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  • Promise Day 2025 Date, History and Significance: A Pledge of Love and Loyalty, Here’s Everything To Know About the Fifth Day of Valentine Week

    Promise Day 2025 Date, History and Significance: A Pledge of Love and Loyalty, Here’s Everything To Know About the Fifth Day of Valentine Week

    As Valentine’s Week continues, the fifth day brings a deeply meaningful celebration: Promise Day, observed on February 11. After the fun of Teddy Day and Chocolate Day, Promise Day offers a chance to reflect on the commitments we make in relationships—be it love, friendship, or family. It’s a day dedicated to making promises and affirmations that strengthen bonds and lay the foundation for future happiness. As we celebrate Promise Day 2025, know Promise Day date, history and significance to make a pledge of love and loyalty. Valentine Week 2025 Date Sheet: From Rose Day To Kiss Day, Check Full List of Love Week Till Valentine’s Day To Embrace and Celebrate Love. 

    Promise Day 2025 Date

    Promise Day falls on February 11, just three days before the grand finale of Valentine’s Week, Valentine’s Day. It’s a moment to take things a step deeper by offering a promise to someone important in your life. While the earlier days focus on gifts and expressions of affection, Promise Day encourages individuals to think about long-term commitments and the promises they want to keep in their relationships.

    Promise Day History

    Promise Day is a more recent addition to the celebrations of Valentine’s Week, with the tradition gaining popularity in the 21st century. Although the idea of making promises as a way to express commitment has been around for centuries, it’s only in modern times that we’ve designated a specific day to honor this aspect of love. Anti-Valentine Week 2025 Calendar With Full Dates: What Are the 7 Days of Anti-Romance?

    Promise Day Significance

    Promise Day is a celebration of dedication, loyalty, and trust—core elements of any strong relationship. Whether it’s a romantic partner, a friend, or a family member, promises signify reliability and a willingness to stand by the other person through thick and thin. The significance of Promise Day lies in the deep bonds it fosters, as well as the future-oriented mindset it encourages.

    Promise Day adds a beautiful layer to the romance and fun of Valentine’s Week by encouraging people to think deeply about their relationships. It’s a day to make vows, strengthen bonds, and look forward to the future with those you care about. Whether you’re making promises to a partner, a friend, or yourself, Promise Day serves as a reminder that love isn’t just about grand gestures—it’s about making commitments that show care, loyalty, and a genuine desire to nurture the relationships that matter most. So, this February 11th, take a moment to make a promise that will last a lifetime!

    (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Feb 10, 2025 03:44 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

  • Kevin Durant says teams aren’t held to same ‘loyalty’ expectations as players are after stunning NBA trade

    Kevin Durant says teams aren’t held to same ‘loyalty’ expectations as players are after stunning NBA trade

    Sunday morning’s Luka Dončić-Anthony Davis swap is being widely regarded as the most shocking and star-powered trade in sports history.

    It’s so big that it was believed that ESPN’s Shams Charania, who broke the story, was hacked, and other reporters reached out to him to make sure his X account was secure.

    But alas, the Dallas Mavericks decided to trade a 25-year-old MVP candidate just months after he carried them to an NBA Finals appearance in an attempt to improve their defense.

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    Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant during the NBA playoff game against the Clippers, April 22, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

    The Mavs traded up to the third pick in the 2018 NBA Draft to select Dončić, whose $207 million extension from 2021 is set to expire this season. Being due for a super-max deal worth $345 million, it’s apparent that it played a role in Dončić being moved five days before the NBA’s trade deadline.

    Kevin Durant has been traded before – it’s slightly different, as he requested to be traded from the Brooklyn Nets to the Phoenix Suns (he also left the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors, and them jumped ship to Brooklyn). But Durant called out NBA teams for their lack of loyalty to their stars, while it’s expected that players be loyal to them – 

    “Players are held to a different standard of loyalty and commitment to a program, but the organizations don’t get held to that same standard from the outside world, the media members, the fans. We all should be held to that same standard,” Durant said upon hearing the news.

    Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis

    Luka Dončić of the Mavericks handles the ball against Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers at American Airlines Center on Feb. 26, 2023, in Dallas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

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    “It’s a transactional game. There’s a lot of money involved, a lot of business involved. We shouldn’t be too shocked about trades and guys moving to different teams, coaches moving to different teams. It’s just the nature of playing basketball and us making this much money, too. It’s a pretty wild time, especially around trade deadline.”

    After this megadeal, Durant says the stove could be hot in the NBA.

    “You start seeing stuff like that, as an organization, you might get a little more courage to do some stuff. You see another team trade away somebody like that. This got to be the biggest trade I’ve seen since I’ve been in the league or since I’ve been watching the sport. This is insane. So yeah, every other team might get confidence and say f— it, I’ll trade a few of my top players if this ain’t working.”

    It’s the first time in NBA history two reigning All-NBA players were traded for one another midseason. 

    The Lakers received Dončić, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris, while the Mavericks took on Davis, Max Christie and Los Angeles’ 2029 first-round pick. To settle it all out, the Utah Jazz acquired Jalen Hood-Schifino and two second-round picks.

    The Slovenian led the NBA with 33.4 points per game last season and won’t turn 26 until later this month. In his career, he averages 28.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 8.3 assists, putting himself in the MVP conversation every year of his young career.

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    Mavericks guard Luka Dončić reacts after a play against the Boston Celtics during the NBA Finals, June 12, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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    Davis, a defensive player of the year candidate last year, is putting up 25.7 points and 11.9 rebounds this season, both slightly better than his career averages of 24.2 and 10.7.

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  • Jason Kelce showed where his loyalty lies in Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl as old ‘New Heights’ clip resurfaces

    Jason Kelce showed where his loyalty lies in Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl as old ‘New Heights’ clip resurfaces

    The last time the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles were in the Super Bowl, history was made with the first brothers playing in the “Big Game.” 

    This time around, Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce will not be seeing his older brother, Jason Kelce, on the Philadelphia Eagles sideline. 

    So, with no stake in the game, where does Jason’s loyalty lie: With his brother and the Chiefs or with the team he played all his 13 seasons for?

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    Former NFL player and ESPN commentator Jason Kelce on the sidelines during the first half of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

    Well, a clip from their “New Heights” podcast last March has surfaced again because Jason gave an answer to a fan question about who he would root for if the Chiefs and Eagles would play in the Super Bowl in 2025. 

    “I will root for the Eagles, of course,” Jason answered. 

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    “This is bulls—,” Travis responded. 

    Can anyone blame Jason after what he accomplished as an Eagles legend? 

    “Because I will always be an Eagle,” he said. “First and foremost. I’ll also root for Travis to have a good game, of course, cause he’s my brother, but nah, I’ll definitely be cheering on the Eagles.” 

    Taylor Swift holds on

    Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is congratulated by Taylor Swift as they celebrate the Chiefs’ victory over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship NFL football game on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

    While Jason has championed his brother in the past, including the Chiefs’ win over the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, he has remained loyal to Philadelphia from that moment. 

    Will that change now that it has become a reality? “New Heights” episodes are released every Wednesday, so fans could find out this week.

    Jason was also seen in Kansas City on Sunday night wearing a No. 87 Kelce jersey at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium to support his brother. 

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    It came after Kelce watched his Eagles wallop the Washington Commanders, 55-23, earlier in the day.

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    Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.