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JJ Redick Slams Stephen A. Smith For Saying NBA Players Don’t Fear LeBron James
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Nic Antaya / Getty JJ Redick may not have been an NBA All-Star, but he was one of the scrappiest and dependable guards in the league in his 15-year career. Now moving into the world of broadcasting, the former Duke University standout took on Stephen A. Smith after a debate over whether or not NBA players fear LeBron James the way they feared Michael Jordan. Redick was a guest analyst on ESPN’s First Take program on Tuesday (Nov. 23) with Smith and host Molly Qerim when the pair got into the entire situation that unfolded between the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons when James elbowed Isiash Stewart in the eye and nearly sparked a brawl. Smith insisted that today’s players don’t fear King James in the same fashion past stars didn’t dare take o...
Malice In The Pizza Palace?: LeBron James & Isaiah Stewart Nearly Come To Blows, #NBA Twitter Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Nic Antaya / Getty LeBron James already attracts a ton of negative attention for reasons related to his dominance in the league, and that will surely increase after the events that unfolded over the weekend. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar nearly came to blows with Detroit Pistons player Isaiah Stewart, and many across #NBATwitter thought this was going to be Malice In The Palace part two. The Lake Show was in Motor City on Sunday (November 21) to take on the Pistons at Little Ceasars Arena when the skirmish happened. As seen on ESPN, Stewart was hit with a loose ball foul call and caught what has been explained as an accidental elbow from James, causing blood to stream down the right side of Stewart’s face. Video of the incident shows that James a...
LeBron James & Twitter Clown MAGA Vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse For His Fake Tears During Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Pool / Getty We don’t believe you. You need more people. That’s what many people are saying on social media following MAGA vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse’s god-awful attempt to shed tears on the witness stand during his trial on Wednesday (Nov.10). Rittenhouse is currently on trial for shooting three protesters, killing two of them during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. During his time in the witness box, Rittenhouse attempted to gain some sort of sympathy by “crying,” but no tears could visibly be seen flowing out of the entitled white teen’s tear ducts. The lame attempt at showing remorse didn’t work on Twitter users watching the shenanigans take place in the Kenosha courtroom. Still, it more than likely worked on the ridiculously biased judge who bec...
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Very Spooky: The Best Celebrity Halloween Fits From 2021 [Photos]
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @kingjames / Instagram Halloween has come and as expected celebrities did the most over the weekend. While not everyone got it right some clearly understood the assignment. https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtTW_fveo9/ Over the span of the last 10 years celebrity costumes have become a big moment in popular culture. Naturally everyone who is anyone, or believes they are anyone, tried their best to get their fits off for the celebratory day. Even though it was different strokes for different strokes in terms of themes, a-listers ranging from music, sports, television, movies and more dropped a bag to make sure they looked the part. Here are some of the best celeb Halloween ensembles from this year’s spooky season. Let us know your favorites in the comment...
Touch the Sky: Kanye West Flies Economy and Fans Share Experience
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: starzfly/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Kanye West may be a billionaire, but that’s not keeping him from catching flights with the working class. Earlier this week, Kanye West was recently captured taking a flight from Los Angeles’ LAX airport as a number of fans revealed that they were flying commercial with the DONDA rapper. Yeezy was spotted without his usual obscuring mask and was happy to take photos with fans that asked. Collaborator, Goody Grace, took to social media to share a photo of ‘Ye, saying: “‘Ye told me he been traveling solo commercial on some normal sh*t I thought he was capping.” Chiming in on the rare sighting, other fans in the airport also shared that the Jeen-Yuhs creator spent his time simply waiting to board while enjoying a coffee adding ...
Nike Opens The LeBron James Innovation Center
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke After Michael Jordan, LeBron James is the biggest name that Nike has on its roster so it only makes sense that the NBA legend gets his own building at Nike headquarters. Source: Nike / NIke Recently Nike opened their doors to the LeBron James Innovation Center which is dedicated to understanding the “unique needs and opportunities, contextualize challenges, and generate breakthroughs across the spectrum of play and movement in a variety of environments.” Housing a Nike Sports Research Lab on one of it’s floors, the NSRL boasts 84,000 square feet for sports research along with the world’s largest motion-capture installation (400 cameras), 97 force plates, and body-mapping equipment amongst many other things to help turn today’s athletes in...
