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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Garnett has purchased 1,000 tickets to Minnesota’s next game in appreciation of Timberwolves fans for their welcome of his return to the team. The Timberwolves made the announcement on Sunday morning. They host the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night. The freebies courtesy of the 15-time All-Star power forward will be […]

DETROIT (AP) — Hundreds of people have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to help a Detroit man who says he typically walks 21 miles to get to and from work. The Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1yujefU ) reports that James Robertson rides buses part of the way to and from his factory job in suburban […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna will host her first Diamond Ball on Dec. 11 to benefit her foundation that promotes education and arts globally. Rihanna announced Thursday that she would hold the black tie event at The Vineyard in Beverly Hills, California. The Barbadian-born singer founded the Clara Lionel Foundation in 2012, named after her […]

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was honored Monday at West Point with the U.S. Military Academy’s annual Thayer Award, given to a U.S. citizen for outstanding service in the national interest that illustrates the academy’s motto of “Duty, Honor, Country.” “For more than three decades and during some of America’s more trying times, she […]

Tyrese Gibson got his nanny quite the generous gift. He bought her a new black Audi Sedan for being such a great caretaker of his daughter. He started the video off by saying his nanny has “been with my daughter [Shayla] for a year and a half” and that he “just bought her a new […]

Charlie Sheen may be a lot of things to a lot of people, but he’s a good Samaritan in the eyes of a waiter in Philadelphia. According to TMZ, the “Anger Management” entertainer gave $1,000 to the waiter, who was “stiffed” by NFL star LeSean McCoy after a controversial lunch earlier this week. As we […]

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a homeless man who last year turned in a lost wallet stuffed with money has done it again. Police in the city of Kingston in New York’s Hudson Valley say 67-year-old Hassell “Junior” Barberapproached an officer on May 9 and said he wanted to turn in a “wad” of cash […]

It all started with the Twitter hashtag, #LeBronMeetEbony, that went viral in February, as the Milwaukee community rallied around a cancer-struck athlete. According to Fox Sports, Ebony Nettles-Bey, a standout girls basketball player for Verona High School, not only got to meet her hero on Saturday, but she also led the Heat onto the court […]