NEW YORK (AP) – Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was suspended by the NBA for three games without pay on Tuesday pushing a media representative.

Embiid’s suspension will begin the next regular season game during which he’s eligible and capable of play. The 2023 NBA MVP has yet to play this season resulting from what the 76ers call left knee management.

The Sixers begin their road game in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Wednesday night.

Embiid shouted and eventually shoved a columnist during a locker room altercation Saturday night.

“Mutual respect is paramount to the relationship between players and the media in the NBA,” league executive Joe Dumars said in a statement announcing the suspension. “While we understand that Joel was offended by the personal nature of the reporter’s original version of the column, interactions must remain professional on both sides and must never become physical.”

Embiid had a falling out with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes, who, in a column questioning Embiid’s professionalism and lack of fitness following his performance at the Paris Olympics, mentioned the seven-time All-Star’s deceased brother and son – each named Arthur.

As reporters entered the locker room to seek advice from players after a 124-107 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the two-time NBA scoring champion stood up and faced Hayes.

“Next time you mention my dead brother and son again, you’ll see what I’ll do to you and I’ll have to… live with the consequences,” Embiid told Hayes.

Embiid continued by giving several examples of profanity in the next few sentences. Hayes apologized, which Embiid didn’t want. “It’s not… the first time,” Embiid said.

Embiid later said he didn’t care what reporters said. “But you do,” Hayes replied.

Embiid appeared to get louder at this point and shortly thereafter shoved Hayes in the shoulder while the team’s head of public relations stood between them. Another PR man moved Tyrese Maxey’s interview to the hallway outside the locker room in an try and clear the reporters.

Embiid was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 draft, but missed his first two full seasons resulting from injuries. Since his first full season in 2016, he has played 433 of a possible 805 regular-season games and only 59 of a possible 67 playoff games.

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A new photo of Viola Davis has appeared on the Internet, showing not only a dazzling smile, but in addition a figure.

The Oscar winner posed with her hand on her hip while wearing a black sequined gown in the new photo floating on the X. The photo shows a completely satisfied Davis looking extremely hydrated and rocking her signature short, curly bob.

The caption for the video, which was reposted by Film Updates on X, read: “Viola Davis stuns in new photo.”

Fans reacted to the photo, stating how Davis’ appearance has seemingly modified.

“Apart from the obvious weight loss in this photo – Viola has always been an attractive woman with amazing skin.”

Several fans who assumed the “Fences” star had lost weight chimed in. “This ozempic is crazy,” and one other said: “Ahhh, who is this? Seriously, who is that?”

A 3rd praised her, writing: “Viola Davis looks absolutely amazing in this photo! 😍 Her talent and beauty shine every time. Keep inspiring us, Viola!”

Davis vowed to smile for photos after someone gave her what she thought was sound beauty advice.

Speaking to Harper Bazaar UK’s ‘Life Lessons’ series on YouTube, she said: ‘The best beauty advice she ever gave me is: ‘Viola, every time someone has a camera and needs to take a picture of you, just have a look at the camera and smile myself. .’ I assumed that was really powerful and I remember someone telling me that and I used to be like, “Wow, I have something inside me that I can use in a photo.” It just changes my whole appearance, after which I smiled each time they put the camera in my face.”

Davis has struggled in the past with the way people talked about her appearance.

In a 2022 New York Times interview, she it opened about her famous role on ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder,” where she played a fierce defense attorney with a turbulent personal life that intertwines with the personal lives of a few of the students in her law classes.

Even though Davis was highly praised for the role, she remembers that her peers initially doubted whether she can be a good fit because of her appearance. Her friend told her that other black actors said she “wasn’t pretty enough to play it.”

In the “Life Lessons” series, she touched on the topic of her not being perceived well and explained that being called unattractive could cause great harm to someone.

“I would say the worst thing anyone has ever said to me is constantly telling me I’m not pretty,” she said, before assuring viewers that the comments didn’t stop her.

“Even though I’m good,” she continued, “I actually am. I’m good. I feel very confident. But once you say it, I do not think people understand how painful it’s and the way irrelevant it’s.

She added: “When you say that to someone, the unspoken word is that you just should not worthy because people place importance on beauty and sweetness. So for those who do not have that, it means, “I have no value…” nobody desires to love me. Nobody will accept me. I actually have no power. When you say this to other women, they do not feel like there’s anything in their lives that has any value. You stripped them of all the things.

Michael Jordan sets the record straight on the subject of his support for the following president of the United States.

This got here after a rumor surfaced on Twitter that the basketball legend had endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who’s running against Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.

User X uploaded a post with a photograph of Jordan with the caption: “JUST IN: Michael Jordan is the last person to endorse Donald Trump for president.”

The post from November 3 was extremely popular with over 58,000 likes and over 6,800 re-posts. Jordan, nevertheless, quickly stepped in to dissociate himself from the false claims and made it clear that he didn’t provide any public support in any respect.

In an interview with The Independent on November 5, his representatives told the basketball legend he said“There is absolutely no truth to the claim that Michael Jordan endorsed the presidential election.”

Fans reacted to the statement by applauding Jordan for maintaining his privacy.

One fan on the Daily Mail website he said“I’m glad he doesn’t vote or vote. Regardless of who he supports. I have total respect for that. Classy behavior and thank you.”

Another said: “Jordan is value over $3 billion and he still gets as much as $250 million a 12 months from Nike for his Air Jordans deal. MJ doesn’t care about politics. Playing in silence since it pays off…….

Assuming he supports Trump, one person said: “Leave him alone, some people similar to to keep away from it, it’s none of our business who he votes for. People are only attempting to connect anyone to anyone without them knowing.

A 3rd person said: “MJ stays away from drama and doesn’t become involved in politics. Let him be. It’s his right.

This is strictly what Jordan selected to do throughout his entire sports profession.

In the fifth episode of his documentary series “The Last Dance” on ESPN, Jordan said: “When I played sports, I wasn’t a politician. I focused on my craft. Was it selfish? Probably. But that was my energy. That was where my energy was.”

He also addressed his infamous “Republicans buy shoes too” quote that appeared in the course of the 1990 North Carolina Senate race between Republican Jesse Helms and Democrat Harvey Gantt. This quote was documented within the book “The Second Coming” by creator and sportswriter Sam Smith, and was even re-quoted, replacing the term “shoes” with the term “sneakers”.

In 2016, Slate published an article stating this Jordan’s spokesman Estee Portno sent them an email denying that Jordan had ever made such a press release.

“I don’t think I need to correct that statement because I said it jokingly on the bus with Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen. It was blown off the cuff,” Jordan said on “The Last Dance” in 2020.

Michael Jordan says he doesn’t need to apologize for saying “Republicans buy sneakers too” since it was “made in jest” pic.twitter.com/jJL4Hr5ERv

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“My mom asked me to do a PSA for Harvey Gantt, and I said, ‘Listen, Mom, I do not speak out of my pocket about someone I do not know. But I’ll send a donation to support him. And that’s exactly what I did.

Deloris Jordan’s son added: “I commend Muhammad Ali for standing up for what he believes in. But I never thought of myself as an activist. I believed of myself as a basketball player.