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Russell Steinberg is a lifelong sports fan, current dog dad and competitive reality TV connoisseur. Once he realized his diminutive stature wouldn’t get him to the NBA, he pivoted to writing and has been with Us Weekly since 2024 while retaining his NCAA eligibility just in case. Now a senior sports writer, Russell embraces all that the sports world has to offer, from a game’s quirks to its biggest bombshells. In a past life, he crisscrossed the sports world, covering everything from the Final Four to Monster Jam. His byline has also appeared at Boardroom, SLAM Magazine, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from New York University in 2012 where, against the advice of many, he double majored in journalism and history.

President Donald Trump Shades Knicks Fans Who Cant Afford NBA Finals Tickets

President Donald Trump Shades Knicks Fans Who Can't Afford NBA Finals Tickets

President Donald Trump plans to be at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday, June 8, but he doesn’t seem to have much sympathy for New York Knicks fans that can’t afford a ticket. “You can watch it on television,” Trump, 79, said while meeting with reporters on Friday, June […]

OnlyFans Models Felt Very Unsafe at NBA Playoffs Game Wont Attend Game 2

OnlyFans Models Felt ‘Very Unsafe’ at NBA Playoffs Game, Won't Attend Game 2

Two OnlyFans models who are diehard San Antonio Spurs fans will not be at Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Friday, June 5, thanks to an alleged incident during the Western Conference Finals. Blue and Julie J. Swan said that during Game 6 of the Spurs’ series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, they were […]

Friends and Family Struggle to Process Death of Ball State Football Player

Friends and Family Struggle to ‘Process’ Death of Ball State Football Player

The family and friends of former college football prospect Gavin Yates-Lyons is still coming to terms with his shocking death in a shooting at age 18. “[He was] a child of God, smart, competitive, loved his family, loved his friends, a giving person,” his high school coach, Tremaine Hughes, told Florida’s WCTV in a story […]

How Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey Found Out Theyre Expecting Baby No 2

How Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey Found Out They're Expecting Baby No. 2

Before Olivia Culpo and her husband, San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, told the world they are expecting another baby, they told their families. Thankfully, they documented the moment for all to see. “Telling our family I’m pregnant again ❤️,” Culpo, 34, wrote via Instagram alongside a video compilation of the couple delivering the […]

Chloe Kim Reacts to Rumor She Orchestrated Boyfriend Myles Garretts Trade

Chloe Kim Reacts to Rumor She Orchestrated Boyfriend Myles Garrett’s Trade

Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim did not play a role in her boyfriend, Myles Garrett’s, trade from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams, but that won’t stop her from having fun with the viral rumor. Kim, 26, took to TikTok on Thursday, June 4, where she poked fun at the speculation that she engineered […]

Timothee Chalamet Says Knicks NBA Finals Run Has Caused Him Wear and Tear

Timothee Chalamet Says Knicks’ NBA Finals Run Has Caused Him ‘Wear and Tear’

Ask a fan who has seen their team make a deep playoff run in any sport and they’ll tell you that the stress is real. Ask Timothée Chalamet and he’ll tell you it takes a physical toll as well. The Dune actor and New York Knicks superfan has been following the Eastern Conference champions throughout […]

NHL Reporter Was Surprised Vegas Fans Embraced Carter Hart

NHL Reporter Was Surprised Fans Embraced Carter Hart After Sexual Assault Case

The Vegas Golden Knights made their surprising run to the 2026 Stanley Cup Finals behind goalie Carter Hart, but one reporter didn’t expect the Vegas fanbase to rally around him just months after the NHL reinstated him. Before the 2025-26 season, Hart, 27, had not played for more than a year-and-a-half as the legal process […]

Nicole Brown Simpsons Sister Tanya Calls Out NFL Over Triggering Stance

Nicole Brown Simpson’s Sister Tanya Calls Out NFL Over ‘Triggering’ Stance

Tanya Brown, sister of the late Nicole Brown Simpson, is asking the NFL to reconsider its stance on O.J. Simpson’s jersey number. Ahead of the 32nd anniversary of the murder of her sister and her friend Ronald Goldman, Tanya, 56, called on the NFL to stop issuing No. 32 to players. “It’s also the 32nd […]

Wings Paige Bueckers Defends Caitlin Clark Amid Scrutiny Its Inhumane

Wings’ Paige Bueckers Defends Caitlin Clark Amid Scrutiny: ‘It’s Inhumane’

As Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark remains the subject of endless media attention and growing scrutiny, Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers has her back. “I would just say she handles it with grace,” Bueckers, 24, told reporters after a practice on Tuesday, June 2. “And the pressure she’s put on every single night to perform […]

NBA Announces Punishment for Fan Who Ran Onto the Court During Finals Game

NBA Announces Punishment for Fan Who Ran Onto the Court During Finals Game

The NBA has announced its punishment for the fan who interrupted Game 1 of the NBA Finals by running onto the court to try and snap a selfie with San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. “The individual who entered the court area during Game 1 of The Finals was arrested & will be banned for […]

