Whether they’re yelling at a referee or still mourning Brangelina, every sincere fan carries a little bit of sports celebrity gossip inside them. Fortunately, we’re here to help you sort through the latest from soccer — ahem football — star Cristiano Ronaldo, who’s partied with Paris Hilton and fended off autograph hounds, or surfer Billy Kemper, whose gruesome injury is now a video you can actually watch (and cringe). Also in our daily roundup of sports celebrity gossip: WNBA star Suni Lee and NBA player OG Anunoby make their relationship official, a former world champion wrestler reveals what it’s really like to lose a leg, and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn talks about her career and groin injury.

But sports celebrity gossip isn’t just about the good and the bad, it’s a way to get people interested in a sport or team that they may not otherwise be. For example, when singer and actress Taylor Swift started showing up to Chiefs games to cheer on tight end Travis Kelce, the team saw a spike in viewership and ticket sales as well as merchandise sales.

Likewise, when rapper Cardi B showed up to WWE’s SummerSlam 2025 as the event’s host, she instantly became a crowd favorite and a source of entertainment for fans. But there’s a fine line between consuming sports celebrity gossip for fun and engaging with it in a responsible manner that supports personal values and promotes healthy societal discourse.