilshire with a secret. Win or lose, he'd decided to retire as head coach of the Golden State Warriors. It was a Tuesday morning in mid-April, the day b…
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““Wait, is this real?” Kerr said Taylor asked. “Can I put it on social media?””

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The quote 'Can I put it on social media?' is explicitly found in the ESPN web search result, but no other independent source confirms this conversation.

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web search NEUTRAL — "Can I put it on social media?" she asked. Kerr asked her team to please keep it private, even though he'd pulled the stunt in public night after night. He is both the most accessible coach in the lea…
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“Wright reported Kerr then asked her to keep it private.”

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web search NEUTRAL — Listen to “Enchanted" (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift from the album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).
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“social media users on Thursday were able to locate at least one instance of Kerr slyly muttering a Swift lyric following a Warriors game.”

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The provided web results for social media statistics do not mention any specific instances of users finding Steve Kerr's lyrics in interviews.

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web search NEUTRAL — Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions.
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““I walked through the door,” Kerr said, referencing the first line of Swift’s 2012 classic, “of the locker room at halftime and I thought, ‘We must have 20 turnovers.'””

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“Andy Reid announced this week he will be at Swift’s upcoming marriage to Travis Kelce”

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