The Dallas Mavericks have a problem. They have a star player in Luka Dončić, a generational talent who can handle, score, pass, boards Ok, has an eerie step-back three-point shot, good size, the exact sort of dude you want on your team. Aside from Luka, they are packing a bunch of role players. Last year, the Mavs won 52 games, beat an openly-choking Suns team in the second round, and lost to the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. Luka, it appeared, had made it. He was a shit-hot boy from...
- 2/6/2023
- by Corbin Smith
- Rollingstone.com
A double overtime game between two of the NBA’s most storied teams boosted ESPN’s Wednesday night ratings to its highest level in 18 years, back at the dawn of the league’s baggy shorts era.
Last night’s New York Knicks double overtime victory over the Boston Celtics averaged 1.96 million viewers, peaking with 2.87 million viewers from 10:30-10:45 p.m. Et. according to Nielsen. Overall, last night was ESPN’s most-watched season-opening doubleheader since 2017.
The doubleheader included the Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets, which averaged 1.74 million viewers. That was up 39 percent vs. 2020, up 10 percent vs. 2019 and up 22 percent vs. 2018.
The Knicks-Celtics game delivered a 3.5 rating in the New York market, making it the highest-rated national regular-season Knicks game telecast since 2017. The Knicks have revived in the last two years, making the playoffs last year and acquiring two key players in Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier in the offseason,...
Last night’s New York Knicks double overtime victory over the Boston Celtics averaged 1.96 million viewers, peaking with 2.87 million viewers from 10:30-10:45 p.m. Et. according to Nielsen. Overall, last night was ESPN’s most-watched season-opening doubleheader since 2017.
The doubleheader included the Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets, which averaged 1.74 million viewers. That was up 39 percent vs. 2020, up 10 percent vs. 2019 and up 22 percent vs. 2018.
The Knicks-Celtics game delivered a 3.5 rating in the New York market, making it the highest-rated national regular-season Knicks game telecast since 2017. The Knicks have revived in the last two years, making the playoffs last year and acquiring two key players in Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier in the offseason,...
- 10/21/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s most popular segment is probably Mean Tweets and this time the late-night host tapped NBA players to read out haters’ tweets.
The clip includes everyone from Shaquille O’Neal to Dwight Howard to Grant Hill being forced to confront the unfortunate things basketball fans have said about them online.
“Shaquille O’Neal?” O’Neal reads off Twitter. “More like Shaquille-Hasn’t-Missed a Meal.” He responds, “That’s a good one. Tell your mother, ‘Make my sandwich and be naked when I get there.'”
Lavar Ball reads,...
The clip includes everyone from Shaquille O’Neal to Dwight Howard to Grant Hill being forced to confront the unfortunate things basketball fans have said about them online.
“Shaquille O’Neal?” O’Neal reads off Twitter. “More like Shaquille-Hasn’t-Missed a Meal.” He responds, “That’s a good one. Tell your mother, ‘Make my sandwich and be naked when I get there.'”
Lavar Ball reads,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
During an amusing NBA Finals-themed edition of “Mean Tweets” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Shaquille O’Neal shut down some fat-shaming with a delightful clap back of his own.
The bit came during a special NBA Finals post-show version of “Kimmel,” guest-hosted by Anthony Anderson. Of course, you know how it works: Celebrities read actual, real-life mean tweets about them, supposedly for the first time, and the laughs come from their reactions.
This edition featured several current and former NBA stars, beginning with Mr. Shaq Diesel himself. You can watch the clip at the top of the page right now, but if you want to read, we’ll transcribe the gags below for you:
Baller: Shaquille O’Neal
Tweet: “Shaquille O’Neal? More like Shaquille-Hasn’t-Missed-a-Meal.”
Shaq’s response: “That’s a good one. Tell your mom to make my sandwich, and be naked when I get there. Hi, mom.”
Baller: Lavar Ball...
The bit came during a special NBA Finals post-show version of “Kimmel,” guest-hosted by Anthony Anderson. Of course, you know how it works: Celebrities read actual, real-life mean tweets about them, supposedly for the first time, and the laughs come from their reactions.
This edition featured several current and former NBA stars, beginning with Mr. Shaq Diesel himself. You can watch the clip at the top of the page right now, but if you want to read, we’ll transcribe the gags below for you:
Baller: Shaquille O’Neal
Tweet: “Shaquille O’Neal? More like Shaquille-Hasn’t-Missed-a-Meal.”
Shaq’s response: “That’s a good one. Tell your mom to make my sandwich, and be naked when I get there. Hi, mom.”
Baller: Lavar Ball...
