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UPDATE: A Russian court has upheld the nine-year prison sentence of American basketball star Brittney Griner, drawing a rebuke from President Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan, who called for Griner’s immediate release and decried the “sham judicial proceeding.”

Gabrielle Union was a vision in gold as she donned a mini dress and jacket combo for the Redeem Team premiere in Los Angeles.The 49-year-old actress had her husband Dwyane Wade, 40, by her side, who complemented her in a bold yellow, green, and white patterned suit.Also at the star-studded event was Wade's son, basketball star Zaire Wade, 20, and influencer Lola A. Clark, 19.The forthcoming Netflix documentary tells the comeback story of the 2008 U.S.

Netflix is collaborating with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for “Redeem Team”, an upcoming documentary about the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

Netflix has partnered with the International Olympic Committee for The Redeem Team—a new documentary looking at the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team’s iconic victory of 2008, which will be released globally on the streamer on October 7th.

Angelique Jackson NBA legends LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have teamed up once more — this time as executive producers and subjects of the new documentary “The Redeem Team,” which celebrates the victorious 2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team.Directed by Jon Weinbach (“The Last Dance”), the documentary marks the first collaboration between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Netflix, as the project uses “unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material” to chronicle Team USA’s quest for Olympic gold at the 2008 games in Beijing.According to the documentary’s official logline, “The Redeem Team” tells the story of the 2008 squad’s journey as they followed the previous team’s shocking performance four years earlier in Athens, where they took home a bronze medal after winning gold in the previous three straight Olympic Games.

Brittney Griner, the two-time U.S. Olympic gold medal basketball player and WNBA star, was found guilty Thursday in Russia of drug smuggling and possession and sentenced to nine years in jail. The news comes six months after Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport while entering the country with cannabis oil in her luggage.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorA second NBCUniversal sports cable outlet is getting ready to finish its game.NBCUniversal has notified cable and satellite operators that it intends to shut down its Olympic Channel, devoted largely to content associated with U.S. Olympic athletes, on September 30, according to a company spokesperson.

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, two figure skaters on the U.S. team, are being sued for copyright infringement and NBC is also named in the lawsuit.

So You Think You Can Dance competitor Serge Onik has died at 33.News of the dancer/choreographer's death emerged on Tuesday, but a cause of death has yet to be revealed.Onik was best known for competing on season 11 of the Fox competition in 2014, where he placed in the top 14 before being eliminated in the fourth round. RIP: So You Think You Can Dance alum Serge Onik has died at 33 years old.

Serge Onik, best known for competing on season 11 of “So You Think You Can Dance”, has died. He was 33.

A post shared by Kristyn Burtt (@thekristynburtt)Onik was a contestant on the dance competition show in 2014 and placed in the top 14. Additionally, he assisted pros like Maksim Chmerkovskiy with choreography on and helped U.S.

Kendall Jenner, 25, is showing support for her boyfriend Devin Booker, 24, after he impressively won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics! The doting girlfriend, who just celebrated her one-year anniversary with the basketball player in June, shared a photo of him standing on the basketball court on her TV screen and added a gold medal emoji to it. She didn’t write any words but the athlete could be seen from the back while wearing his red, white, and blue jersey, which had his last name on it along with the number 15, and matching shorts.

Ethan Shanfeld Jessica Edwards is directing and producing “Skate Dreams,” an upcoming documentary about female skateboarders, as the first Olympic competition for them is underway in Tokyo.Produced by Film First, the Brooklyn-based shingle Edwards founded in 2010, the documentary will chronicle the rise of female skateboarding from its origins to its international debut as an Olympic sport. It will profile six female skaters from around the world, including U.S.

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«My office has been notified that the body of John Geddert was found late this afternoon after taking his own life,» Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement.