The All-Star Game has historically featured players in the East vs. players in the West, though Silver shook things up with a draft format from 2018 to 2023. In '24, he returned t

FLAG ON THE PLAY. During Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show, a performer unfurled a banner showing the Sudanese and Palestinian flags bearing the words “Sudan” and “Gaza,” and ran onto the field before being detained. The NFL said in a statement that the performer will be barred from all NFL stadiums for the rest of his life.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was elected to his 21st All-Star game this season and he was drafted by Shaquille O’Neal to represent his team, Shaq’s OGs, in the new mini tournament. Instead, LeBron sat out of the first All-Star game of his career due to lingering discomfort in his left foot and ankle.