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Will Rihanna Drop A New Album After Her Super Bowl Halftime Show?

The Super Bowl is just days away, which means we’ll finally see Rihanna onstage for the first time since 2017 when she performs the Super Bowl Halftime Show. And while excitement for her performance is reaching peak levels, there’s even more buzz about what she has planned for after it — namely, whether she’ll be releasing a new album, her first since 2016’s Anti.

Ever since she was confirmed as the halftime show headliner, fans have been wondering whether she’ll release a follow-up to Anti, with rumors that she’ll also announce a stadium tour running rampant on Twitter. Even Rihanna’s musical contemporaries have thrown a few logs on the flame, speculating that she’s been rehearsing brand-new music in the studio.

The response is understandable; after all, Rihanna is one of the few marquee stars in the music world who could sell out a stadium tour anywhere in the world within minutes of tickets going on sale, and it has been six years since fans have had a chance to see her live. Unfortunately, Rih herself seemingly shot down hopes for a new album, telling the Associated Press, “Super Bowl is one thing, new music is another thing.”

That doesn’t mean that she isn’t working on something; she also acknowledged the increased anticipation that would result from her accepting the Super Bowl spot. “The second that I announced this, I said, ‘Oh, my God, they’re going to think my album is coming,” she recalled. “I need to get to work.”

However, even with our patience stretched to the breaking point, many fans have taken a philosophical outlook about the wait, echoing Jerrod Carmichael’s advice from the Golden Globes: “Rihanna, you take all the time you want on that album, girl. Don’t let these fools on the internet pressure you into nothing!” If it results in the best body of work possible, we’ll wait.

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Foo Fighters And The Killers Are Headlining Asbury Park’s 2023 Sea.Hear.Now Festival

Sea.Hear.Now festival officially unveiled their 2023 lineup, ahead of the annual fall event, and it is stacked. Foo Fighters and The Killers are scheduled to headline the two-day fest on September 16 and 17.

Other acts taking the stage include Greta Van Fleet, Weezer, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, The Beach Boys, Sheryl Crow, Tegan And Sara, and many more.

As for the surf side of the festival, attendees can catch Cam Richards, Sam Hammer, Will Skudin, Rob Kelly, and other water shredders hit the waves of North Beach Asbury Park and Bradley Park in New Jersey.

“Surf returns with the North Beach Rumble surf contest, taking place between the Surf and Sand stages and will feature the best surfers from the East Coast competing in a team format,” a press release notes. “The teams, captained by professional surfers Cam Richards and Sam Hammer, will compete in multiple heats with the winning team awarded for the most wins based on overall style and creativity.”

Presale for the 2023 Sea.Hear.Now festival opens this Thursday, February 9, at 10 a.m. ET, with the options to purchase for 1-day or the full 2-day pass.

A public on-sale will take place after that if there are any remaining tickets. Those who want to attend can currently sign up to get an entry code via the fest’s website here.

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The First ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ Reactions Are All About Jonathan Majors’ Kang

The first reactions to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania are rolling in, and the critics definitely agree on one thing: Jonathan Major’s Kang the Conqueror is a show-stopping new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As for the rest of the film, well, the vibe is mostly positive. However, there does seem to be some hesitancy about how well this first entry in Marvel’s Phase 5 will play with general audiences.

While some critics are going so far to praise it at as director Peyton Reed’s Star Wars, others feel a little robbed that it’s not a proper trilogy ending for the beloved (and often lighter) Ant-Man films. That said, Majors’ character work could be enough to paper over those concerns.

“The more I think about Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, the more I get excited to see it again,” Tessa Smith tweeted. “We all know Jonathan Majors can act, but DANG, he was BORN to play Kang! His conversations with EVERYONE else in this film are bone-chilling.”

“So #AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania goes hard in the paint as the big epic Sci Fi film,” Kristian Harloff wrote. “Blending Star Wars, Fifth Element, Dune + Strange World. I don’t think its going to work for everyone but I really dug this tone. Its a bit chaotic towards the end but wraps up nicely. Kang rules.”

