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☆ WNBA star Breanna Stewart made amends for free throw miss in Liberty's championship win
  + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart kept cool in the face of pressure as she led the team to its first WNBA title with a thrilling 67-62 overtime win in the decisive fifth game of the WNBA Finals against the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday. Stewart, who tallied 13 points in the game, drained a pair of free throws in the extra session to seal the victory and the title. She said she was determined to hit the shots, especially after she missed a potential game-winning free throw in Game 1, which the Lynx won in overtime. Stewart, a two-time WNBA MVP who was also twice named WNBA Finals MVP while leading the Seattle Storm to a pair of championships before joining the Liberty, said she tried to keep things simple in that moment. Breanna Stewart shoots a free throw during overtime Sunday.
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☆ ‘Sopranos’ actor John Ventimiglia’s daughter Odele dies at 25
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
Odele Cape Ventimiglia, the 25-year-old daughter of “Sopranos” star John Ventimiglia, has died, her mother announced. “Heartbroken to have to post our darling Odele’s funeral notice,” Brenda Cape wrote on Facebook Jan. 21, while revealing the funeral was scheduled for Jan. 26. “Her sister Lucinda and I have been overwhelmed by the messages of support and love we have received, and your remembrances of how cherished Odele was to so many. Odele was greatly loved, and leaves a huge hole in our lives. Odele is survived by her sister, Lucinda Ventimiglia, mother, Belinda Cape, father John Ventimiglia, and her beloved daughter Shiloh.”Cape wrote that she died on Jan. 12.
☆ Former NFL player Jessie Lemonier dies at 25
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
Jessie Lemonier, a defensive end who played for the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions, has died at the age of 25, the Lions announced Jan. 26. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of former Detroit Lion Jessie Lemonier,” the Lions said in a statement posted on Twitter. “Jessie was a model teammate and wonderful young man who is gone far too soon. Lemonier signed with the Chargers as an undrafted free agent out of Liberty University in 2020. He played in six games with them in 2020, according to Pro Football Reference.
☆ Super Bowl-winning NFL player Ronnie Hillman dies from rare form of cancer at 31
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Former Denver Broncos running back Ronnie Hillman, who helped the team win Super Bowl 50, died from a rare form of cancer, his family said Wednesday in a statement on Instagram. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother & father, Ronnie K Hillman Jr.,” the family said in the post. “Ronnie quietly and peacefully transitioned today in the company of his family and close friends. “As a family, we hope beyond hope, and we have faith that can move mountains,” the statement said in part. He played the first four seasons of his career with Denver, helping the team win the Super Bowl in the 2015 season.
☆ Celine Dion reveals she has stiff-person syndrome in an emotional video, postpones tour dates
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Celine Dion revealed on Thursday that she has a rare medical condition that has forced her to postpone dates on her European tour next year. “As you know, I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before, but I’m ready now. “Recently, I’ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called the stiff-person syndrome, which affects something like one in a million people. I love you guys so much and I really hope I can see you again real soon.”Dion had canceled North American tour dates in January and European dates in April due to health issues. Stiff-person syndrome, or SPS, is a rare neurological disorder with some features of an autoimmune disease, according to the National Institutes of Health.
☆ Comedian Sinbad is learning to walk again 2 years after having a stroke, his family says
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
His initial prognosis was good before he suffered another blood clot the next day, so he underwent the same surgery again. He was taken to a different hospital, where doctors said he was experiencing brain swelling, his family said. The road to recovery became unclear and extremely difficult for the family to navigate,” the family said. The more time passed the more the family learned how much had been lost.”The family said Sinbad spent months going to different facilities and was taken off a ventilator. “On July 7, 2021, nearly nine months after the initial stroke, Sinbad finally came home.
☆ Backstreet Boys honor Aaron Carter midconcert with emotional tribute
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
The Backstreet Boys paused their concert in London on Sunday to honor Nick Carter’s younger brother Aaron, who died over the weekend. The moment began with a picture of Aaron on the jumbotron, with a caption reading, “Aaron Carter 1987-2022.”The band then appeared onstage to thunderous cheering from the crowd as the camera honed in on Nick Carter. And that song is very special to us because that song is about family. We thank you for all the love for all the years.”At that moment, AJ McLean went over to hug Nick Carter before Brian Littrell joined in. Now you can finally have the peace you could never find here on earth….I love you baby brother.”
☆ Wynonna Judd says she’s ‘between hell and hallelujah’ as she grieves her mom’s death
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
Wynonna Judd says performing has helped her mourn the death of her mother, Naomi. “I’m somewhere between hell and hallelujah,” she told Hoda Kotb Monday on "TODAY." I feel like I’m doing a victory lap and the fans are watching me and they’re for me because they grew up with me," she said. Wynonna has elected to perform solo on the mother-daughter tour and says it’s been gratifying to see all the people come out. “I’ve been around that long and they’re bringing their next generation and sisters — I’m seeing up to four generations at the shows,” she said.
☆ Matthew Perry opens up about serious addiction problem and how his ‘Friends’ castmates ‘saved’ him
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
It could be said that (doing the show) saved me,” he told the magazine in advance of the book’s release. When he got the part, his alcohol addiction was just starting, but it was only the beginning of his troubles. “If you gauge my weight from season to season — when I’m carrying weight, it’s alcohol; when I am skinny, it’s pills. Perry has been to rehab 15 times and undergone 14 surgeries related to his addiction. In 2021’’s “Friends” reunion, Perry opened up about the stress he felt to perform while on the show.
☆ Dwyane Wade explains how daughter Zaya keeps the 'hate out' of social media
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
NBA great Dwyane Wade says he made a conscious decision to turn off the comments on daughter Zaya’s social media accounts. “Well, we have a 20-year-old, Zaire, who went through it a few years before Zaya, of jumping on social media and all of the negativity that comes with social media and the comments,” he told the 3rd hour of TODAY on Oct. 7. “And so once we got to Zaya, which is a whole different conversation that’s going on in the world and it’s way uglier,” he said. Dwyane Wade and his daughter Zaya arrive for the "Cheaper by the Dozen" Disney premiere in Hollywood, Calif., on March 16, 2022. And so we sat down with Zaya about being on social media.
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