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Michael Jordan’s Hornets have fired first-season radio play-by-player John Focke for mistakenly tweeting the N-word when he thought he’d typed Nuggets into his cell phone. Focke was typing on the fly, trying to keep Hornets fans on top of an NBA game. Unless Jordan and company believe the preposterous — that out of the blue, …

A car drove through a Black Lives Matter protest in New York City’s Times Square Thursday night, as activists were standing in the middle of the street. The protest was reportedly a show of solidarity with Daniel Prude, a black man who died after an encounter in March with police in Rochester, New York. Video …

Season 12 of “The Real Housewives of New York City” ended on a dramatic note. During Thursday’s finale, the women happily gathered at Sonja Morgan’s drag queen soiree, but the tide turned after newcomer Leah McSweeney tried to give a toast thanking former castmate Tinsley Mortimer for introducing her to the group. Unfortunately, it didn’t …

The joke’s on her. Dorinda Medley’s off-color quip about former “Real Housewives of New York” castmate Tinsley Mortimer using a kitchen tool to get pregnant didn’t sit well with her Bravo boss Andy Cohen, an insider told Page Six. The cruel comment — dished out over dinner during Episode 11 of “The Real Housewives of …

Marcus Smythe, an actor who played the romantic lead on three popular soaps in the 1970s and ’80s, died following a three-year battle with brain cancer on Aug. 20 at this home in La Crescenta, Calif. He was 70. His death was announced by his family. Smythe began his soap run in 1979, playing the …

As always, follow the money! Forgive my insensitivity, but what happened Thursday night at Citi Field was easier done than said because it was a matter of money. In this case, not much of it was at stake. And every person at or near the top of sports who publicly declares his or her support …

The pandemic may have affected plans for the fall 2020 TV schedule, but there's plenty to watch from 'Fargo' to 'Family Guy' to 'Filthy Rich' to 'Fear the Walking Dead.'

Life isn’t always a fairytale, but Tinsley Mortimer has found hers. And she’s spreading the love with former “Real Housewives of New York City” co-star Leah McSweeney on the latter’s 38th birthday. It appears that McSweeney and daughter Kier traveled to Park City, Utah, to spend time with Mortimer and fiancé Scott Kluth — and …

CBS has (inter)stellar plans to fill out its coronavirus-hobbled fall TV lineup. The network announced Wednesday it will broadcast the first season of “Star Trek: Discovery” — a series that normally airs on subscriber-based streaming channel CBS All Access — during prime time. And in a synergetic switcheroo, CBS also will air seven episodes from …

Perhaps we expect better from ESPN because it’s a 24/7 sports network, the last place we’d think would wreck every sport it touches. Yet, here we are. Again, and still. To tune to ESPN to watch a live sports event is to be conditioned — air-conditioned — to anticipate a production that will challenge the …