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania … trying to imagine a Marvel novice, ‘one ticket please,’ then getting two hours of variant and multiverse talk. Jonathan Majors is great as Kang and for a good portion of the movie Michelle Pfeiffer is the main character, which is awesome,” Uproxx‘s Mike Ryan tweeted. “They found the perfect actor in Majors for Kang — and we are going to get A LOT of Kang coming up — but I’m not sure about the whole, “you think Thanos was bad? Meet Kang!,’ strategy. He’s fun here, but to be the big bad over multiple projects?”

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens in theaters on February 17.

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Did Quavo And Offset Actually Fight At The Grammys?

There’s no denying the Grammy Awards is the biggest night in music. Just as the annual ceremony looks to acknowledge the year’s rising stars and legacy acts. The program also carves out time each year during its In Memoriam tribute section to remember the musicians that passed away (or at least some of them). For rapper Quavo, this was the most meaningful part of the event.

Performing his new song, “Without You,” the Atlanta native paid his respects to his late nephew, rapper Takeoff, who was tragically killed last year. Unfortunately, the touching tribute has since been mudded by allegations that a fight broke out backstage between him and Offset.

The former Migos member quickly took to Twitter to deny the rumors, writing, “What the f*ck look like fighting my brother y’all n****s is crazy.”

However, now footage obtained by TMZ has fans questioning what to believe. In the video, Offset’s wife, Cardi B, a featured presenter for the evening, was heard yelling, “Both of y’all wrong. Both of y’all. This is not right.”

Shortly after she’s heard yelling, ET‘s Kevin Fraizer asked Cardi about what tensions she was attempting to settle, and she denied anything had happened. Cardi laughs off the question, saying, “The only thing I settled was my outfit, honey.”

Later, Offset is seen walking away alongside his former label head Pierre Thomas visibly upset as he makes mention of a red carpet incident. Something clearly transpired, but what exactly happened is still unclear.


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Steven Soderbergh Explains Why ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Doesn’t Need Nudity To Be Sexy

“Nobody’s f*cking.”

That was Steven Soderbergh’s explanation for why he’ll never make a superhero movie. “I don’t know how to tell people how to behave in a world in which that is not a thing,” he added. Soderbergh knows what he’s talking about: he directed the “sexiest film of all time” and literally made a movie called sex, lies, and videotape. The filmmaker’s new movie, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, probably has sex, and maybe even lies and/or videotapes (or at least a Blu-Ray of Magic Mike XXL), but it doesn’t have any nudity.

“There’s no nudity in Magic Mike’s Last Dance. There’s not even a thong. And yet, it was our desire to make a sexy movie,” he told Rolling Stone. “What’s sexy is intimacy and genuine emotion. Something that feels alive, and electric, and has the potential for vulnerability. That can be sexy.” Having Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault helps.

Soderbergh is more interested in depicting relationships once they’ve moved beyond the honeymoon period. “The really radical thing to do right now [is] to show people who’ve been married for twenty years,” he explained. “Where you don’t even make a big deal of it. They’ve been together for twenty years, and they’re still into each other in that way.”

Magic Mike’s Last Dance doesn’t need nudity to be good. It just needs one choreographed scene set to a boy band song in a convenience store. It’s all I ask.

(Via Rolling Stone)

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‘Rick And Morty’ Co-Creator Justin Roiland’s Workplace Behavior Has Reportedly Been A Problem For Years

After the news broke that Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is facing felony charges for alleged domestic violence, both Adult Swim and Hulu severed ties with the veteran voice actor who seemingly sat atop of a growing animation empire. However, according to a new report, Roiland’s questionable behavior behind the scenes of Rick and Morty has allegedly been a problem for years.

On top of allegations of sending inappropriate text messages to co-workers, Roiland reportedly had little involvement in the making of Rick and Morty following the first season. His participation dramatically decreased each season to the point where it was a rarity to see him in the Cartoon Network offices where his presence was reportedly not the best. (Roiland was reportedly investigated by the network back in 2020, but no details have been shared regarding findings or consequences.)

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

More recently, multiple sources say that Roiland, other than voice work, has not had any meaningful creative presence on any of the series that bear his name. In fact, many of his former colleagues say they haven’t heard from him in years, and when they have, it’s been unpleasant. They note, too, that he hasn’t been on speaking terms with his Rick and Morty co-creator, Dan Harmon, for multiple seasons, and a substantial number of staffers on that show as well as Solar Opposites and Koala Man have never actually met Roiland, even over Zoom.

