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The Nets know what the score is — or more accurately, what the standings are. They haven’t been eliminated yet, but they’ve reached the point of this season where they need to start planning for next season. It’s time to play the kids. It just so happens that in the Nets’ case, playing the kids doesn’t have to equal raising the white flag. Or lowering expectations. That didn’t mean benching all their starters in Wednesday’s 122-119 overtime win in Washington, and it won’t mean tanking in a year they don’t even have their own first-round draft pick. But it does…

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50 Cent’s ex Daphne Joy, with whom he shares son Sire, has been named in one of the sexual assault lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs, Us Weekly can confirm. Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones sued Diddy, 54, in February, claiming that the music mogul sexually harassed, drugged and threatened him for more than a year. Jones’ lawsuit also accused Diddy of sex trafficking multiple women. Joy, 37, was named as one of the alleged sex workers, but she has not publicly addressed the claims. Us has reached out to Joy for comment. According to Jones, Diddy had “bragged about having…

TORONTO — The NBA established 65 as the key number this season for determining league awards and accolades, and Jalen Brunson officially cleared that games-played hurdle this week. Brunson played in his 66th of the Knicks’ 72 games this season in Wednesday night’s blowout win over the Raptors, meaning he officially is eligible for MVP and All-NBA consideration. “Definitely, when you’re available you should be able to play. It’s always been my mindset. I haven’t really thought any other way,” Brunson, who had 26 points and seven assists, said before the game. “Obviously we’ve been banged up a lot so…

Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who represented the Nutmeg State in Washington for 24 years and was the Democratic Party’s 2000 vice presidential nominee, has died. He was 82. A statement from Lieberman’s family said he passed away Wednesday in New York after suffering complications from a fall. The former senator’s death was first reported by Punchbowl News. “Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest,” the family statement read. Lieberman, a former Connecticut state senator and attorney general, was elected to the Senate in 1988 and developed a…

New York lawmakers are expected to miss the state’s budget deadline as negotiations over housing and education funding remain ongoing, a top official said Wednesday.The due date for adopting a new state budget is April 1, but legislators are set to give themselves a extension early next week that will keep government functioning while talks continue, Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins told reporters.”We’re at the middle of the middle,” Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, said at a news conference in Albany.NEW YORK DEMS SET FOR CLASHES WITH HOCHUL AS LAWMAKERS UNVEIL BUDGET PLANSBudget negotiations — conducted in private between the Democrat leaders of…

A migrant was arrested and charged in Alabama for raping a “mentally incapacitated” teen.According to WDHN-TV, citing the Encore Police Department, authorities arrested 23-year-old Pablo Mendoza on Monday, March 25, for an incident on Feb. 20.Authorities said that he allegedly raped a 13-year-old “mentally incapacitated” girl on Feb. 20.The local outlet said that the teen could not consent to the intercourse, because she was “physically helpless.”ALABAMA CONVICT WHO ROBBED, KILLED ELDERLY COUPLE GETS EXECUTION DATE Pablo Mendoza allegedly raped a handicapped 13-year-old in Feb. (Coffee County Sheriff’s Office)Authorities said that Mendoza was charged with first degree rape.MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL WHERE…

Selling Sunset alum Christine Quinn has claimed that she and her husband, Christian Richard, had a blowout argument before his domestic violence arrest. Quinn, 35, alleged in court documents filed earlier this week, and obtained by Page Six, that Richard, 45, had gotten angry with her on March 18 when she told him she was dissatisfied with their marriage and his alleged “lack of effort” in being a “true partner.” Quinn claimed that Richard, in retaliation, started yelling at her, throwing floral arrangements and urinating on the floor in a “rampage.” The reality TV star further alleged that Richard pulled…

BOSTON — Terrence Shannon Jr., the star guard who has led Illinois to its first Sweet 16 berth in 19 years, remained silent on Wednesday. As he has since returning from suspension the third week of January on the advice from legal counsel. Shannon has shined on the court for the third-seeded Illini, powering his team to the Big Ten Tournament crown and following that up by averaging 28 points and four assists in two NCAA Tournament games. Off the court is a different matter. The 6-foot-6 Chicago native is facing rape or an alternative count of sexual battery allegations…

Former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel has talked to a prominent lawyer and is weighing her legal options after being fired by NBC News just two days after her network debut.  McDaniel, 51, met with Los Angeles-based entertainment and media attorney Bryan Freedman on Tuesday, according to Politico.  The pair discussed McDaniel’s legal options beyond getting the $600,000 she was due to be paid over two years by NBCUniversal, which she expects to receive, according to the outlet.  Defamation and hostile work environment lawsuits against the network are reportedly on the table. McDaniel, however, has yet to formally hire Freedman…