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When Emoni Bates stepped onto the court for his first summer league game for the Cleveland Cavaliers all eyes were on him. It is not every season that the 49th pick steps onto the summer league court with this kind of attention, but Bates is not your average 49th pick. Many things have happened since Bates was considered the best player out of his recruiting class. A rough NCAA career as well as off-the-court troubles plagued the young man.

It’s a Thursday in early April and Anycia is calling me in the middle of getting her nails done. The 26-year-old rapper is supposed to be relaxing: she’s back in her hometown of Atlanta on one of her precious days off. She’d just done a show in New York the previous weekend, with an impending show in Seattle and a press run in LA.

EXCLUSIVE: Tristan Mack Wilds (Swagger) has signed on to star in The Day Before Christmas, a holiday romance being produced and distributed by BET+, with Roger Bobb aboard as director.

Swagger star O’Shea Jackson Jr. is speaking out about the Apple TV+ basketball drama’s cancellation after two seasons.

Swagger will not be getting another season at Apple TV+.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 2023-24 NBA season is in full swing, with heated match ups featuring superstars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Nikola Jokić, Jimmy Butler, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Dončić and Victor Wembanyama all coming up on the schedule. The NBA regular season will be broadcast live across networks ABC, ESPN, ESPN3, TNT, NBA TV and NBA League Pass all season long.

The Masked Singer is back for season 10!

Many fans might be watching the New York Jets football game against the Kansas City Chiefs right now and a big question on minds might be, where is Aaron Rodgers and when might he be returning as the starting quarterback.

Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam title in front of so many celebrity onlookers!

Kevin Durant decided to smoke weed just before pushing for the NBA to lift its ban on the recreational drug.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor SPOILER ALERT: This contains spoilers from “Swagger” Season 2, now streaming on AppleTV+. As Reggie Rock Bythewood was gearing up for AppleTV+’s second season of “Swagger,” the filmmaker was thinking about how to elevate the series and take it to another level. One film that came to mind was Sam Mendes’ “1917” and how cinematographer Roger Deakins had shot the film and presented it as if it were one continuous long shot. The series follows a team of basketball players inspired by NBA star Kevin Durant and in the latest “maze,” as Bythewood calls it, the team down to six players, Jace (Isaiah R. Hill), Phil (Solomon Irama), Musa (Caleel Harris), Drew, Royale (Ozie Nzeribe), and Nick (Jason Rivera) head to Maryland’s Youth Facility, a detention center for young offenders for a game. “I thought about ‘1917’ and the entire film is shot as if it were one shot. So, Cliff Charles, the D.P., and I talked about doing one that way,” says Bythewood.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Brooklyn Nets are set to play a regular season game in Paris, France next season! This will be the NBA’s third game in the French capital. Accor Arena is the chosen battleground for this matchup.

Beyoncé, JAY-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin and Hailey Bieber, Tom Brady and more partied the night away ahead of Independence Day.Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin and Camille Fishel hosted their annual white party at their swanky Hamptons estate, drawing some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment. On Tuesday, the entrepreneur shared a series of photos and highlight videos from the festivities, joking on Instagram that he was «hurting» in the morning. «A big thanks to everyone who joined us — hope you’re hurting less than I am today lol,» he wrote.

With an already crazy start to the NBA off-season, now Kyrie Irving is set to meet with the Phoenix Suns in free agency! While this does not make any sense at all it is happening. Kyrie is very likely to re-sign with Dallas but he seems to be testing the waters. Dallas and Phoenix are the two teams Irving has been reported to be interested in. The Meeting with Phoenix is a confusing one.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of Saturday’s Season 2 premiere for his Apple sports drama series Swagger at the Tribeca Festival, actor Isaiah Hill has taken on new representation, signing with APA in all areas.

NBA markets that have fallen short during the postseason. On 17/18 March, Swift started her tour at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, home of the Arizona Cardinals and some 12 miles west of where the Phoenix Suns play their games at Footprint Center. Less than two months later, the much-fancied Suns, featuring one Kevin Durant, lost to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are coming off one of their best seasons and years. What is next for this team? What would make this team even better? The Cavs and the Suns find themselves in pretty similar spots. They have their superstar and their supporting cast, They just can’t go from good to great just yet.

Austin Butler, Brie Larson, Colin Farrell, Idris Elba, Kristen Wiig and Sarah Snook all have in common? They are all stars in Apple TV+'s slate of new films and series slated to debut in 2023. The streaming platform shared an extended teaser of several of its upcoming projects as well as returning favorites, offering viewers several first looks at what's to come throughout the rest of the year. Among the new projects are Butler in Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' latest World War II drama,; Larson trading capes for lab coats in; Farrell playing a private detective in the crime series,; Elba in the intense airplane thriller,; and Wiig teaming up with Carol Burnett and Laura Dern in . Additionally, Amanda Seyfried returns to TV after in the new limited series,, which also stars Tom Holland. Snook, meanwhile, appears alongside Zach Galifianakis and Elizabeth Banks in.

