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Scott Agness: Pacers Sports & Entertainment has announced a new partnership with Hartbeat, founded by Kevin Hart, to be the official "cultural curator" beginning with a music and comedy festival over WNBA All-Star Weekend in July.

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The NBA All-Star Game has come and gone, with another milestone marking the end of Turner Sports’ 40-year domestic partnership with the league. Its new format, with a four-team tournament, had some positives in the sense that player effort was clearly elevated over the last several years—a low bar to clear, to be sure—but it was marred by endless play stoppages for commercials, Kevin Hart, and Mr. Beast. At one point, Hart eulogized an Inside the NBA that is very much not dead, but rather migrating to ESPN next season while still being produced by TNT. Sources who were in the Bay Area this weekend—in hotel lobbies and at cocktail parties and sponsorship events—say several changes for the weekend are being discussed for next year even before Sunday’s game tipped off.

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Nikola Jokić to Kevin Hart: “I thought you were someone’s kid”

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Tim Reynolds: Kevin Hart will be the on-court emcee for the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday.

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LeBron James appeared in a sports betting commercial for Draft Kings with comedian legend Kevin Hart. Having Hart in the skit, something funny was bound to happen. True enough, the comedian roasted James' age and made fun of him for being an old athlete wanting to play for the NFL. The skit started with James receiving an NFL betting offer from Draft Kings, which he blurted out loud. Hart, not knowing what the Los Angeles Lakers star meant, let his intrusive thoughts win and savagely roasted the King. “Aren’t you a little too old to play football? They want somebody to run a 40, not somebody that is 40. When the coach calls your number you're gonna say ‘G 56! Bingo!' How you gonna celebrate a win? You gonna give everybody butterscotch candy? Prolly out your pocket with no wrappers on. Just give them raw candy. That's nasty by the way.”

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ClutchPoints: LeBron James: “I just got an NFL offer!” Kevin Hart: “Aren’t you a little too old to play football? They want somebody to run a 40, not somebody that IS 40. How you gonna celebrate a win? You gonna give everybody butterscotch candy?” 😭😂

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The Art Of Dialogue: Kevin Hart responds to Katt Williams on NBA Unplugged.

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He jokingly listed off some “fun” facts about Williams, some of which involved the Knicks. “Another fun fact about the New York Knicks, I don’t know if you guys know this, but Katt Williams bought the Knicks, and it’s rumored that he took the Knicks back, returned them with a receipt,” Hart said. “He’s the first person to ever do that. He bought them for 15 days and returned them. That’s another fun fact about the New York Knicks.” Hart added that Williams even “played” for the Knicks.

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And as the live feed cut to the pregame for the Lakers-Grizzlies matchup, Hart made another joke at Williams expense, this time including Ja Morant. “Another known fact, Katt dropped [Morant] off,” Hart said. “He gave him a ride.”

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Kevin Hart is taking a leaf out of Peyton and Eli Manning’s playbook. The comedian is to host a Manningcast-style alternate broadcast for the NBA’s new in-season tournament. NBA Unplugged with Kevin Hart, which comes from Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions and Hart’s own Hartbeat, will air on ESPN2 on December 9

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After the In-Season Tournament Championship Game broadcast, seven episodes will air throughout the season tied to marquee NBA games on ESPN platforms including the New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers in January and Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat in April.

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A number of familiar Hollywood faces made their way to West Hollywood to join Wade in celebrating his 16-year career, including Tracee Ellis Ross, Kevin Hart, Janelle Monáe, Lori Harvey, Lauren London, Yung Miami, and more. With FWRD at the center of the night’s festivities, it was inevitable that the dress code would be fashion-forward, with stars such as Chloe Bailey and Shaina Shayk arriving in their favorite brands from the site.

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Garnett’s grudge against Allen had lasted much longer than many of his former Celtics teammates and it wasn’t clear what led to the change of heart for the Hall of Fame forward when it came to the Allen feud. For the first time, Garnett provided some detailed insight into his perspective on an episode of Cold as Balls with Kevin Hart. “What made the Ray situation so prolific with us is because the structure we built in Boston, the three of us built that,” Garnett told Hart. “If there was one team that we had an issue with, it was Miami. I wasn’t looking at it like it’s a business decision for Ray. Ray had a chance to get another ring. I didn’t take on none of that. I was in my own feelings, so I was super competitive. Everybody who knows me knows I’m like that.”

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Kobe Bryant’s tragic death in a helicopter crash in 2020 caused Garnett’s perspective to change on his relationship with Allen though. “The passing of Kobe and all of us getting older helped me understand that life is given to none of us,” Garnett said. “It would have f***** with me if something would have happened to Ray, and I didn’t get a chance to amend this.”

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