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The Boston Celtics made a big leap in Ime Udoka’s first season as head coach making it to the NBA Finals, and there is considerable optimism for where the Celtics can go in his second season, as they are among the title favorites coming into the 2022-23 season.

However, it’s possible the Celtics will have to follow the lead of a different head coach for at least a portion of next season, after ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Udoka is facing a potentially “significant suspension” for violating organizational guidelines. There were plenty of rumors and speculation about what this meant, given Woj reported it was not a violation of NBA rules and was specifically an internal situation with the Celtics.

Later on Wednesday night, Shams Charania of The Athletic arrived with the details of the situation, reporting Udoka had an affair with a woman on the Celtics team staff, citing it as an “improper intimate and consensual relationship.”

This situation is not that different than what happened in Minnesota when former GM Gersson Rosas was found to be having an extramarital affair with a staffer that, when coupled with reports of a hostile workplace environment, got him fired. However, it doesn’t appear Udoka’s affair will have the same result of him losing his job, but will cost him some considerable time away from the team, some checks, as well as make public his unfaithfulness to wife Nia Long.

Per Woj, the team has discussed suspending Udoka for the entire season, and as of now it’s unclear who exactly would step into his place.

That would be a considerable shakeup for one of the East’s frontrunners, and Udoka’s standing with the organization that seemed rock solid after leading them to the Finals now feels far more unstable.

Despite all of the recent reading-related drama and setbacks with Adidas and GAP, Kanye West is pushing onward. The Chicago rapper’s latest fashion offering YZYSHDZ comes in the form of a futuristic-looking pair of shades.

Those interested in purchasing the shiny, almost aluminum-looking spectacles can do so via his website here. Interested customers are asked to enter their email addresses in order to join the waitlist.

Though the website shows the shades on a mannequin, several celebrities have already been given their pairs early. An Instagram page by the name of @yzyshdz is loaded with iMessage screenshots with photos of celebrities, such as Kaash Paige, Simran Randhawa, Ice Spice, Fivio Foreign, Foushee, Anna Wintour, Coi Leray, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jeleel and many more all sporting their pairs. Notably, there is even a photo with a pair of shades photoshopped onto the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Given the optics of the shades, it’s unclear whether those wearing them are actually able to see through them. In any event, they do have a cool look and are only the latest in West’s many unique fashion endeavors.

Join the wait list for YZYSHDZ here and check out some photos of celebrities wearing them above.

Did Maroon 5’s Adam Levine really have an affair with a model almost half his age? Did he really ask if she was cool with him naming his forthcoming third child after her? Levine says no. But 23-year-old model Sumner Stroh says yes. Wherever the truth lies, it resulted in other women sharing alleged sexts Levine sent them, all of them embarrassingly basic. It led to lots and lots of social media yuks. And one of them happened to be a certain congressional candidate who used it troll his easily dunked-on opponent.

That person, of course, is John Fetterman, current lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania who’s running for the state’s vacating Senate seat. For months he’s been relentlessly, creatively dragging the Republican candidate, Dr. Oz. Fetterman and his team rarely pass up an opportunity to belittle him, and this time was no different.

Fetterman selected one of Levine’s dingbattiest (alleged!) messages, where he wrote, “F*ckkkkkkk” followed by “I’d do anything for it.” Fetterman threw in the caption, “Dr.Oz trying to get money, fame + power.”

Last week, Fetterman broadened his attack zone, especially after learning that Doug Mastriano — the pretty terrifying MAGA candidate who could very well be the state’s governor — also had deep Jersey roots, including being registered to vote there until only recently. Could Fetterman resist making a Jersey Boys joke involving him and Oz? Fetterman could not.

(Via The Daily Beast)

Kiana Lede doesn’t hold back in her new video for “Irresponsible.” The single is heartfelt and painful, as she reflects on a failed relationship with a past lover who bit off more than he could chew, and the accompanying somber video follows suit.

