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For many, the holidays are a time to get together with family and share a meal. But this time of the year also serves as a reminder that many others in this country don’t have reliable access to food. That’s why ASAP Rocky took time this week to give back. The rapper showed up to the homeless shelter where he and his mother once lived in New York City to donate Thanksgiving meals to families in need.

Rocky personally delivered over 120 meals to Regent Family Residence, a homeless shelter on the upper west side of NYC. As reported by TMZ, the shelter holds a special place in Rocky’s heart as it is where the rapper and his mother, Renee Black, stayed at back in the early 2000s.

Per the report, Rocky really benefited from the shelter’s services at the time. So in order to give back to the organization that provided him with support, as well as help the 83 families that currently rely on their services, Rocky decided to pick up food from his favorite spot. The rapper arrived to the shelter this week with arms full of take-out from Amy Ruth’s Restaurant, a Harlem spot famous for their chicken and waffles.

Check out photos of ASAP donating Thanksgiving meals above.

The NFL’s Thanksgiving slate did not feature an evening kick-off in 2020, with the news breaking earlier this week that the scheduled clash between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers was moving to Sunday. Baltimore’s organization featured multiple positive COVID-19 tests, including to players like Mark Ingram and J.K. Dobbins, and though players from the Steelers were publicly upset, the league chose to push the proceedings back a few days, citing health and safety concerns. On Thursday, however, the news got even worse for Baltimore, with Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reporting that star quarterback Lamar Jackson also tested positive.

Though Jackson hasn’t fully replicated his MVP performance in 2019, he is still the centerpiece of Baltimore’s offense. In fact, Jackson accounts for more than 2,500 total yards and 18 touchdowns so far in 2020 and, with him out of the lineup, the Ravens have very few options at the quarterback position.

It remains to be seen as to how the Ravens and the NFL will respond to this latest news, though it is crucial to note that football isn’t the most important thing here. Hopefully, Jackson will be healthy and without symptoms but, for now, the reporting indicates that he tested positive and will presumably be out of action for at least this week if not longer as a result.

The NFC East has been the laughingstock of the NFL in 2020 and with good reason. After all, the Philadelphia Eagles enter Week 12 with a 3-6-1 record and, somehow, that is good enough to lead the division with six weeks to play. Still, the mess was on full display on Thanksgiving afternoon and, for most of the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Football team, the football was entertaining enough. Then, early in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys made quite a flub that caused everyone to (rightly) poke fun at them for both decision-making and execution.

Trailing 20-16 with approximately 13 minutes left in the game, the Cowboys faced a 4th and 10 from their own 24-yard line. This would be an obvious spot for a punt but, well, you can see what transpired.

Not only is a fake punt an incredibly low percentage play in this situation when accounting for down, distance and location on the field, attempting this exact call makes it worse. Having to cover ten yards in a situation in which Washington should be on high alert is not exactly conducive to trickeration that involves a weird reverse that goes a full 13 yards behind the line of scrimmage, and the Cowboys paid dearly for this mistake.

Fittingly, Washington took over and scored on the very next play, with a 23-yard touchdown scamper from Antonio Gibson. That gave the Football Team an 11-point lead and, while it didn’t end the game, it is fair to say that the Cowboys’ win expectancy dropped significantly and it happened in a hurry. Dallas may not have stopped Washington if they punted the ball away, but everyone can agree this wasn’t an optimal approach from Mike McCarthy and company, and it also could have cost the Cowboys the game in a spot where they are still alive in the division race.

Two of the best big men in the NBA will join the FIFA universe. Milwaukee Bucks standout Giannis Antetokounmpo and Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid, both of whom are known for their love of the beautiful game, will make their way into FIFA 21‘s VOLTA Football game mode in the coming weeks.

Both Antetokounmpo and Embiid will join the game as VOLTA Groundbreakers. This means that they’ll become characters in the game mode on specific dates, and if you are able to beat their teams, you could potentially add them to your VOLTA squad. The news of their additions was announced in a trailer, which also announced that some names from the world of football (Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland, France icon Zinedine Zidane) and elsewhere (Dua Lipa, Lewis Hamilton, Patrick Mahomes).

