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In a series of tweets—some of which have since been deleted— Zolciak-Biermann’s oldest daughter Brielle alleged Delta attendants kicked their family off of a plane in late July. Zolciak-Biermann followed up with a tweet claiming airport police were contacted over the debacle. On her podcast, Zolciak-Biermann further shared her side of the story and said she was in the bathroom with her 5-year-old daughter, Kaia, when her sons KJ, 8, and Kash, 6, were removed from the plane by a gate attendant....

Vlade Divac has signed a multiyear contract extension as vice president of basketball operations and general manager, the team announced Wednesday. The former NBA big man is expected to bring on an executive with more experience — former Pacers and Bucks official David Morway is the apparent favorite — in an attempt to free the franchise from its decade-long drought. MORE: Each team’s feared first-round matchup | Russell’s upset teammates not problem for long...

According to a USA Today report Friday, Kings owner Vivek Ranadive gave Cousins’ agent permission to pursue a trade with the Lakers before Thursday’s NBA draft. MORE: Nobody deserves DeMarcus Cousins | Kings need to be patient with Cauley-Stein That is the same Ranadive who told USA Today the day before the draft that the team had “zero interest” in moving the disgruntled center. The most recent USA Today report says that Ranadive gave his blessing to Cousins’ agent, Dan Fegan, to pursue a deal with the Lakers....

The home team also suffered a similar fate as Alexander Buttner was sent to early showers just before the break and both sides played the entire second half with a man short. Marvin Baudry had earlier put the Waregem outfit in front in the fourth minute before Onur Kaya’s strike in the 70th minute sealed the victory for the visitors. The win brightened the chances of Belgian side of qualifying for the round of 32 as they moved to the third spot having gathered four points from four games, two points adrift of Nice and eight below Lazio who top the group....

While it’s typically a fun, energetic show to get fans excited about a full day of college football, Saturday’s episode was obviously different. This has been a unique year, not only with the coronavirus pandemic but also social justice issues arising from the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. When discussing how this has impacted players, Kirk Herbstreit became emotional on the set of “GameDay,” imploring empathy for those who are affected by systemic racism....

Telecoms engineer Dwayne Ofoeme told the BBC he discovered the cat, who has been christened Ringo, after driving from Liverpool to Newcastle-under-Lyme in the U.K. on Monday. Ofoeme said that as soon as he and his colleagues stopped the vehicle at the end of the journey they “immediately heard meowing,” but initially assumed “it was just a cat under the van.” On closer inspection, he realized the noise was coming from the underside of the van, where he quickly spotted a tiny kitten clinging to the bottom of the vehicle....

The 18-year-old Bayern Munich prospect, who last week switched international allegiances from Germany to the USA, has been named to Jurgen Klinsmann's roster for the Americans' friendly April 2 against Mexico in Glendale, Ariz. The match will be the USA's final tune-up before convening in mid-May for the pre-World Cup camp. The squad otherwise is a largely veteran roster, including probable World Cup starters Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Omar Gonzalez, Matt Besler and DaMarcus Beasley, as well as national team regulars Clarence Goodson, Brad Evans, Graham Zusi, Kyle Beckerman and Eddie Johnson....

The Egyptian forward has found the net 29 times in 31 Premier League appearances for the Reds since arriving on Merseyside in July and is only three away from setting a new division record for goals in a single 38-game season. Salah faces his main rival for the prestigious PFA accolade, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, on Wednesday as the two teams meet at Anfield for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie....

Klopp guided Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles while Rudiger was at the club but the defender move to Stuttgart before his senior debut, with Mats Hummels and Neven Subotic ahead of him in the pecking order. Six years since he parted ways with Klopp and Dortmund, Rudiger has established himself as a top centre-back at Chelsea after his £34 million summer move from Roma. On Sunday, the 25-year-old will come up against his former boss once again and spoke of the immense belief he instils in his players....

