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Ever since Taylor Swift began dating Travis Kelce, the multi-Grammy winner has become a mainstay at Kansas City Chiefs games, often seen supporting her Super Bowl champion boyfriend from a suite in Arrowhead Stadium. Beyond her reactions to the intensity of the games, Swift has become known for the Chiefs-themed outfits she wears to the […]
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, because A Philly Special Christmas Party officially arrived on Friday (Nov. 22) via Vera Y Records. The project from The Philly Specials, a.k.a Jason Kelce and the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive tackles Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata, marks the group’s third charitable holiday album. The festive set of tracks features […]
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Charlotte Hornets superstar LaMelo Ball’s wallet took a hit after the NBA fined him for language it deemed “offensive and derogatory” during a postgame interview over the weekend. He’s adamant there isn’t a hateful bone in his body.
You can bet LaMelo Ball won’t be saying “no homo” during his postgame press conferences ever again. The professional hooper learned the term often associated with “pause” and made popular by rappers like Cam’ron and Ma$e and often used during their sports debate show It Is What Is when trying to signify they are not gay after saying something that would be considered “homosexual” in nature.
“We loaded up,” Ball said before making sure to add in, “no homo,” during the postgame interview following the Hornets thrilling 115-114 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Following Sunday’s 128-114 loss to the still-undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers, Ball told reports that he “really didn’t mean anything” by the remark and doesn’t “want to offend anybody.”
“I’ve got love for everybody,” he added, “and I don’t discriminate.”Before the game, Hornets head coach Charles Lee said Ball was “very apologetic,” adding, “He and I talked about it, and he definitely said going forward, ‘I’m going to be better,’ and I want to see that happen. So for somebody to use those words and say that out of his mouth, we will make sure to hold him accountable to that.”
Ball is not the first player to feel the league’s wrath for using the term. Brooklyn Nets rising star Cam Thomas was fined $40K by the NBA, well below the league maximum fine of $100K Ball was hit with.
Social media also had thoughts on the matter. You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
Texas can barely hold its excitement for Beyoncé‘s newly announced halftime-show performance at this year’s Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game on Christmas Day — much less the rest of her fans across the world. As revealed late Sunday (Nov. 17) via a cinematic teaser — which showed off the superstar’s impressive football-catching skills — […]
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Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will be locking horns in the squared circle Friday night (November 15) in a bout that will draw plenty of views as the former heavyweight champion takes on a much younger fighter. During the mandatory faceoff for photo opportunities, Mike Tyson gave Jake Paul a little smack on the cheek to let him know what will be in store for tonight.
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul were in Texas at the weigh-in ahead of their super fight bout that will be held at the AT&T Stadium, which will air live on Netflix. As custom for most combat sporting events, Tyson and Paul greeted each other in the stare-down segment after the weigh-in with all the theatrics fighters used to intimidate or size up their opponents.
In a video clip that has since gone viral, Paul rushed Tyson and crowded his space, prompting Iron Mike to unleash five fingers to the face in yet another slap heard around the world. The pair were quickly separated with a smiling Paul mocking Tyson at the moment.
According to a report from ESPN, a Tyson insider claims that Paul stepped on Tyson’s foot during the faceoff and had enough of the trash talk with the footstepping being a final straw.
For what it’s worth, Tyson, 58, weighed in at a fit 233 pounds with Paul, 27, weighing in at 220. To date, this is the largest gap in age between two fighters in professional boxing history.
Tyson, who boasts a record of 50-6 with 44 knockouts, has not fought professionally in 19 years. Tyson has participated in a pair of exhibition fights, including clashing with Roy Jones Jr. Paul’s last fight came last July with a sixth-round stoppage of Mike Perry by TKO.
The Friday night bout between “Iron” Mike Tyson and Jake Paul kicks off on Netflix at 8 PM EST. Learn more here.
Hop to the 1:03-minute mark to see the moment in question.
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Mike Tyson’s gearing up for a return to the ring against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul on Friday night (Nov. 15), and Iron Mike is serving up plenty of viral moments heading into the bout. And unsurprisingly, 50 Cent has some thoughts to share about it.
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It all started when Tyson went deep with 14-year-old interviewer Jazzy when comparing legacy to ego, and how once you’re dead, life is meaningless and it doesn’t matter anymore. “Well, I don’t know. I don’t believe in the word legacy,” Tyson said in the interview posted Thursday (Nov. 14). “I just think that’s another word for ego. Legacy doesn’t mean nothing. That’s just a word everybody grabbed onto. Somebody said that word and everyone grabbed not the word so now it’s used every five seconds. It means absolutely nothing to me.”