“I’m the best football player and fan in the NBA, so to be able to say that I’m actually in FIFA just proves that,” Embiid said in a statement. “Football has such a huge and loyal following across the globe and to see different elements of major sports leagues come together is something I’m thrilled to be a part of.”

It’ll take a minute for both to enter the FIFA universe — Antetokounmpo, who also had a cameo in the most recent Madden, will be available on Dec. 5, while Embiid won’t come until Dec. 26.

Thanksgiving is obviously occurring under tragically unique circumstances this year. In addition to the ongoing pandemic, economic conditions in the United States mean that 26 million Americans do not have enough to eat, according to the Washington Post. For people in the Carolinas and Chicago, Michael Jordan wants to do something to lend a hand.

In a statement posted via the official Twitter account of Feeding America, Jordan announced that he will donate $2 million in proceeds that came from The Last Dance — ESPN’s acclaimed 10-part docuseries about the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls — to the organization. Cash will also go to affiliate food banks in the Windy City and in his home state.

“In these challenging times and in a year of unimaginable difficulty due to COVID-19, it’s more important than ever to pause and give thanks,” Jordan said in the statement. “I am proud to be donating additional proceeds from The Last Dance to Feeding America and its member food banks in the Carolinas and Chicago to help feed America’s hungry.”

Jordan, of course, spent nearly all of his playing career in Chicago, where he won six championships, while he’s currently the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. This is the Hall of Fame inductee’s latest charitable contribution this year — Jordan pledged to donate $100 million over a decade to social justice charities.

Gordon Hayward is an incredibly rich human being after being given yet another massive contract that will pay him $30 million a year for the next four years to play basketball for the Charlotte Hornets.

They say money can’t buy taste, but it also apparently cannot buy a deft touch in the kitchen either. On Thanksgiving, Hayward apparently decided he was going to take over the turkey roasting duties and the result is one of the worst looking birds you’ll see this year.

Look, cooking isn’t for everyone and this year, more than any other in recent memory, we have people trying their hand at cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the first time because of the pandemic that is keeping so many away from their families — and, in turn, the person in the family that has the Thanksgiving meal dialed in. However, there’s no excuse for this and honestly I don’t know where to begin, but we’re going to try and breakdown all the things that went wrong here for Gordon.

First, why is this turkey in such shambles in the roasting pan? How do you even end up with a turkey that’s half disassembled when it comes out of the oven? Did he read about spatchcocking but only get, like, a quarter of the way through and decide he could figure the rest out? Did he just start ripping it apart when it came out like some kind of savage rather than, you know, putting it on a carving board and going to work like an adult? Like, the turkey breast isn’t supposed to just come off like that — also, whoever called that the head…no.

On a similar note, how is he having this much difficulty carving this turkey? You pull it out of the roasting pan, put it on a board, let it rest (this also seems to be something he has failed to do), and then slice it. Somehow, he’s pulled some of the dark meat, left the bottom of the bird just destroyed, and ripped the breast off to hack into it.

Finally, the skin on this turkey is a crime. It’s a translucent almost green color, which I guess means at least there was some effort to put some herbs on there — and please, please season your birds folks, this is critical — but did they boil this turkey? There’s not even an attempt at being crisp. That skin is completely flaccid and inedible, and it is upsetting me.

I don’t know what video they found on YouTube — as teased at the end of this video — but this is not a ringing endorsement for that particular turkey tutorial. Gordon, you have an immense amount of money and I understand the desire to do something on your own for your family, but please, I beg of you, for the sake of your family, just pay someone to cook next year. Hell, I’m available if needed.

The No Ceilings mixtapes are some of the most beloved musical events of Lil Wayne’s career. He’s dropped two volumes so far, in 2009 and 2015, and he decided to spend part of Thanksgiving dropping some big news: No Ceilings 3 is on the way, and it’s coming tomorrow (November 27). This comes after he announced the project, but not a release date, back in August.