The Reds were one of the 12 founding clubs of the breakaway league which was announced on Sunday. The plans rapidly fell apart, however, as most clubs have pulled out of the competition following outrage from football associations, fans and pundits. Liverpool were among those heavily criticised but Klopp fears their reputation is being regarded as irredeemable. What did Klopp say? “It is difficult for me in truth, because I have found some of the reaction around it difficult to take....

Eighteen years after Gerrard’s bow, Woodburn makes his mark for Liverpool Woodburn came off the bench to seal a 2-0 EFL Cup quarter-final win over Leeds United, displacing Michael Owen in the Anfield record books by netting aged 17 and 45 days. It was a satisfactory night for a number of the youngsters in Klopp’s side, with Trent Alexander-Arnold performing superbly at right-back before supplying the cross for Divock Origi’s 76th-minute opener, but Woodburn was understandably the talk of the post-match news conference....

Ibrahimovic felt anything but unstoppable a year ago though. The striker suffered the first major injury of his career, tearing ligaments in his knee and bringing an end to a dominant first season in the Premier League with Manchester United. He went from being on top of the soccer world, to laying in a hospital bed struggling with a reality he had never experienced before. “I felt my body, when I was laying in bed, and I could not move after the operation, I felt my body started to shake because I needed to do something,” Ibrahimovic said....

Because, really, what would be the point? MORE: 6 D-leaguers who could help your NBA team | Lakers sign cancer patient to one-day contract “Honestly, it doesn’t really matter,” Bryant said (via ESPN.com) of trying to avoid a team-record losing streak it now shares with the 1993-94 Lakers. “What, it makes a s— season less s—?” Instead, the Lakers (9-41), assured of at best a .500 record — and that would take 32-game winning streak starting Tuesday — are trying to plumb the depths of what will be their third consecutive losing season, the first time that’s happened since the team’s arrival in Los Angeles before the 1960-61 season....

Teams from coast to coast have been paying homage to the future Hall of Famer all season, but Wednesday night it was time for the Lakers, the only team whose jersey Bryant has worn in his 20-year career, to send him off into the sunset. They started with an epic video tribute that featured a who’s who of modern basketball. MORE: Classic Kobe photos | Top 10 GIFs of Bryant’s career...

According to ESPN, Bryant left two tickets for Odom, who for six months has been recovering from an overdose that caused a stroke and organ damage. PHOTOS: Odom through the years | MORE: Lakers team has trust issues Odom’s first public appearance since being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel came last month at a Kanye West fashion show. And if it wasn’t for the ongoing drama that is the Lakers, his presence last night may have been a bigger story....

The Lakers star told NBA TV during a wide-ranging interview that he isn’t done yet. MORE: Classic MJ photos | Charting MJ’s game-winners | Aldridge plays it cool in free agency “I can’t say it is the end,” Bryant said. “I thought the Spurs were done 20 years ago and these guys are still winning. … I’m hoping I can have the same rebirth.” His 2014-15 season ended with a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder, months after he returned from a torn Achilles’ tendon that sidelined him for all but six games the previous season....

Not even Michael Jordan experienced 16 consecutive seasons, let alone 20, which Bryant is entering this year. MORE: Michael Jordan vs. Kobe Bryant | Kobe Bryant attempting to shake off rust “This is uncharted territory,” Bryant said, via USA Today. “My 37 (years old) isn’t MJ’s 37 (when Jordan returned to play for the Wizards after taking two seasons off), you know what I mean? Nor is it the same team or the same system that he was playing in....

MORE: Kobe Bryant explains why he doesn’t miss the game of basketball Bryant’s poem is mainly about Urkel’s ability to transform himself into Stefan Urquelle, using his “cool” gene.

Bryant tweeted a sneak peek of his new Showtime documentary, Kobe Bryant’s Muse. After going through what many thought would be a career-ending injury, the Lakers star gives fans a look into his life and what drives him. MORE: Gallery | Kobe vs. MJ | Kobe to retire? The documentary is set to air in February.