Episodes – Page 1378

Report: Dwight Howard may need surgery for gluteal injury

Scott Clarke / ESPN Images(NEW YORK) — Dwight Howard may need to go under the knife to alleviate pain from a gluteal injury he suffered earlier this month.

League sources tell ESPN the Washington Wizards center will likely need a surgical procedure that would sideline him for a considerable portion of the regular season.

Howard got a recommendation from a nerve specialist on Thursday, ESPN reports, but may seek a second opinion before deciding whether or not to have surgery.

Howard, 32, injured his piriformis muscle during a game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Nov. 18. So far this season, the injury has caused him to miss 12 games.

Scoreboard roundup — 11/29/18

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
OT Toronto 131, Golden State 128
L.A. Clippers 133, Sacramento 121
L.A. Lakers 104, Indiana 96

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Columbus 4, Minnesota 2
Ottawa 3, NY Rangers 0
Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 4
SO Boston 2, NY Islanders 1
Winnipeg 6, Chicago 5
Arizona 3, Nashville 0
Edmonton 3, L.A. Kings 2
Vegas 4, Vancouver 3

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Dallas 13, New Orleans 10

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New York 1, Atlanta 0

Marques Houston dishes on his BET suspense thriller “Running Out of Time”

Footage FilmsMarques Houston is putting on his producer hat for his latest project. The Immature alum and Sister, Sister actor now serves as CEO of Footage Films, and is focused on putting out his newest project: the BET suspense thriller Running Out of Time.

In Houston’s film, Tasha Smith plays Brenda, a woman who loses her husband and learns that, along with his assets, he’s also left her a secret file that some very dangerous men want to get their hands on. The men then kidnap Brenda and her immediate family.

While Houston says his new film is an original idea, the singer admits it does have some similarities to Gabrielle Union‘s Mother’s Day thriller, Breaking In. In that film, Union’s defends her family from intruders who want to steal their money after their patriarch passes away.

“I haven’t really heard about any comparisons with the film,” Houston tells ABC Radio. “I know when we were shooting Running Out of Time— that was the first time I actually saw, I think, the trailer for Breaking In. And I was like, ‘Wow that’s kind of similar.'”

However, Houston insists that at heart, the two films are very different, adding that his will take you on a roller-coaster ride to a shocking ending.

“This movie takes you on a journey and at the end of it, you’re going to be like, ‘Wow, ah, wow!'” he says. “That’s all I can say. I don’t want to give too much away, but this movie will blow your mind at the end, and you gonna be like, ‘I gotta watch that again!'”

Running Out of Time, also starring RonReaco Lee and Telma Hopkins, premiere Saturday, December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET on BET.

Texas Tech hires Utah State's Matt Wells as next head football coach

Photo by Loren Orr/Getty Images(COLLEGE STATION, Texas) — Just one day after he was named Mountain West coach of the year for his work at Utah State, Matt Wells has decided to leave the school to take the head football coaching job at Texas Tech.

Wells went 44-34 in six seasons at Utah State, including an impressive 10-2 campaign this year. The award was the second time Wells won that conference’s coach of the year award.

Texas Tech announced the decision on Twitter Thursday night. ESPN reports Wells is expected to bring his offensive coordinator David Yost, and his defensive coordinator Keith Patterson, with him to Texas Tech.

Wells replaces Kliff Kingsbury, who was fired on Sunday at the end of a disappointing 5-7 season at Texas Tech.

Cleveland Browns coach defends quarterback Baker Mayfield's comments about former head coach

artisteer/iStock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND) — Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens stood up for his quarterback on Thursday, defending Baker Mayfield’s comments about former Browns head coach Hue Jackson.

“I promise you this,” Kitchens told reporters on Thursday, “Baker’s not going to blow smoke up anybody’s [expletive].”

“So if he said it, that’s what he feels,” Kitchens continued. “And I’m standing behind Baker Mayfield.”

Earlier in the week, the Browns rookie quarterback took issue with Jackson accepting a job with the division rival Cincinnati Bengals so soon after he was fired in Cleveland. He also posted an Instagram response calling the former head coach “fake.”

LL Cool J sues the now-defunct Rock the Bells Festival for trademark infringement

ABC/Randy HolmesLL Cool J is suing a festival with the same name as his 1985 hit “Rock the Bells” — even though the event has not been held since 2013.

LL is accusing the now-defunct Rock the Bells music festival of trademark infringement, cyber piracy and more for maintaining a website and several social media accounts, according to Billboard.