Roiland reportedly operated under the belief that if he voiced a major character, it would be harder to fire him from the show. That proved not to be the case on Rick and Morty, and apparently, Roiland’s tactic did not work on Koala Man.

“He knew the power of being the voices,” says a source, noting how Roiland had revealed early on that he believed securing key voice roles would safeguard him from being fired one day. On Koala Man, on which he’s simply an executive producer, he was given a character to voice in the show’s third episode but, per two sources, the writers almost blew their deadline waiting for him. The character was killed off at the end of the episode.

Following reports of Roiland’s domestic violence trial and allegations of sending unwanted, lewd messages (as detailed by THR) to several women, Rick and Morty employees demanded that Cartoon Network make it clear that Roiland had minimal involvement in the show outside of voicing the characters from his house. Not only did the network comply, but it quickly severed ties with Roiland with Hulu following suit.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

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Hulu Shares The First Look At Their Upcoming ‘RapCaviar’ Docuseries Featuring Tyler The Creator And Pharrell Williams

One of Spotify’s top hip-hop playlists is jumping from audio formats to visual ones. Next month, RapCaviar will debut its docuseries, RapCaviar Presents on Hulu, with seven episodes featuring stories by some of the best hip-hop acts of our time.

Several artists are set to appear in RapCaviar Presents, including City Girls, Jack Harlow, Polo G, Roddy Ricch, Coi Leray, Tyler The Creator, and Pharrell Williams.

In a sneak peek clip of the series, the latter two reflect on how the two met. Tyler recalls working with Pharrell for the first time and how the superproducer inspired him to switch up his sound. Pharell then shared a lesson he learned from Jimmy Iovine early on in his career.

In other episodes, RapCaviar Presents will offer “a deep dive into current events that untangles important subjects and offers a view of the world from an artist’s perspective,” according to a press release.

Karam Gill serves as the series’ executive producer, as well as its creative director. Carl Chery, who oversees the playlist and its accompanying podcast, will oversee creative on the show, alongside Liz Gateley.

All seven episodes of RapCaviar Presents will arrive on Hulu on March 30.

You can check out a first look above.

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Seth Meyers Just Can’t Take The ‘Chinese Spy Balloon’ All That Seriously: ‘Are They Trying To Scare Us Or Cheer Us Up At The Hospital?’

For more than a week now, the media — and government officials — have been tracking the movements of what is believed to be a Chinese spy balloon all across America like NORAD tracking Santa. Exactly what it’s doing and/or what information it has collected — if any — is not yet known. But Seth Meyers is having trouble looking at this bulbous mass and feeling terrified, and couldn’t help poking fun at the mass hysteria surrounding it. As he explained on Monday night’s “A Closer Look” segment:

For two days, the nation was paralyzed by an existential crisis the likes of which this country has never seen. A crisis which is so dire, it threatened our institutions, our political systems, our very way of life. A waking nightmare that has left us frightened and confused. A watershed moment that has changed America forever: there was a balloon.

Meyers played an array of frantic media clips about the balloon — which is roughly the size of the Moon itself — which recounted the floating terror’s path of chaos across the U.S. Then suggested that we should maybe “stop calling it a ‘Chinese spy balloon’ when a far more accurate name is ‘sh*t Chinese spy balloon.’ The only way this balloon could have had a higher profile is if it had its own Instagram account.”

“There’s something about it being a ‘balloon’ that just makes it very hard to take seriously,” Meyers continued. “It would be one thing to send a fleet of fighter jets or a naval vessel — that would be scary. But a balloon? Are they trying to scare us or cheer us up at the hospital?”

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Stan Van Gundy On LeBron Being The NBA’s Most Accomplished Player Ever, And Coaching Through The Trade Deadline

LeBron James will be 36 points away from breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record when he steps on the court Tuesday night as the Lakers host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a game with a surprising amount of value in the Western Conference play-in race.