Though the I Am Woman artist is dressed to the nines, she is hardly in a festive mood. The video shows scenes of her embracing her lover and other scenes where her face conveys crippling sadness. She looks into a mirror at the woman she has become due to giving her all to someone who could not reciprocate. “You were someone I thought was careful with me / Instead you left me in pieces / If this ain’t where you wanted to be, you should’ve at least manned up and just let me be,” she sings.

“Irresponsible” is Kiana Lede’s third release of the year, following her collaboration with Destin Conrad, entitled “Unpredictable.” The Phoenix artist shared the EP I Am Woman back in March, which included “Cancelled.,” “Forfeit.,” featuring Lucky Daye, and “Chocolate.,” featuring Ari Lennox, all of which appeared on her 2020 album Kiki. “None For You.” was part of the deluxe version of Kiki and “If You Hate Me” came from her 2019 EP Myself.

Check out Kiana Lede’s new video for “Irresponsible” above.

Ime Udoka cut his teeth for years as an assistant coach in the NBA before becoming the head coach of the Boston Celtics last year. After a rocky start to the campaign, Udoka and the Celtics turned things around, made their way through the Eastern Conference, and earned a berth in the NBA Finals before losing to the Golden State Warriors.

The Celtics have extremely high hopes for the 2022-23 campaign, but apparently, the team might have to win games this season without their head coach in the fold. According to a report by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Udoka is facing a potentially lengthy suspension from the team “for an unspecified violation of organizational guidelines.”

Wojnarowski noted that the Celtics’ decision-makers are still attempting to figure out what the punishment will be for Udoka.

Udoka suited up for five separate NBA teams and a number of squads in Europe during his playing career. Following his retirement as a player in 2012, Udoka joined Gregg Popovich’s staff with the San Antonio Spurs, one of the teams for which he played. He spent time in San Antonio, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn before getting the Boston job last year. Udoka holds a 51-31 record as a head coach.

For over a month, Donald Trump and his cronies have been throwing anything they can find at the wall to explain away why he absconded with thousands of government documents, some of them highly classified. One of the most frequent excuses was that as president, Trump could allegedly declassify anything he wanted. He didn’t need no stinking bureaucratic process to make public, say, documents with another nation’s nuclear secrets. Now Trump is going one step further, saying he had the superpower to declassify documents with his mind.

“If you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying, ‘It’s declassified,’” Trump claimed during his latest softball interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Or maybe a president doesn’t have to do that! “Even thinking about it! Because you’re sending it to Mar-a-Lago and to wherever you’re sending it, and there doesn’t have to be a process. There can be a process, but there doesn’t have to be.”

The claim had strong “Michael Scott declares bankruptcy” vibes. It’s also untrue. “He can’t just wave a wand and say it’s declassified,” Richard Immerman, a historian and an assistant deputy director of national intelligence in the Obama administration, told NBC News back in August. “There has to be a formal process. That’s the only way the system can work.”

It’s unlikely Trump ever read the job description before starting his first presidential campaign, much less before he actually took office — or any time that he was in office. But look, he has a lot on his table these days, and he’s not even president anymore. On the same day he said he can zap documents free of their classified status with his brain, he also amplified — without condemning — Vladimir Putin’s dangerous threats of nuclear war, on top of being sued by the New York attorney general’s office. He doesn’t have time to look up all the rules he never learned for a job he no longer has.

After rolling through nonsense, bad CGI, and harrowing primeval adventure, La Brea returns for a second season September 27th on NBC. The trailer affirms that “survival is the only way home.” That’s right. Don’t die! Don’t do it.

The series sees a funky blend of modern-day LA denizens and gruff, sexy people living in mud huts trying to unlock the secrets of a pre-tech world where hunting, gathering, and warring with other clans for territory is a matter of life and death. Somehow, they also go to 1988 and press a button that drains a puddle to reveal some sleek futuristic stairs. It’s kitchen sink LOST, so how can that not be fun?

