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CTV News
28-07-2025
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ADVERTISEMENT Watch Summer McIntosh wins second gold medal at world swimming championships The 18-year-old Canadian took the 200-meter individual medley on Monday and won the second gold medal with a victory in the 400 freestyle.
Watch The 18-year-old Canadian took the 200-meter individual medley on Monday and won the second gold medal with a victory in the 400 freestyle.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
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NBA Twitter reacts to Sixers' Joel Embiid being ruled out for season
The Philadelphia 76ers received some bleak news on Friday when they were told that Joel Embiid is medically unable to play and will miss the rest of the season. The big fella had played in only 19 games and was clearly not himself as his scoring and shooting numbers were way down from his career norms. Amid a 20-38 season, this is the right decision. The Sixers need to get Embiid right for the future and hope that the big fella can be fully healthy at some point again in his career. The next step for Embiid now is to prepare for the 2025-26 season. When healthy, the trio of Embiid, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey can still be one of the best in the league. It will just come down to whether the three of them can stay healthy and build chemistry for the long haul. With the news now that Embiid is done for the season, fans on NBA Twitter gave their best reactions: As unlikely as it is, it would be amazing to see Joel Embiid be great again. If not, he's still the best Sixers player I've ever seen and I feel lucky to have not only watched him but been able to publicly talk about it. Good luck big guy. — Spike Eskin (@SpikeEskin) February 28, 2025 the sixers have managed the joel embiid situation horribly. he never should've came back last year for the playoffs after that meniscus surgery. he never should've played in the olympics, especially seeing how he was moving. he never should've played this season. — SJ (@SJBasketball8) February 28, 2025 Joel Embiid (knee) is out for the season. Philadelphia 76ers have a top-6 protected 2025 first-round pick and have the 6th-worst record. Any pick seven or below goes to the Thunder. Sixers are one game ahead of the Nets and 2.5 games ahead of the Bulls in the tankathon standings. — Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) February 28, 2025 It really is a shame. Joel Embiid is one of the best talents in this league, but his body just betrays him year after year. This is the right move for them right now. Make sure he gets fully healthy and ready for next season. #Sixers — Ky Carlin (@Ky_Carlin) February 28, 2025 Rest up @JoelEmbiid One of the most talented players in NBA history.I still believe he could come back and be 100%. The NBA world needs Joel Embiid in it. This franchise needs a finals win with Embiid as our best player. His story is not over. — J🐐 (@SixersJustin) February 28, 2025 See ya in October 🫡 @JoelEmbiid — Sixerdaily on IG (@Sixerdaily) February 28, 2025 Get better big fella 🙏 Let's not forget how Joel Embiid dominated the NBA when healthy and helped USA bring home gold this past summer! — Pat Bev Pod (@PatBevPod) February 28, 2025 As a human, you just feel for Joel Embiid. Can debate some of his steps along the way, but you could tell this season took a toll on him -- mentally and physically. Right decision for him and the Sixers. — Paul Hudrick (@PaulHudrick) February 28, 2025 Sixers went from being overly cautious on Embiid earlier in his career to mismanaging his health the past 2 seasons and now Joel and the franchised are cooked. — Ant (@Godbinna) February 28, 2025 This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: NBA Twitter reacts to Sixers' Joel Embiid being ruled out for season
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Serena Williams crip-walked at the Super Bowl because Kendrick Lamar asked her to, she says
All those fan theories about Serena Williams' Super Bowl LIX halftime show cameo appear to be wrong, according to the tennis legend herself. The retired athlete, who crip-walked during Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" verse during Sunday's big game, took part in the show simply because the rapper — who like Williams hails from Compton — asked her to. "When @kendricklamar and team called and was like 'we've been trying to do something forever, what about this? We loved your crip walk at the Olympics after you won the gold medal,'" Williams wrote Tuesday on Instagram. "I'm like Super Bowl? Are you serious? When in the world would I ever be able to dance at a superbowl? (Never) let's do it!" she said. "I knew my winning dance after the @olympics would pay off one day. End of story." Read more: Kendrick Lamar televised 'the revolution' during Super Bowl halftime performance. Here's what it meant During Lamar's buzzed-about performance of 'Not Like Us" on Sunday, the camera cut to his fellow Compton native doing the C-walk on an elevated platform placed on the field in New Orleans' Caesars Superdome. Williams' surprise appearance set the internet ablaze — much to the delight of those celebrating Lamar's "petty" display and to the chagrin of one ESPN sports commentator who put her down for "trolling" her reported ex. That all seemed to roll off Williams' back. The Wyn Beauty co-founder accompanied her Instagram post with a behind-the-scenes video of her game-day prep and other snippets from the performance, which she referred to as "the best 10 seconds of my life." Williams, 43, took heat back in 2012 for that very footwork after besting Maria Sharapova for the gold medal during the London Olympics. She did it again at Wimbledon in 2023. "Man I did not crip walk like that at Wimbledon," she joked in a separate video posted Sunday. "Oh, I would've been fined." Read more: If Kendrick Lamar calls Drake a pedophile at the Super Bowl, is that defamation? Meanwhile, her husband — Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian — celebrated her performance and the meaning behind it. 'Some of y'all have no idea how criticized Serena was for this same dance at Wimbledon 13 years ago and it shows. ...,' Ohanian wrote Monday on X. 'This is bigger than the music.' He included coverage of the backlash Williams faced then too. Netizens were also quick to suggest that Lamar masterminded the athlete's appearance as the latest coup in his simmering beef with Toronto rapper Drake. The "God's Plan" rapper, who has taken legal action against Universal Music Group regarding his portrayal in "Not Like Us," was rumored to be romantically linked to Williams in the early 2010s, and he reportedly alluded to Williams in his songs 'Worst Behavior' and 'Nothings Into Somethings." Another of Drake's exes, SZA, also joined Lamar onstage Sunday to sing "Luther" and "All of the Stars" with him. Get notified when the biggest stories in Hollywood, culture and entertainment go live. Sign up for L.A. Times entertainment alerts. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