- 7/7/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
The 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards will be held tonight, November 19, during a ceremony broadcast on Univision and hosted by salsa singer Victor Maneulle, Oscar nominee Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma“) and actress Ana Brenda Contreras. But who will win? Scroll down for our official odds in 13 categories including the top four general field races. Nominees are listed in order of their likelihood of winning with our projected winners highlighted in gold.
SEE2020 Latin Grammy for Record of the Year: Big hits by Karol G, Anuel AA and Residente among top contenders
Our odds were calculated by combining the predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users, and they expect good news for urban artists, especially Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican rapper has nine bids overall and is predicted to win Album of the Year and Best Urban Music Album for his crossover hit “Yhlqmdlg.” His frequent collaborator J Balvin has even more nominations,...
SEE2020 Latin Grammy for Record of the Year: Big hits by Karol G, Anuel AA and Residente among top contenders
Our odds were calculated by combining the predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users, and they expect good news for urban artists, especially Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican rapper has nine bids overall and is predicted to win Album of the Year and Best Urban Music Album for his crossover hit “Yhlqmdlg.” His frequent collaborator J Balvin has even more nominations,...
- 11/19/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Walking around the bubble is full of surprises. As hundreds of professional basketball players continue training at the Disney NBA campus in Florida, one athlete is shedding some light into what life is like. In a new interview, Boston Celtics starting point guard Kemba Walker described running into other players you don't see regularly during an ordinary season. "Whenever you go downstairs, you're going to see somebody. Like the other night, me and Jayson Tatum were walking to get some food and we see LeBron James, J.R. Smith, Chris Dudley and Kyle Kuzma. It's rare," he shared with The Bleacher Report. "It's very rare to see Bron walking by himself and being...
- 7/16/2020
- E! Online
It’s a difficult and anxious time for the United States and the world right now, and the Black Lives Matter protests represent an inevitable boiling point for inequality. Over the last few weeks, many celebrities and other public figures have pledged their support for the movement, including Mark Wahlberg. However, some people have brought up the actor’s own history of hate crimes to claim that he should be “cancelled.”
Wahlberg posted the following call for unity on his Twitter page last week:
The murder of George Floyd is heartbreaking. We must all work together to fix this problem. I'm praying for all of us. God bless. #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/F3UyhT7itQ
— Mark Wahlberg (@markwahlberg) June 4, 2020
Since then, he’s been targeted for his past actions, which involved a series of racially-motivated incidents when the actor was a teenager in the 1980s. The cases in question are well-documented on his Wikipedia page,...
Wahlberg posted the following call for unity on his Twitter page last week:
The murder of George Floyd is heartbreaking. We must all work together to fix this problem. I'm praying for all of us. God bless. #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/F3UyhT7itQ
— Mark Wahlberg (@markwahlberg) June 4, 2020
Since then, he’s been targeted for his past actions, which involved a series of racially-motivated incidents when the actor was a teenager in the 1980s. The cases in question are well-documented on his Wikipedia page,...
- 6/8/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
The drip determines everything nowadays in trap. Iced-out watches, bracelets, rings, and other bejeweled accessories signal success in line with the most braggadocious of a given rapper’s bars. But the coldness goes deeper than swag on “Hielo,” the latest single by Puerto Rican urbano artist Eladio Carrión and hit-making songwriter Jhay Cortez.
Sure, Carrión drops references to Vvs diamonds; yet the hook on this crisp single makes clear that nothing freezes like a certain someone’s kiss. The two pitch woo at the ladies they’re eyeing as traperos do best,...
Sure, Carrión drops references to Vvs diamonds; yet the hook on this crisp single makes clear that nothing freezes like a certain someone’s kiss. The two pitch woo at the ladies they’re eyeing as traperos do best,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Gary Suarez
- Rollingstone.com
In case you missed it, here are some standout moments in Latin music from the week of August 5th.
Los Tigres del Norte, “La Prisión de Folsom (Folsom Prison Blues)”
Johnny Cash aficionados will recall his 1968 album, At Folsom Prison, and its landmark opening song, “Folsom Prison Blues.” Fifty years later, Johnny Cash’s classic would get its first-ever Spanish-language (and accordion) treatment by Los Tigres del Norte. The song was recorded live in the same prison made famous by Cash, which has notably seen demographic shifts in the past...
Los Tigres del Norte, “La Prisión de Folsom (Folsom Prison Blues)”
Johnny Cash aficionados will recall his 1968 album, At Folsom Prison, and its landmark opening song, “Folsom Prison Blues.” Fifty years later, Johnny Cash’s classic would get its first-ever Spanish-language (and accordion) treatment by Los Tigres del Norte. The song was recorded live in the same prison made famous by Cash, which has notably seen demographic shifts in the past...