Why RHOA Husband and NY Knicks Great Charles Oakley Is Banned From Madison Square Garden James Dolan

Why ‘RHOA’ Husband and NY Knicks Great Charles Oakley Is Feuding With James Dolan

The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, bringing a renewed interest to the ongoing beef between team owner James Dolan and Knicks great and Real Housewives of Atlanta husband Charles Oakley. NBA commissioner Adam Silver was asked about tensions between Oakley, 62, and Dolan, 71, before Game […]

Knicks Star Jalen Brunson and Wife Ali Marks Relationship Timeline

Knicks Star Jalen Brunson and Wife Ali Marks' Relationship Timeline

Jalen Brunson was a two-time national champion at Villanova and is now the star of one of the NBA’s most popular franchises, the New York Knicks. He has been in the limelight as a basketball phenom for more than a decade, and his wife, Ali Marks, has been by his side the entire time. Marks […]

Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns’ Timeline

Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns’ Relationship Timeline

From friends to lovers, Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns have supported each other through numerous ups and downs over the years. The former best friend of Kylie Jenner made waves in February 2019 when she and Tristan Thompson kissed while he was dating Khloé Kardashian. While Woods and Jenner had a falling out over the […]

Spurs Fan Fighting for His Life After Suffering Head Injury Celebrating Game 6 Win over Thunder Jose Luis Rodriguez III

17-Year-Old Spurs Fan Dead After Tragic Fall During Victory Celebration

Update 6/3/26 at 3:01 p.m. — Jose Luis Rodriguez III, the San Antonio Spurs fan who suffered a severe head injury after falling from a truck during a victory celebration, has died, his family confirmed on Tuesday, June 2. “He was ready to go out there into the world and make something of himself,” his […]

Does Victor Wembanyama Have a Girlfriend What to Know About the Spurs Star

Does Victor Wembanyama Have a Girlfriend? What to Know About the Spurs Star

It took only three seasons for Victor Wembanyama to do exactly what the San Antonio Spurs drafted him for — bring them back to the NBA Finals. The once proud franchise had fallen on hard times in 2023, going 22-60 and landing the top pick in that year’s draft, where they took the 7’4” phenom […]

Packers’ Jordan Love Breaks Silence About Josh Jacobs Domestic Abuse Arrest

Packers’ Jordan Love Breaks Silence About Josh Jacobs’ Domestic Abuse Arrest

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love said his team has had conversations about running back Josh Jacobs’ domestic abuse arrest as the legal process continues to play out. “Everyone knows what the situation is there,” Love, 27, told reporters on Tuesday, June 2. “We’ve talked but obviously the details — everyone’s keeping that under wraps […]

Brexton Busch 11 Returns to Racing Hours After Dad Kyle Buschs Memorial

Brexton Busch, 11, Returns to Racing Hours After Dad Kyle Busch’s Memorial

Brexton Busch, the 11-year-old son of late NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, returned to the racetrack on Tuesday, June 2, just hours after his father’s private memorial service. Brexton was spotted preparing for the Cook Out Summer Shootout at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina, the same venue where his dad was supposed to compete […]

How the NHL Honored Claude Lemieux and Late Reporter Jessi Pierce Ahead of 2026 Stanley Cup Finals

NHL Honors Late Claude Lemieux and Jessi Pierce Before Stanley Cup Finals

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman met with the media before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Tuesday, June 2, using the time to pay tribute to former player Claude Lemieux and reporter Jessi Pierce. “It’s appropriate to reflect on the people we’ve lost — those who thrilled us, and those who contributed to building […]

NFL Great Larry Fitzgerald Writes Emotional Letter After Fathers Death

NFL Great Larry Fitzgerald Writes Emotional Letter After Father’s Death

Arizona Cardinals legend Larry Fitzgerald Jr. penned an emotional note to his father, beloved sportswriter, Larry Fitzgerald Sr., after his death at age 71. “My father was a man of strength, love and encouragement,” Fitzgerald Jr., 42, wrote via Instagram, alongside a family statement and pair of photos of the duo on the golf course. […]

Wife of Dodgers Pitcher Speaks Out After Their Children Receive Death Threats

Wife of Dodgers Pitcher Speaks Out After Their Children Receive Death Threats

The wife of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tanner Scott is calling out fans who have sent harassing messages and death threats to her family based on her husband’s performance on the field. “When did it stop being a game?” Maddie wrote via her Instagram Story on Sunday, May 31, according to the New York Post. […]

Drake Mayes Wife Ann Michael Reflects on Whirlwind Since He Turned Pro

Drake Maye’s Wife Ann Michael Reflects on ‘Whirlwind’ Since He Turned Pro

Ann Michael Maye, wife of New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, became an overnight celebrity during New England’s run to the Super Bowl last football season — something she could not have seen coming just two years ago. “It’s all been such a whirlwind,” Ann Michael, 22, told reporters at her and Drake’s annual MayeDay […]

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