The Lakers are a half-game back of the Thunder for 12th in the West standings, and a win would pull them within a game of the Utah Jazz in the 10th and final play-in spot. As such, there’s plenty of drama and intrigue surrounding this game, which is why TNT flexed it into their national TV slate at 10:00 p.m. ET — along with Bucks-Lakers on Thursday night. Should LeBron go off for 37 or more, Stan Van Gundy will be on the call for TNT as history is made, and on Monday we got to talk with Van Gundy about LeBron’s pursuit of the all-time record.

As Van Gundy notes, he understands the GOAT debate is all subjective, but he believes there is no case for any player who has ever been more accomplished in his career than LeBron. We dug into that, the challenge of coaching through the trade deadline when players see rumors flying, and why the Oklahoma City Thunder are enjoying the best kind of season a team can have.

With LeBron approaching the record and breaking it here this week, this is one of those things that people thought was going to be one of the unbreakable records in sports. Yet here we are, on the precipice of it being broken. What stands out to you the most when you think about what LeBron has been able to do to get to this point?

Well, I think first of all, it’s very hard to even get to the NBA. I mean, we’ve been around what 76 years, and fewer than 4,400 people have ever even played a single game. So it’s an elite group of people to begin with, and then out of that group, to do what LeBron has done he’s going to become the all time leading scorer, he’s fourth in assists, top 10 in steals, third in minutes played and then number one in playoff scoring and it just goes on and on and on. Look, I’ve said to people that you know there will always be arguments among fans and the media, even other players and coaches and things on who’s the best of all time. Who is the best player of all-time? That’s a subjective thing, but I think if you look at LeBron’s accomplishments, accolades, stats, honors, his longevity, and his team’s success. I don’t think there’s any question in fact, I don’t even think you can make a case that anyone else has had a career as accomplished as his. So the subjective part of it, yeah, go ahead and stay you think Michael was better or, you know, Kareem was better, or Wilt was better. That’s fine. Everybody’s entitled to their opinions and we get all these subjective things. But no one can make a credible case that anyone’s had the career that LeBron has had. 20 years still doing what he’s doing at 38 years old, I mean it’s phenomenal. This is the most accomplished player ever to play in our league.

Yeah, I mean, you’ve seen him from the beginning coaching in the league and coaching against him and now commentating on games that he’s doing and from where he was to where he is, what’s the thing that that you’re most impressed by his development? Obviously, he came in as the guy that was supposed to be the heir apparent, and he’s lived up to that, but he’s grown his game so much. What are the things that most impressed you about here he is in year 20? And the things he’s able to do now that he didn’t necessarily have as part of his game in 2003 when he entered the league?

Yeah, well, there’s a couple of things. I think the first thing is to me the most impressive thing about LeBron James, and this doesn’t speak directly to your question which I will get to, but I think the most impressive thing is this guy has been in the national spotlight for over 20 years, since before he came in the league. In an era where everybody with a cell phone is a reporter and we’re in a gotcha type of environment where people are just looking to catch somebody doing the wrong thing. This guy’s been in the spotlight for all that time, and there’s nothing, absolutely nothing on him. This guy is such a great representative of the league. It’s phenomenal. I mean, now he’s older and more mature and the whole thing but as we go back to coming into the league, with all the spotlight on him and all the hype, to never step out of line. Never? I mean that’s amazing.

Then I think as a player, you know, I think the big step he made after first few years in the league was the improvement as a shooter. He came in the league, he really had to get the ball to the basket. He really didn’t shoot the ball. He could pass and make plays, but he improved a great deal as a shooter. He was one of the best defenders in the league. I still think probably the biggest accomplishment in terms of the team, everybody always talks about championships, but to me the 2007 Cleveland team that he got to the Finals I thought was phenomenal, when you take a look at what that roster was around him. I think as he went on to get where he is today, he has done such an incredible job with his conditioning. You know, as you get older, it gets harder for most people, and he has broken down a little bit more but in terms of his ability to go out and play in high level and play big minutes. I mean, it’s phenomenal and I think what he’s done with his body to keep himself in shape, o that we can go out there, I think it’s unbelievable.

Absolutely. Something I wanted to ask you about is, for Darvin Ham in his first year as a head coach, to be coaching through this stretch where you’ve got LeBron chasing a record, you’re approaching a trade deadline where there’s tons of chatter around the team and what they need to do and how they need to make roster upgrades and all of this. What’s the biggest challenge as a coach in navigating a stretch like this where there’s so much talk about everything but what’s happening on the floor for the team and how do you kind of do the old coaches saying of keep the main thing, the main thing in this period of time?