Wayne told Complex of the project, “The mixtape game seemed to be a dying art and since I’m one of the pioneers of the craft, and it played such a big part in my career, I felt it was only right to resurrect it. Also, it’s a lot of songs out here I wanted to kill my way!”

This summer, Wayne showed some love to No Ceilings 2 by dropping a modified version of it on streaming services for the first time. It was significantly pared down from the original edition as it appeared on sites like DatPiff, though, as 21 tracks were pared down to just 12, decreasing the album length from 72 minutes to 45.

It’s not all good news for Wayne right now, though. It was revealed recently that he is currently facing up to 10 years in jail time over firearm possession charges. He also faced some backlash recently after showing support for Donald Trump in his re-election campaign.

It looks like Cardi B may be all talk, at least when it comes to one specific lyric from “WAP.” At one point, she raps, “I don’t cook, I don’t clean,” but based on her Thanksgiving tweets, it turns out that line may be inaccurate.

This afternoon, Cardi tweeted, “Happy Thanksgiving everyone!Enjoy your family & friends and the turkey legs.” In response to a later tweet, a fan wrote, “STAY OUT OF THE KITCHEN SIS!!” Cardi replied, “I’m cooking the salad.” At least one fan was confused by the idea of “cooking” a salad, as they replied, “Wtf u cooking the croutons.” Cardi responded, “Sksksksksk.”

So not only does Cardi in fact cook (depending on your definition of “cook”), but this revelation comes after Offset debunked the other part of that lyric. Earlier this month, Offset shared a video of Cardi sweeping the floor in her home. He says in the clip, “You need to stop lying on your songs, man. She be lyin’. She cleanin’. She got to clean.”

This begs the question: What else has Cardi not been that honest about? For instance, does she really want a big Mack truck parked in her little garage?

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The Texans were thoroughly bashed earlier this year when they got rid of All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins for a second-round pick and David Johnson, and Hopkins decided to get in on the fun on Thursday afternoon. Midway through Houston’s Thanksgiving Day tilt against the Detroit Lions, Hopkins took to Twitter to share what he was thankful for this year.

Hopkins facetiously posted that he appreciated the Cardinals believing in him enough to acquire him, and made a point to emphasize the price they paid, too.

At this point, it’s really just pouring dirt on the top of Bill O’Brien’s career, as the coach/general manager who seemingly built a poor relationship with Hopkins in the first place and then pulled off the trade has since been fired. All the while, Hopkins has continued to play at an elite level, already reeling in 72 passes for 912 yards through 10 games this season for the Cardinals. There was also his game-winning Hail Mary reception to beat the Bills in Week 10.

If that all wasn’t enough to make Houston regret moving on from Hopkins, he made sure to rub it in even more to the organization on this day of thanks, letting the world know he’s happy to be a Cardinal.

Two weeks ago, the world lost an icon as longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek passed away after a lengthy battle with Stage IV pancreatic cancer. Trebek had just wrapped up filming a number of episodes of the show he hosted for decades, which will run through early January before the show begins airing new episodes with a series of guest hosts, starting with Ken Jennings.

On Thanksgiving, one of Trebek’s new episodes will air and in it he offers a powerful message about what to be thankful for even amid a year like 2020 in which so many things have gone wrong.

“Happy Thanksgiving, ladies and gentleman,” Trebek says. “In spite of what America and the rest of the world is experiencing right now, there are many reasons to be thankful. There are more and more people extending helping hands to do a kindness to their neighbors, and that’s a good thing. Keep the faith, we’re going to get through all of this, and we are going to be a better society because of it.”

It is a perspective that I think many need to hear as we all seek some kind of optimism in such a dreadful year, and for Trebek to provide it, even as he was in the throes of his battle with cancer is just further evidence of his incredible ability to be a calming and welcome voice to people, one that is sorely missed.