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It took 30 years after the Emmy Awards‘ Outstanding Director for a Drama Series category was launched for the first woman, Karen Arthur, to be nominated in 1985. And it took almost 40 more years for the first Black woman, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, to land a nomination in the field, something she accomplished last week. She did it for her work on HBO‘s Winning Time, which she also executive produced.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Three different media companies won new 11-year rights deals with the NBA on Wednesday. Only one of them is going to radically rework its business to accommodate the new agreement. NBCUniversal will, starting in late 2025, devote three full nights a week to NBA play during the league’s season, two of them on the NBC broadcast network and one of them on its Peacock streaming hub.

Angel Reese, one of the rookie stars of the WNBA, is signing with the Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league, which will play in the winter.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The NBA has blocked one of Warner Bros. Discovery’s last shots on the clock. The basketball league on Wednesday rejected Warner’s effort to shoulder its way in to a new set of rights packages already crafted for Amazon, Disney and NBCUniversal that will generate an estimated $76 billion over an 11-year period All are slated to begin in the NBA’s 2026 season.

Aubrey Plaza was seen using crutches at the WNBA 2024 All-Star weekend in Phoenix, Arizona after tearing her ACL.Plaza sat courtside to watch the game on Sunday (July 21) alongside Megan Rapinoe ex-WNBA player Sue Bird, the latter of whom was shown on camera during the game tying Plaza’s shoe. They saw team WNBA defeat Team USA with a score of 117-109.Ironically, Plaza had sustained the injury while playing basketball.

J. Kim Murphy While Stephen Curry is about to jet to Paris for the Olympics, he’s also about to head to Peacock for his first scripted television role. The streamer has debuted the first trailer for “Mr.

against the US Olympic women's basketball team in the highly-anticipate in Phoenix, Arizona—winning the matchup on behalf of Team WNBA, which was voted on by fans, players, coaches, and members of the media.While there's no doubt that Dallas Wings player Arike Ogunbowale earner her title as MVP with 34 points, Clark and Reese delivered the team-up fans have been dying to see since their 2023 NCAA Championship sparked a major rise in viewership for the sport.WNBA fans need to hear this.Both Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark had an impact on the game as individuals, with breaking the All-Star rookie assist record and becoming the first rookie in the league to record a double-double during an All-Star Game. However, Clark earned one of her 10 assists by sending a a beautiful bounce pass to Reese, which the Chicago Sky player turned into a flawless layup.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Not bad for two players who have been at the center of since their college days—which has only gotten more amid their first WNBA season.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery won’t let the NBA go without one more drive to the net. The media conglomerate on Monday indicated it plans to work to match the terms of a package of NBA games the league is poised to award to Amazon, a last-ditch effort by Warner CEO David Zaslav to retain the rights to professional basketball that have helped his company thrive for more than three decades.

Los Angeles Lakers star and two-time Olympian gold medalist LeBron James has been named Team USA’s male flagbearer at the Paris Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday. A female flag bearer to join James will be announced Tuesday.

It was like the South Sudan version of the movie Hoosiers. An African team of discards and college players was hammering Team USA, filled with the world’s best basketball players.

about Caitlin Clark is going viral—and people may be misinterpreting what she had to say.On July 20, the WNBA star rookies will to play against Team USA at the 2024 All-Star game. This team-up is perhaps even more anticipated than their face-off against the .

Sue Bird, a 20-year WNBA star, said that the alleged hate toward Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark is just trash talk that’s misinterpreted.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. We’re into the halfway point of the 2024 WNBA season, and the league is heading into an extended break with the WNBA All-Star Game Weekend. It’s also going to be the first time that rivals Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will play on the same team, as teammates on Team WNBA.

Brittney Griner and wife Cherelle are now parents!

If you've been thinking it's time to invest in a new pair of trainers but don't feel ready to fork out over £100 for a quality pair then today may be your lucky day. New Balance, who are known for their shoes and loungewear, have a little-known online outlet store where trainers are heavily reduced - some to as little as £38.

After scoring his first Emmy nomination for his work in the fifth season of FX‘s crime anthology Fargo, Lamorne Morris hopped on the phone with Deadline to tease Sony’s SNL 1975 and Prime Video’s Spider-Noir, also discussing his hopes for the future of his career.

Kobe Bryant‘s father Joe “Jellybean” Bryant has died.

Emily Longeretta Spelivia fans, rejoice! Spencer James (Daniel Ezra) and Olivia (Samantha Logan) tied the knot on the “All American” Season 6 finale, which aired on July 15, marking Ezra’s final episode as a series regular. The episode, titled “I Do (Part II),” picked up where the penultimate left off — Spencer finding out that the wedding venue had been flooded and his wedding to Olivia wasn’t going to be available to happen. At first, Olivia began to spiral, questioning not only their future but their past, remembering so many hiccups along the way.

South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley‘s voice carries great weight, having just led the Gamecocks to an undefeated 2024 NCAA season.

The mom of Kyle Filipowski’s much older girlfriend is speaking out for the first time following the allegations from his family that her daughter groomed and brainwashed him in high school.

It's been a whopping 21 years since One Tree Hill first graced our screens.The captivating drama, the brainchild of Mark Schwahn, kept us hooked for an impressive nine series as we fell head over heels for the fictional town of Tree Hill and its colourful characters.The initial plot revolved around the lives of two half-brothers, Lucas (played by Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (portrayed by James Lafferty), who were rivals on their school's basketball team. As the years rolled by, the drama continued to chart the ups and downs in their lives as they transitioned into adulthood - from career changes to romantic entanglements and heart-wrenching breakups. It was truly a rollercoaster ride of drama, suspense and a whirlwind of emotions.