Yeah, I think that is the challenge. That starts with you yourself as a coach to just stay focused on what it is you can control. A lot of the stuff you’re talking about, the hype surrounding LeBron, excitement about Anthony Davis coming back, the trade deadline, all of that, out of your control. So you just got to stay focused on you know, today and tomorrow, preparing your team to play the Oklahoma City Thunder and getting ready for the stretch run of the season. And then the second part of that is carrying that over your team and doing everything you can do to keep them focused on basketball. And I think that’s gotten harder and harder in the league anyway, even without these extraordinary events. With social media and everything one of the biggest ways coaching has changed since I came in as an assistant in the mid 90s is these guys hear so many different voices and have to deal with so much negativity and stuff on social media that it’s really difficult. And to try to just get everybody focused on the task at hand and getting better, it’s not an easy thing to do. I think Darvin’s demeanor is perfect. Darvin is very, at least from the outside looking in, very even keel, even tempered, and looks like he’s the same every day. When they were struggling early in the year to when they went on a good run and won five in a row without AD, you just didn’t notice a difference in him. He’s just gonna bring that same thing every day, and I think that is certainly helped their team. .

You mentioned the social media and guys can see you know so much about them but especially during this trade deadline period when you know, they don’t even have to seek it out. You can see a Shams tweet, a Woj tweet, a Haynes tweet, and find yourself in these rumors. And do you ever address those rumors with guys and with your team? Or do you try to just keep it keep it as basketball focused as possible?

Yeah, I think to me, it’s always been that you have to address it. That’s just my opinion. Like, it’s out there, and so you can’t pretend it’s not. Sometimes you don’t have a lot to say to guys, but I think you need to address it. And I think it starts with this, I think that every player in the league has to understand, but particularly on a team like the Lakers, you know who’s under .500 and in 13th place right now in the Western Conference, yeah, of course we’re going to do everything possible to make our team better. I mean, being in 13th place is not where we want to be as a franchise, so everything’s on the table. Let’s just be honest about that. But the only thing you can count on in pro sports and in the NBA is change. It happens all the time, and we’ve got to understand as professionals that every day we’re in here together, we need to be working towards being as good a team as we can. And we can’t worry about things that may or may not happen. If they happen, then we deal with that change as it comes. I mean, to me, it’s pretty simple. I think players understand that and I do think if there’s a positive to all the social media stuff is that guys are used to it now with all the trade rumors and stuff. They know what comes up this time of year.

And then I think the other point you can make to them is, and I think it’s true. I mean probably less than 1 percent of every deal that is presented as a possibility ever comes to fruition. So, you know, most of what is out there in terms of rumors is not going to come true. So I think players can deal with that pretty well, but this is a challenging time more so for some teams than others and I think everybody — coaches, GMs, players — breathes a sigh of relief when the deadline passes on Thursday. You know there’s still gonna be the buyout market coming and we’ll get into the summer, but for the most part, once we get past Thursday, you look around your locker room and say okay, these are the guys we’re going down the stretch with now let’s get it together as quickly as we can and play the best basketball we can. And it becomes more like the beginning of the year where you can just get down to basketball. Outside stuff you can put away a little bit.

Yeah, I do want to ask about the Thunder because I think they’re in an interesting spot where they are one of those teams that not many people had expectations for them to be even in the play in hunt. And when you’re in a position like that as a team is that I guess is that as freeing a feeling as there is where, you know, you’re playing above expectations, you’re winning games, they’re in close games it seems every night, you have a star emerging and Shai. What is it like being on the team that that is playing above expectation and just seems to be playing with that kind of freedom that they seem to have?

Yeah, look probably the most enjoyable times for most teams is when you’re a team on the rise, on the way up, expectations are low. Everything you do well is treated as a great success, as it should be, and if you go on a three-game losing streak no one is pounding you with negativity on it. So it becomes a very positive year and a positive experience for the players. But look, those don’t last long, because if you have a good year then expectations rise, and then things become a little bit different. And you can see that every year with certain teams.

