Back when he was 10 years old, Daniel Marks invited Jason Kidd to his birthday party. The problem: Kidd was a player with the Suns at the time and attending birthday parties of random fans that he had never met before wasn’t likely one of his priorities. MORE: Conference finals predictions | Okafor holds 13 tennis balls in one hand | Thibodeau to Orlando? Zoom along 14 years, however, and Marks is the basketball database manager for the Bucks....

MORE: Rookies of the Year since 1990: J-Kidd in group Kidd, a 10-time NBA All-Star, is heading into his third season as the Bucks’ coach. He led Milwaukee to the playoffs his first season, going 41-41 in 2014-15. The Bucks regressed this year, going 33-49 and missing the postseason. MORE: Giannis awakens as PG-playing terror Despite the down year, the Bucks have plenty of young talent. Kidd’s decision to put 6-11 Giannis Antetokounmpo at point guard has been a successful one thus far, giving the team hope for the future....

After what many considered a not-so-successful 2018 season for Witten on MNF, viewers will be anticipating a change in the absence of the tight end. So how will ESPN go about its future with the program? We came up with a few scenarios and candidates as the network looks to bring energy back to MNF. MORE: How ESPN can bring back its ‘MNF’ magic Whatever the network decides, expect a quick decision....

According to NFL Media, the 14-year pro Witten was due $6.5 million in salary this season, but the Cowboys turned $5.5 million of it into a signing bonus. The restructuring created an extra $3 million in cap space for the Cowboys. It also means Witten has a cap number of more than $12 million next year but he’ll likely restructure again in what would be his age-35 season. In February, Witten acknowledged he’d like to play another five to seven years if he could, hopefully with Tony Romo under center....

The world was first introduced to Taylor in 2013 when the Bravo show first premiered. Cartwright joined during the fourth season when she moved to California to be with Taylor. Over the subsequent seasons, viewers saw the couple navigate an array of difficulties including plastic surgery, infidelity and forgiveness. On Saturday, Taylor and Cartwright will be wed in Versailles. Oui?! No, not the same Versailles where then-Kim Kardashian married Kanye West....

“We want to thank everyone for their love, support and prayers during this very difficult time,” Kristin Cavallari, Michael’s sister and Cutler’s wife, said in a statement to E! News. “We have just been informed by the authorities my brother’s body has been found. This is a very painful time and we are still processing it all. We kindly ask everyone please respect our privacy during our time of grieving....

Werth will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his AC joint at the Mayo Clinic on Friday, FoxSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal reported. The 35-year-old outfielder has been plagued with an aching right shoulder for months, causing him to miss a week of practice and games in August and rely on cortisone shots. Werth’s 2014 season was solid, despite his shoulder problems. He hit .292/.394/.455 with 16 home runs and 82 RBIs. The Nationals’ first full-squad spring training workout is scheduled for Feb....

As 2017 Super League champions, JDT qualified for one of the slots for next year’s competition. While Malaysia has a second direct slot in the group stage, it will not be used after Kedah’s failure to secure and AFC club license and subsequently Pahang’s refusal to enter the competition. Having won the second tier Asian cup competition back in 2015, JDT are once again one of the favourites from the ASEAN zone to get through to zonal final....

Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) Football Club intends to grow bigger, better and have no intention to stop pushing to reach greater heights. That was the message that came out after JDT held their congress on Wednesday. The four-times Super League champions are by far and large the best team in the country and by the looks of it, will be holding on to their supremacy for years to come....

Fisher said Monday that he expects Keenum to be back with the Rams next season as the team’s starting quarterback. Fisher said Nick Foles, for whom the Rams traded in March before benching him in favor of Keenum in November, will have an opportunity to compete with Keenum for the starting job. The Rams would also “evaluate outside options” at quarterback while 2015 draft pick Sean Mannion would “be in the mix as well....

They have so much charisma and personality they become as big a star off the field as on the field. They were huge in their playing days and then became even more popular post-career thanks to a rare ability to perform on camera. MORE: Best color analysts in sports Troy Aikman, a three-time Super Bowl winning quarterback, is one of those guys. So are Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal....

Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch are about to find out. MORE: Logano wins | Harvick not happy with restarts | Results | Hamlin wreck Hamlin, who had a fueling malfunction and then was involved in a wreck, finished 37th in the Sylvania 300 while Busch also wrecked and finished 36th Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. They sit six points and eight points, respectively, outside the cutoff to advance to the second round heading into the elimination race at Dover International Speedway next Sunday....

Oh, and dunks. Did I say dunks? Like big, giant, Dunk of the Year kind of dunks. MORE: Dwight Howard’s touching tribute | Space Jam shoes | Kevin Love returns to Cavaliers lineup Green drove the lane on Saturday against the Wizards and elevated so high it looked like he had most of his arm above the rim. He also did a great job of warding off Kevin Seraphin without committing an offensive foul, either with is leading knee or his off arm....

“It’s taken a lot of discipline for me not to respond until now because I believe this is a mental health issue—and I support people when they are hurting. But let me be clear, these disgusting allegations asserted against me are absolutely not true. I have never engaged in any sexual relationship with a minor,” Ross wrote, adding that the allegation is “old news.” “It has been investigated numerous times and thoroughly reviewed and never published....

The New York financier was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) on August 10, 2019, weeks after being remanded on new sex abuse allegations. Earlier, in 2008, he pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor and was given an 18-month sentence, through a much criticized plea bargain. He was released on probation after 13 months. A fresh prosecution on sex trafficking charges was launched against him in 2019....

According to The New York Times, Epstein, 66, is interested in the controversial transhumanism movement, which believes advanced technologies should be used to modify and enhance humans’ physical capabilities. One unnamed transhumanist who had conversations with Epstein told the Times about his aspiration to freeze body parts after death using cryonics, a pseudoscience whose proponents claim it will eventually be possible to resurrect frozen people. The publication also reported that Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 of soliciting a minor for prostitution and made to register as a sex offender, wanted to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating up to 20 women at a time at his Zorra Ranch in New Mexico....

The longtime Harvard Law School faculty member was Epstein’s attorney in 2008 and negotiated a plea agreement that stopped the federal government from investigating Epstein. He was the subject of an FBI probe for allegedly soliciting paid sex from teenaged girls and transporting them across state lines for prostitution and other related offenses. The plea deal, which covered Epstein and all his alleged accomplices “known and unknown” to authorities, was so sweeping that it provoked theories that Epstein was working for a U....

Speaking on Newsmax, to which she is a regular contributor, Ellis criticized Biden’s actions in regard to immigration at the southern border and also questioned the new eviction moratorium backed by the White House. Ellis criticized reported plans for migrants who cross into the U.S. to be offered COVID vaccinations as they await processing by Customs and Border Protection. Such plans were reported by The Washington Post, which cited two unnamed DHS officials....

Five people were killed and at least 17 others injured after a gunman opened fire at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday. Suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, 21, is being held in El Paso County Jail. Many have blamed the shooting on an increase in virulent anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, which has been recently focused on baseless accusations that its community is “grooming” children to be sexually abused or to become gay or transgender....

Schwimmer hilariously paid homage to his former co-star after she posted a racy shower snap. The Rachel Green actress posed under a running shower with her back to the camera with her hair was lathered up with shampoo. Aniston was teasing new products from her Lolavie hair care range, telling fans “Something’s coming 9.8.22.” Her co-star took the chance to poke fun at her by posing in the shower, his face screwed up and covered in soapy suds....