The Guerilla Division company has held the “Rock the Bells” trademark for live events and merchandise for several years. Last year, LL successfully petitioned that the trademark be canceled, and filed his own trademark registration. But now the NCIS: LA star claims that the company is continuing to use the trademark illegally.

The 50-year-old rap icon is seeking profits from Guerilla Division’s use of the trademark, as well as punitive damages and his legal fees.

DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather fined for failing to disclose they were paid to promote cryptocurrency companies

Image Group LA/ABCDJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather have been fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose that they were paid to promote investments in companies involved in cryptocurrency.

Mayweather agreed to pay his $300,000 profit, plus a $300,000 penalty. Khaled agree to pay his $50,000 profit, plus a $100,000 penalty. The boxing champ was ordered not to promote any securities, digital or otherwise, for three years, and the music producer has a similar ban for two years.

The SEC says Mayweather did not reveal he was paid to promote three different companies, including Centra Tech Inc. which also paid Khaled for promotion. Both men used social media to promote investments in Initial Coin Offerings, known as ICOs.

In April 2018, the Commission charged the founders of Centra with operating a fraudulent company that raised more than $32 million from thousands of investors last year.

“These cases highlight the importance of full disclosure to investors,” says SEC Enforcement Division Co-Director Stephanie Avakian. “With no disclosure about the payments, Mayweather and Khaled’s ICO promotions may have appeared to be unbiased, rather than paid endorsements.”

“Investors should be skeptical of investment advice posted to social media platforms, and should not make decisions based on celebrity endorsements,” added Enforcement Division Co-Director Steven Peikin.

Nicki Minaj drops “Good Form” remix video featuring Lil Wayne

Republic RecordsNickI Minaj has reunited with the icon who launched her recording career — Lil Wayne — for her “Good Form” remix video, which she dropped Thursday.

This is the latest of several collabos between Nicki and the Young Money Entertainment CEO, including “Changed It,” “Truffle Butter” — which also featured Drake — and “Only,” featuring Drake and Chris Brown.

“Good Form” is the fifth single from Nicki’s Queen album, following “Barbie Tingz,” “Chun-Li,” Bed” featuring Ariana Grande, and “Barbie Dreams.”

The clip ends with a Young Money reunion as Nicki and Weezy are joined by their former label mate, Tyga.

Cardi B named one of “Entertainment Weekly”’s Entertainers of the Year

Jorda Frantzis2018 has been officially proclaimed the year of Cardi B.

The “I Like It” rapper was named one of Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainers of the Year and appears on one of four covers for the new December 7 issue.

In her cover story, Cardi says the most special moment of the year was when she gave birth to her first baby, daughter Kulture.

“I felt so emotional,” she reveals. “I just couldn’t stop like thinking and crying like this is real. It was just crazy.”

The 26-year old rapper is also very proud of the success of her double platinum debut album, Invasion of Privacy.

“For my album to go number one, I was just something that I’m very happy, that I’m really proud of,” says Cardi. “You cannot tell me that I didn’t do a great album.”

Cardi won three American Music Awards in October, and says she’ll never forget performing on the show.

“My most satisfying feeling that I had was when I performed for the AMAs,” she says. “It was like my first big performance on television, and after giving birth, and I just felt like I wanted to see people’s reaction because , after my album, I didn’t really perform much of my music and I was just so nervous. So nervous and it came out so perfect.”

Now the rapper from New York City is making big plans for next year.

“I’m looking forward to do anything and everything that I could possibly take. The only thing that would stop me and is my enemy right now is time,” she says. “I did a vision board and I’m going to make sure I complete everything on it.”

Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainers of the Year issue hits newsstands Friday.

Stephen Curry makes signature shoes available to girls online after nine-year-old's letter

Photo by Anthony Causi / ESPN Images(NEW YORK) — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is working to make his signature basketball shoes available to girls, in response to a letter from a nine-year-old Warriors fan.

In the letter, posted to Instagram by her father, Riley Morrison said she lives in Napa, California, who enjoys going to Warriors games with her dad. Ahead of her upcoming basketball season,Morrison said she and her father tried to purchase the Curry 5s on Under Armour’s website, but were “disappointed to see that there were no Curry 5’s for sale under the girls section.”

Pointing out Curry’s support of girls sports, and his two daughters, Morrison asked the two-time MVP to work with the apparel company to solve her problem.

Curry responded to Morrison Thursday morning, promising to send her a pair of the shoes, as well as making her one of the first to receive the upcoming Curry 6s. He also invited her to travel to Oakland in March to celebrate International Women’s Day, saying there is “something special in the works.”

Morrison spoke to Teen Vogue, which originally reported the story, saying that she “wanted to help make things equal for all girls, because girls play basketball too.”