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One of the most-groundbreaking quarterbacks in the history of football died on Monday. Marlin Briscoe, the first Black quarterback in the history of the AFL, died at the age of 76, according to multiple reports. "His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated Press that Briscoe, 76, died of pneumonia at...

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Terzel Ron, 25, earns $150,000 a year as a video producer in Los Angeles, but he's had to work hard to get where he is today. The child of undocumented immigrants, Ron worked throughout high school to pay for dental work his family couldn't afford, and he hasn't stopped hustling since.

The Brooklyn Nets reportedly aren't looking to host a Kevin Durant-Russell Westbrook reunion. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers are about the only team interested in a sign-and-trade for Kyrie Irving at this time, with a trade package centered around the former MVP. Part of the road...

A 51-year-old man travelling on a Delta Air Lines flight between Los Angeles and Orlando accused of allegedly groping a young girl says that the Ambien he took is to blame, The Daily Beast first reported.A US air marshal wrote in a signed criminal affidavit with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that Brian Patrick Durning, 51, was arrested on Friday by federal agents after his overnight flight from California landed at Orlando International Airport early in the morning.In the affidavit, signed on 24 June 2022, Tony Helico, a senior inspector with the US Marshals...

Pending NBA free agent Miles Bridges was arrested June 29 in Los Angeles on domestic violence charges. As first reported by TMZ, Bridges was arrested and charged with felony domestic violence following an altercation with a woman. Bridges, 24, was released on bond later Wednesday after turning himself in, according...

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving could potentially leave the team this offseason. Irving, who has a player option for the 2022-23 season, could opt out and sign with a new team, or he could try to force his way out by opting in and requesting a trade. According to The...

A 60-year-old man faces several drug charges after authorities say enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people was found in his Fullerton home.Alfonso Gomez-Santana was charged Friday with a felony count of sale or transport of a controlled substance and two felony counts of possession of sale with intent to sell, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.Gomez-Santana was pulled over near South Lemon Street and Orangethorpe Avenue Wednesday and arrested after officers found four kilos of fentanyl in his vehicle, authorities said. According to the district attorney's officials, search of his home in Fullerton turned up 20 more...

Three months after Will Smith's Oscars fiasco, the star came out victorious at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 27 — though the 53-year-old didn't attend the Los Angeles-based shindig.Smith won the Best Actor accolade for his role in King Richard, the same honor he took home at the Academy Awards. This time around, he was up against stars like Sterling K. Brown, Denzel Washington and Anthony Anderson. He has yet to comment on the win.In March, the dad-of-three made headlines when he stormed the Oscars stage and slapped Chris Rock after he made a comment about wife Jada Pinkett...

Diddy had a lot to celebrate following the 2022 BET Awards, but turned his celebration into work as well -- shooting a project with Mary J. Blige and Yung Miami. TMZ Hip Hop obtained video from inside the after party -- at Diddy's L.A. mansion -- where he appeared to be directing a music video ... most likely something for his upcoming R&B album on Motown Records.

The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2021-22 NBA season widely regarded as championship contenders. It was them and the Brooklyn Nets. A big reason that everyone acknowledged was responsible for the Lakers’ struggles was the offseason acquisition of Russell Westbrook. He just couldn’t mesh with LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

With the Los Angeles Lakers struggling to repeat their 2020 NBA Championship, it's not unheard of for rumors to begin to swirl around LeBron James, particularly one that hints he may be looking at a return to Cleveland. Chris Broussard and Nick Wright decide if there's any chance LeBron would play with the Cavaliers once again, and how they would feel if the star NBA player brought another championship to Cleveland.

Despite dropping two games to the Dodgers over the weekend, the Braves are still one of the best teams in the National League. They boast the fourth-best record in the NL and currently sit 5.0 games back of the division-leading Mets. Atlanta finished the week 4-3 against two potential playoff teams in San Fran and LA. That’ll play every time, even if last night’s loss put a bit of a damper on things.

Apparently celebrity boxing matches are still a thing. According to a report, former NFL running backs Adrian Peterson and Le'Veon Bell have agreed to an exhibition fight. Bell and Peterson will fight in a celebrity boxing match on July 30 at Crypto.com Arena - previously Staples Center - in Los Angeles.

On Wednesday night, the Charlotte Hornets received disturbing news involving star forward Miles Bridges. According to TMZ Sports, Bridges was arrested for felony domestic violence in Los Angeles. He reportedly turned himself into a local jail. A physical altercation involving Bridges allegedly took place on Tuesday. A woman claims she...

Watch: Ray Liotta’s Fiancée Jacy Nittolo Breaks Silence After His Death. While Ray Liotta is gone, his legacy lives on—both in his work and in his family. His daughter Karsen honored her late father by attending the Los Angeles premiere of his show Black Bird at the Regency Bruin Theatre on June 29. She was joined by Liotta's fiancée Jacy Nittolo, who he proposed to in December 2020.

The driver of a speeding vehicle left three injured women, damaged cars and property in its wake before landing on top of a fence in Watts early Thursday morning. Los Angeles Police Department officers on the scene detailed that the driver, expected to be traveling at a high rate of speed heading southbound along Compton Avenue, slammed into at least one parked car a little before 2:15 a.m.. After the initial collision the suspect's vehicle continued moving until it jumped a curb, crashed through a cinderblock wall and landed on top of a fence in front of a residence. Three women were...

Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey are officially back in the United States. Following a two-week getaway to the Bahamas after Bieber was diagnosed with Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome and forced to postpone the U.S. leg of his Justice World Tour, the married couple was photographed returning to Los Angeles on Monday.

An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department who died during training after suffering deadly neck injuries had been beaten by fellow officers during an exercise intended to “simulate a mob,” according to a wrongful-death claim filed by the officer’s mother against the city. Officer Houston Tipping, 32, suffered a spinal cord injury on 26 May at the police academy in Elysian Park in central LA. He died three days later. His funeral took place on Wednesday and was attended by LAPD Chief Michel Moore and Mayor Eric Garcetti.Mother Shirley Huffman was also present but didn’t speak. She filed...

Click here to read the full article. UPDATE, with Sweetin comment and video Jodie Sweetin said on E!’s Daily Pop today that while she understands “people are shocked” to see “Stephanie Tanner” — her character on Full House — subjected to she describes as “a very minor incident of police brutality,” she hopes the public focus will remain on the larger issues. “I think people are shocked when they see Stephanie Tanner, something happen to her, it makes it more real, and I hate that,” Sweetin said. “I hate that it takes people knowing someone or someone they recognize for people to...