- 8/10/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” returned to ABC Thursday night after a little vacation — just in time for Game 1 of the network’s NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors.
On Thursday, host Jimmy Kimmel brought along his latest edition of “Mean Tweets,” which saw NBA stars reading aloud a smorgasbord of unkind Twitter posts.
Below are the three best, in this humble insulter’s opinion.
Also Read: Blame Canada? Toronto Raptors' First NBA Finals Appearance Could Drag Down ABC's TV Ratings
“Bradley Beal looks like if Usher had somebody sit on his head while he was a baby.”
“Chris Bosh talks like a white guy named Denis.”
“Danny Green and I have a lot in common, namely that we both f—ing suck at basketball.”
Also Read: 'NBA 2K17': 17 Hilarious Shots of Accidental Video Game Body Horror (Photos)
We can’t even transcribe the one Kevin Durant had to read about himself.
On Thursday, host Jimmy Kimmel brought along his latest edition of “Mean Tweets,” which saw NBA stars reading aloud a smorgasbord of unkind Twitter posts.
Below are the three best, in this humble insulter’s opinion.
Also Read: Blame Canada? Toronto Raptors' First NBA Finals Appearance Could Drag Down ABC's TV Ratings
“Bradley Beal looks like if Usher had somebody sit on his head while he was a baby.”
“Chris Bosh talks like a white guy named Denis.”
“Danny Green and I have a lot in common, namely that we both f—ing suck at basketball.”
Also Read: 'NBA 2K17': 17 Hilarious Shots of Accidental Video Game Body Horror (Photos)
We can’t even transcribe the one Kevin Durant had to read about himself.
- 5/31/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
The 2019 NBA Finals are in full swing. Fans cheered for their favorite teams all season long, but it was the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors that made it to end. While there's always a little trash-talking off the court, some fans take these rivalries to a whole new level. Jimmy Kimmel proved this to be true by having a few players and owners read hateful social media posts about themselves for Thursday's segment of "Mean Tweets." The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host recruited some big NBA names, too, including Kevin Durant, Charles Barkley, Ben Simmons, Chris Bosh, Bradley Beal, Dirk Nowitzki and Joel Embiid. Steve Ballmer, Jrue Holiday, Paul George, Kyle Lowry, Kemba Walker,...
- 5/31/2019
- E! Online
It’s time for the 2019 NBA finals, as the Toronto Raptors take on the defending champion Golden State Warriors. Or, as Jimmy Kimmel put it during the NBA Game Night primetime special, “A team of young Canadian upstarts – versus – the team that’s gonna win.”
Kimmel was in rare form on his monologue. Some of his better lines:
*** “The Warriors are super motivated to win this series. Cause – as you know, when you collect three consecutive championship rings – you can trade them in for a championship necklace which very few players have.”
*** :”The good news for the Raptors is – all-star forward Kevin Durant is out for the game with a calf injury – which means the Warriors will be force to play with only three future Hall of Famers in their lineup.”
***. At this point, the Warriors are like the Avengers. We all know they’re going to win – we...
Kimmel was in rare form on his monologue. Some of his better lines:
*** “The Warriors are super motivated to win this series. Cause – as you know, when you collect three consecutive championship rings – you can trade them in for a championship necklace which very few players have.”
*** :”The good news for the Raptors is – all-star forward Kevin Durant is out for the game with a calf injury – which means the Warriors will be force to play with only three future Hall of Famers in their lineup.”
***. At this point, the Warriors are like the Avengers. We all know they’re going to win – we...
- 5/31/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Could the Golden State Warriors starting 5 *actually* single-handedly beat the Eastern Conference All-Star starters?!?! You better believe it ... so says Chris Webber, who tells TMZ Sports the Dubs are just too damn good to lose that fantasy matchup. The 2019 All-Star game starters were announced Thursday night ... here's the East: -- Kyrie Irving, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Kawhi Leonard and Kemba Walker Here's the Warriors starting lineup: -- Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Boogie Cousins, Klay Thompson...
- 1/26/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_aw6rg5f1"]] Russell Westbrook is a real crowd-pleaser ... 'cause the NBA star crashed a high school basketball tourney in New Orleans and had fans Losing Their Minds!! Russ -- a Jordan Brand athlete -- popped up at the Jordan Invitational at St. Augustine H.S. in Nola to check out 4 of the best H.S. hoops teams in the country face off ... but the Thunder hooper clearly stole the show. Westbrook is in town for All-Star Weekend...
- 2/17/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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