What is it like to walk the fine line between success and failure? Basketball drama “Swagger ” is returning for a second season; the Apple TV+ series, from creator, showrunner, and director Reggie Rock Bythewood, finds its inspiration in NBA star Kevin Durant’s real-life experiences. This season sees the teens grapple with newfound athletic fame while also dealing with outside pressures and their own academic success.

The 2023 Tribeca Festival has announced its lineup of world premieres of new and returning television, including the world premieres of Steven Soderbergh’s Max series Full Circle about a botched kidnapping that reveals long-held secrets in present-day New York City, Prime Video’s Sweeney Todd-inspired The Horror of Dolores Roach and BET+’s Diarra From Detroit, a dark comedy executive produced by Kenya Barris that centers on a divorcing school teacher.

FX has ordered The Secrets of Hillsong, an investigative docuseries based on Vanity Fair‘s exposé of the controversial megachurch, which counted celebritries such as Justin Bieber, Kevin Durant, and Selena Gomez among its worshippers.

The classic New York vs. Los Angeles tension is playing out on several fronts at the moment, much to the discomfort of those of us who align with both sides.

Superstar Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant is on the move in a trade that will rattle the NBA and send oddsmakers scrambling to reset the odds.

In the latest sign of maturation for a quirky but rapidly growing racquet sport, the Association of Pickleball Professionals has set broadcast deals with CBS Sports and ESPN.

The second season of Swagger will debut on Apple TV+ in June. The streamer announced the news Wednesday, along with a few first look images of the cast (one is above, and the others are at the bottom of this post).

Tom Brady characterized heading into a new football season like "going away on deployment." Brady opened up about work balance during a conversation with NBA star Kevin Durant during a new episode of "Let's Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray." Durant, who currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets, admitted he sometimes struggles figuring out the balance he wants to achieve between his work life and his personal life. "I almost look at like a football season like you’re going away on deployment in the military," Brady interjected.

“I gave up 4 years, $100-something million deciding to be unvaccinated,” said Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving said at the team’s press day yesterday. “That was the decision, it was: contract [and] get vaccinated or be unvaccinated and there’s a level of uncertainty of your future — whether you’re going to be in this league, whether you’re going to be on this team — for this decision.”

video, the 21-year-old shooting guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves is seen rolling down a car window and making comments about a group of shirtless men, some of whom appear to be wearing harnesses.The men are seen embracing each other and talking in a close circle. As he rolls down the window, Edwards calls the men “queer-ass n****s” while another person inside the car laughs in the background.The video sparked criticism of the NBA star, who was the first overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, on social media, with some users accusing him of homophobia.

Drake was feeling humorous on Friday night.

Porn star Lana Rhoades is speaking out about baby daddy rumors — and apparently absolving Tristan Thompson of fans’ accusations that he could be involved??

With a new NBA season right around the corner, it is that time of year for the NBA 2K rating to come out. This year there is nobody higher than a 97 overall and only one player is a 97. That Player would be Giannis Antetokounmpo.

With The Cleveland Cavaliers trading Collin Sexton and Lauri Markkanen for the Utah Jazz’s three-time all-star, Donovan Mitchell the Cavs starting lineup is all but set with one spot up for grabs. There are a few players that could fill that slot such as Cris LeVert who the Cavaliers traded for at the deadline last season and who showed flashes of greatness.

BreAnna Bell Vinessa Shaw has signed on to join Apple TV+’s “Swagger” for Season 2, Variety has learned. Inspired by NBA champion Kevin Durant’s experiences as a kid, the sports drama takes viewers deep inside in the world of elite youth basketball clubs and follows the lives of the players, their families and coaches and “the game within the game.” Outside of the gym, the show offers a glimpse into what it’s like to grow up in America. The series is created by Reggie Rock Bythewood. Shaw joins the series playing Diane, the Chairwoman of the Cedar Cove Prep School Board and also the mother of one of the school’s basketball players who is very invested in her son’s performance on the court.

Fubo Sports Network, a programming outlet run by streaming TV bundle provider Fubo TV, is expanding its lineup of originals and enhancing its focus on what it calls “the voice of the athlete.”

Earlier today it was announced by the Brookly Nets’ General Manager Sean Marks that Kevin Durant and the Nets will be moving forward with each other for the upcoming season in order to chase a championship. After a long few months of Kevin Durant wanting out of Brooklyn via trade due to some differences between himself and 7-time all-star and one-time NBA Champion point guard Kyrie Irving.

Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension with LeBron James, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. This deal will keep LeBron in Los Angeles through the 2024-25 season, when he will be 40 years old. He will, however, have a player option for the final year of the deal. If there is a significant salary cap increase for the 2023-24 season, when the extension begins, it could rise to as much as $111 million.