Natalie Zea is the standout, but this trailer promises that they’ve truly expanded the scope of the ensemble even beyond what fans saw last season. It’s a growing world from a series trying to go bigger and bolder than before. The other big thing about this trailer? The intense feeling of mortal dread and violent death looming over every hill. It may not make much sense, but it’s intense.

Plus, the David Appelbaum-created series proves that we should all be looking for hidden buttons on weird rocks next to disgusting ponds.

Jessie Reyez is riding a wave of momentum after releasing her latest album Yessie. The album’s sole feature is 6lack, but the Toronto artist has had some other major collaborations in the past. She spoke with XXL about collaborating with Eminem in 2018 and what the experience was like.

Reyez appeared twice on Eminem’s surprise album Kamikaze, specifically the tracks “Nice Guy” and “Good Guy.” When asked how the collaborations came together, the “Imported” artist said, “He said he saw me on a late-night show singing ‘Gatekeeper.’ Then, his daughter had brought me up, like a month after.”

As for the session where they recorded “Nice Guy” and “Good Guy,” Reyez said, “I remember praying before that session. Sometimes I get lucky [with] spirit and inspiration. I been blessed to be in rooms with like, f*ckin’ legends. I usually keep my cool. Only two times in my life have I lost it. Em was one of them.”

Jessie Reyez and Eminem collaborated a third time on her 2020 album Before Love Came To Kill Us, on the track “Coffin.” Elsewhere in the interview, she spoke about collaborating with JID on “Far Away II,” saying “JID’s f*ckin’ wordplay and JID’s tone, he can go in.”

Check out Jessie Reyez’s full XXL interview here.

Members of the Blackpool Combat Club battled for AEW’s top prize when Jon Moxley submitted Bryan Danielson
on Wednesday to claim the AEW world heavyweight championship at Dynamite in the finals of the AEW Grand Slam Tournament of Champions.

Danielson and Moxley traded finishing moves, with momentum swinging back and forth between the two competitors including a brutal Death Rider on the stage that resulted in only a two count. Danielson attempted to roll out of a rear-naked choke by Moxley, using the turnbuckle to flip into a pin, but Moxley laid him out and choked him out cold.

With the win, the spotlight turns to MJF, who Tony Khan admitted could cash in his title shot at any point after winning the Casino Battle Royale ladder match at All Out.

“(MJF) is really looming over the championship picture since he returned at All Out and won the Casino Ladder mach which means he’s going to have a shot at the world title any time he wants, I will sanction that match,” Tony Khan recently said. “I think any time, any sanctioned event we can certainly make it happen.”

Moxley and MJF kicked off the tournament with a stare down in the ring, and it appears they’ll pick up right where they left off from here.

Professional wrestling and hip-hop have gone hand in hand for decades, producing many memorable moments along the way. AEW (All Elite Wrestling) rolled out the red carpet for two New York City favorites and hip-hop legends at their Dynamite Grand Slam show on September 21. Trina, Fabolous, and DJ Whoo Kid all made individual appearances at AEW’s Arthur Ashe Stadium show at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.

Fabolous walked out with the now former AEW Tag Tag champions Swerve In Our Glory, made up of Keith Lee and Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, sporting a New York Knicks jersey during their entrance. Immediately following that, DJ Whoo Kid walked out with their challengers and now current AEW Tag Team champions The Acclaimed, made up of Max Caster and Anthony Bowens. The Acclaimed, known for rapping during their entrances, dropped some bars before defeating Swerve In Our Glory for the tag team championships in a hard-fought battle.

Later in the show during a backstage segment, current TBS Champion Jade Cargill promoted her upcoming AEW Rampage Grand Slam match with Diamante on Friday, September 23, when they’ll compete for the TBS title. At that point, Florida legend Trina appeared onscreen and exchange words with Cargill.

Check out each rapper’s appearance in the videos above.