--- title: J.K. Rowling Reveals She's a Seattle Seahawks Fan on Twitter description: Following the Seattle Seahawks' latest news conference, J.K. Rowling took to Twitter to reveal she's a fan of the Emerald City's NFL team. canonical: https://time.com/4548320/j-k-rowling-seattle-seahawks-richard-sherman/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-27T20:40:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:07.505Z og:title: J.K. Rowling Reveals She's a Seahawks Fan for a Magical Reason og:description: Apparently Quidditch isn't the only sport she enjoys og:url: https://time.com/4548320/j-k-rowling-seattle-seahawks-richard-sherman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Reveals She's a Seahawks Fan for a Magical Reason twitter:description: Apparently Quidditch isn't the only sport she enjoys twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # J.K. Rowling Reveals She's a Seahawks Fan for One Magical Reason  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 27, 2016 8:40 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 27, 2016 8:40 PM UTC Following the [Seattle Seahawks’](http://time.com/3691671/patriots-defeat-seahawks-to-win-super-bowl-xlix-28-24/) latest news conference, [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4463272/jk-rowling-harry-potter-sketches/) took to Twitter to reveal she’s a fan of the Emerald City’s NFL team — and it’s all thanks to [Richard Sherman](http://time.com/4164782/richard-sherman-football-concussion-nfl-will-smith/). The All-Pro cornerback showed up to his weekly media appearance decked out in a full _Harry Potter_ costume — including Gryffindor robes and a pair of round glasses — prompting the author to show some love for his squad. “Did I ever mention that I’m a [#Seahawks](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Seahawks?src=hash) fan?,” Rowling tweeted Thursday. “Well, I am. (Don’t ask me who plays for them apart from R Sherman.)” > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/791677296058986496) Sherman told the press he had donned the getup to appease his son, who had requested he dress up for Halloween. However, when asked about whether he thought the Seahawks’ recent [overtime tie](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000727002/article/cardinals-seahawks-settle-for-historic-tie-after-wild-ot) with the Arizona Cardinals was more taxing than a Quidditch match, he had to carefully consider his answer. “Five quarters of football is pretty tough but Quidditch, you know — the beaters, the chasers, trying to find the golden snitch, things like that — that’s tough,” he said. “Five quarters of football though, in the elements. I’d say that takes the cake.” Watch the full clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/gbellseattle/status/791368977280671744) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4548320/j-k-rowling-seattle-seahawks-richard-sherman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4548320/j-k-rowling-seattle-seahawks-richard-sherman/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Reveals She's a Seahawks Fan for One Magical Reason","datePublished":"2016-10-27T20:40:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:07.505Z","description":"Apparently Quidditch isn't the only sport she enjoys","url":"https://time.com/4548320/j-k-rowling-seattle-seahawks-richard-sherman/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Athletes","celebrities","Harry Potter","Seattle Seahawks","J.K. Rowling"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4548320/j-k-rowling-seattle-seahawks-richard-sherman/","name":"J.K. Rowling Reveals She's a Seahawks Fan for One Magical Reason"}}]}] ```