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The boxing legend continued: “I’m just passing through. I’ma die and it’s gonna be over. Who cares about legacy after that? What a big ego. So I’ma die and I want people to think that I’m this, I’m great? No. We’re nothing. We’re dead. We’re dust. We’re absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing.”
Jazzy handled the response well for a teenager, admitting she’d never heard that type of answer to her question.
In another clip from the chat, the teen asked the boxer what he thought of his opponent. “I don’t think much of him,” Tyson admitted, before noting Paul is “very funny.”
The interview quickly spread like wildfire on social media, and 50 — not one to mince words when something gets on his radar — claimed Mike was scaring the kids.
“Goddam it ! Mike ya scaring the kids, WTF chill. Note to self, keep the kids away from Mike,” he wrote to X.
That wasn’t it for headlines for Tyson on Thursday (Nov. 14), as tensions boiled over at the official weigh-ins when Iron Mike took offense to Paul appearing to step on his toes during the face-off, with Mike slapping his opponent across the face.
50 had more jokes, as he reposted an older interview clip of Tyson admitting how much he hates when people step on his feet. “If someone stepped on my feet, I’d totally give up and tap out,” Tyson says in the video.
“See you step on an older man’s feet, and s–t can get crazy. LOL,” 50 added with his caption to the post.
No more talking, as Tyson and Jake Paul will finally step into the ring and fight on Friday night. The boxing main card starts at 8 p.m. ET and is streaming on Netflix.
Watch Tyson’s interview with Jazzy below:
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Minnesota Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert has once again stepped into it. This time, he threw his support behind one of Donald Trump’s heada** picks for his presidential cabinet and is getting roasted for it.
Felon 47, aka Donald Trump, is putting together what is easily one of the worst cabinets in the history of the presidency. His latest pick is Robert Kennedy Jr., a constant promoter of conspiracy theories related to health and vaccine hater, to run the Health and Human Services Department.
While the rest of the country knows just how BAD that is, Gobert took to Elon Musk’s dying platform, X, formerly Twitter, to express his excitement for the failed presidential candidate, landing a job he has no business having, writing in the post, “Let’s go @RobertKennedyJr (praying hands emoji).”
Now, why is this bad, you ask? Well, let’s quickly break it down. The former environmental lawyer turned his attention to public health and wrote numerous books that promoted baseless conspiracy theories, many of them about the use of vaccines, which ironically gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, a subject he also had conspiracy theories about.
Then there are reports about Kennedy Jr’s nonprofit group, the Children’s Health Defense, causing a measles outbreak in American Samoa in 2019 because they believed his nonsense about vaccines, leading to vaccine skepticism, which is on the rise globally and led to the death of 70 people.
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Combine the worst Kennedy’s track record and Gobert’s presser incident, which many believe was the catalyst to the NBA shutting down after the pro hooper caught COVID-19; it’s no wonder people are now saying on social media Draymond Green was right for putting him in a chokehold and constantly being a thorn in Gobert’s side.
The backlash to Gobert’s post on X has been epic, and honestly, we wouldn’t be shocked if it made him cry like when he got “snubbed” for participating in the 2019 NBA All-Star Game.
On top of that, Minnesota Timberwolves fans and superstar Anthony Edwards might want their overpaid big man to put down his phone and focus on basketball because he’s struggling right now, and the Timberwolves are not looking like the team they were last year.
Granted, the Timberwolves are not the same team from last year, but there were big moves made, with Karl-Anthony Towns being traded to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle, who is off to a great start, while Donte DiVincenzo struggles to fit in on his new team.
Welp.
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Tori Kelly is scoring yet another goal as the end of 2024 approaches. The National Women’s Soccer League announced on Tuesday (Nov. 12) that the two-time Grammy Winner will perform on the Adobe Stage at this year’s fourth annual NWSL Fan Fest. The event will take place just before the 2024 NWSL National Championship in Kansas City on November […]
Taylor Swift is spending another Sunday afternoon cheering on her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. The 34-year-old pop superstar — currently enjoying a brief break from her record-breaking The Eras Tour — arrived in style at the Kansas City Chiefs versus Denver Broncos game at K.C.’s Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday (Nov. 10). Swift, who has attended the […]
Shaboozey and Lindsey Sterling will join Lainey Wilson in providing halftime entertainment for the trio of National Football League games that take over television on Thanksgiving. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Wilson had been previously announced as the entertainment for the Dallas Cowboys’ annual Thanksgiving Day game, […]