Dallas had the great run last year and now when you go to the Western Conference Finals, which is a bit of a surprise, now all of a sudden everybody wants to know what’s wrong this year. Well there’s really nothing wrong. They’ve had some injuries, whatever, but this is probably about where they belong. So those things come up and that’s not as enjoyable a time. So yeah, for now the Oklahoma City thing is great, you’ve got all these guys on rookie contracts. Eventually Sam Presti has to make decisions on what to do with all of these players and assets and everything else. Like everybody assumes wow look how young they are, they’re going to be together for so long. No they’re not. Because you have to start paying people. So some people stay, some people go. I mean go back to when they were in the NBA Finals and everybody thought they were on the verge of a dynasty with KD and Westbrook and Harden off the bench and Serge Ibaka, but then they were faced with the decision, are we gonna keep Harden or Ibaka — they didn’t have the money to keep them both — and they chose to trade James Harden and there was no dynasty. Those are the tough realities that all of these young teams building, where you see multiple good young players and think like, wow, all we’ve got to do is keep these guys together for four or five years. Well, good luck with that. Unless your owners are willing to go wait into the luxury tax, you’re going to have to start paying guys.

So it’s always interesting to watch the development of those teams, but I will say that Oklahoma City is far ahead of where anybody could have expected them to be. I know he won’t be a candidate for coach of the year but Mark Daigneault, what he’s done has been incredible. I think two things to me really stand out that you never see with young teams. You’ve got all these young guys and they’re seventh in the league in fewest turnovers. To play with that kind of discipline. And then they’re right on the verge of being a top 10 defensive team and 11th as we speak here today. Those are things that usually take time. Usually what you see is flashes of brilliance, and a lot of inconsistency and you don’t see that with this team. I think you see pretty consistent from night to night and how they play. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s been incredibly consistent, maybe as consistent as any star in the league, and his teammates have followed along. I mean you get pretty much the same thing out of them every night. Of course some nights you shoot better than others, but the way they play is very, very consistent. And the only thing you would really look at with them and say okay, that’s the sign of a really young team, one of the youngest in the history of the league, is they foul too much. That’s really the only thing you can look at where you say, man, they look like a young team. When I watch them, I know how young they are, but they don’t look like a young team to me. Their attention’s great, their unselfishness is great, their discipline, other than the fouls, their discipline offensively to space the floor and move the ball. It’s all great. And so I think they’ve not only found a core of good young players, but I think that they found the right coach for that group too.

And let’s not forget the number two pick in the draft [Chet Holmgren] has sat out the entire year and there’s nothing that Oklahoma City needs more than for somebody to slot in as a starting center. You know they’ve played around with that spot all year with Jaylin Williams and [Mike] Muscala started the other night, they’ve had Kenrich Williams play some at the five, which is all great and you want the flexibility, but they need somebody to just slot in there and he’s sitting over there on their bench. You know and they haven’t had [Aleksej] Pokusevski for quite a while now, another guy with great size and potential and to me they’re ahead of all the rebuilding teams. I would put them first, probably Orlando second, but I put them at the top and a lot of it is not just the talent just the way Mark’s been able to get them to play. They don’t look like a young team.

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‘Beyond The Game’ Looks At NFL Players’ Business Ventures

We’re sitting in the shadow of another long, hard fought NFL season and the fans aren’t the only ones in the game looking for something to do until training camp starts up again. Some players are using the money they earn on the field to start new ventures and opportunities off the field.

This time, Beyond the Game looks at some unique ways that some NFL stars are turning up in the business world. Some of them explore other sports arenas while others are finding avenues to explore and expand their portfolio in between seasons and in retirement.

In this episode, we’ll look at former Baltimore Ravens quarterback Trent Dilfer’s newest venture that aims to bring a professional volleyball league to American players and fans (with the help of Bengals star Joe Burrow). Then we’ll dive into former Chicago Bears linebacker Cassius Marsh’s card collecting hobby and how he turned his love of sports trading cards and fantasy games like Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon into a lucrative revenue stream. Then we’ll wrap things up with former Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall and his new fitness app and gym chain called House of Athlete that aims to provide athlete-level training for people who want to get as fit as the pros are on game day.

Check out the video above and go Beyond The Game.