LeBron James Says He’s Vaccinated, But Won’t Encourage Others To Take The Jab
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images / Getty As the NBA struggles to convince a few of it’s superstars like Bradley Beal and Kyrie Irving to take the vaccine as mandated by certain arenas (they’ve done their own “research”), LeBron James says he himself has been vaccinated, but also adds he won’t encourage anyone to do the same. According to TMZ, the NBA legend revealed his vaccination status during a Lakers media day session saying that he got the vaccine because “at the end of the day you’re always trying to figure out ways that you can always be available and protect one another.” Still, even though LeBron feels he made the best decision for himself and his team, he stopped short of imploring anyone else to follow suit and take the j...
LeBron James & Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company Teams Up With Clubhouse To Create Audio Programming
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Can LeBron James and Maverick Carter help revitalize the buzz Clubhouse once had? That’s what the once super popular drop-in audio app is hoping with this new partnership it announced on Thursday (Sep.16) that will see James and Carter’s SpringHill Company bring exclusive audio content to the medium “that best elevates authentic conversation surrounding big moments in sports and culture.” SpringHill hopes to continue its streak of bringing engaging content like DJ Khaled’s podcast The First One, 17 Weeks, and More Than A Vote: Vaccine Special, to Clubhouse with content that will further “its mission to empower greatness in every individual from creators to fans,” with series of Clubhouse rooms that will live in its...
LeBron James To Produce Netflix Film On Native American Basketball League
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VALERIE MACON / Getty LeBron James is starting to really boss up in Hollywood. The legend in the making will produce a Netflix film about a Native American basketball scene. As spotted on The Hollywood Reporter the Los Angeles Laker has inked a deal with the streaming giant to add some color to the narrative about his profession. According to the trade publication he will be getting behind the camera to produce Rez Ball. It is being billed as Friday Night Lights meets Hoosiers. The overview describes it as it “follows the Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from Chuska, New Mexico, that must band together after losing their star player if they want to keep their quest for a state championship a...
Can We Hold Something?: LeBron James Is Now The First Active Athlete To Earn $1 Billion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Not even Skip Bayless can hate on this accomplishment, or could he? LeBron James has a lot to be happy about, his movie Space Jam: A New Legacy did well at the box office, due to the Lakers getting bounced out of the NBA Playoffs early, he’s had some extra time to ice up, and now he’s reportedly a billionaire. According to Sportico, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar, business mogul, and budding actor has become the first active player to earn $1 billion. Sportico‘s sports valuation reporter Kurt Badenhausen attributes that to Bron’s career earnings, including salaries and endorsements. According to Badenhausen, James is the “first athlete in a U.S. team sport to hit $1 billion USD, with $330 million USD in playing salary and $7...
Hi Haters: LeBron James’ ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Blocks ‘Black Widow’ At The Box Office With $31M+ Opening Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Warner Bros. / Space Jam: A New Legacy Skip Bayless can’t hate on this. LeBron James‘ Space Jam: A New Legacy had itself a great opening weekend at the box office. The Space Jam film that old heads were crying about was a slam dunk. Even with the film premiering simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, Space Jam: A New Legacy performed well in theaters denying Black Widow another win at the box office bringing in $31.65M, making it the best 3-day opening for a family film during the still ongoing pandemic. Space Jam: A New Legacy was also a win for Warner Bros. slightly topping Godzilla vs. Kong which brought in $31.625M. The film was also a milestone for director Malcolm D. Lee beating his previous record held by his film Girls Trip by $31.2M. The...
‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Streaks Past ‘Black Widow’ at the Box Office
Heading into the weekend, Warner Bros. expected Space Jam 2 to open in the $20 million range. That would have been a problematic start for a movie that cost a reported $150 million to make. The film is being buoyed by an A- CinemaScore and an ethnically diverse audience. The live-action/animated movie is also available on HBO Max. (Black Widow is likewise playing in the home via Disney Premier Access.) In Space Jam 2, Brown encounters a plethora of classic Warner Bros. characters. Michael Jordan starred in the first Space Jam, which debuted to roughly $27 million without adjusting for inflation. Black Widow is facing a huge drop in is second weekend of 65 percent-70 percent. The Marvel pic will still come in No. 2, followed by Sony’s Escape Room: Champion of Tournaments. The sequel opened ...
