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NFL legend Peyton Manning, who played quarterback for the Colts and Broncos during his career, trolled his rival, Tom Brady, during his Pro Football Hall of Fame acceptance speech, Sunday night. Manning and Brady went head to head countless times throughout their storied careers.

“Speaking of rivals, my good friend Tom Brady is here tonight,” said Manning. “By the time Tom Brady is inducted in his first year of eligibility in the year 2035, he’ll only have time to post his acceptance speech on his Instagram account.”

Manning won two Super Bowls and was award five MVPs throughout his 18-year career.

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Brady got involved in the teasing as well, on Twitter, writing “I just need to make sure he’s really done. Can’t risk this guy coming back … .”

Manning also poked fun at Ravens legend Ray Lewis, who set the record for longest speech in 2018 by going for 38 minutes.

“Ray Lewis just finished giving his speech that he started in 2018,” Manning said.

Elsewhere in his speech, Manning spoke about his father, former NFL quarterback Archie Manning

“My favorite quarterback, my hero, my dad,” Peyton said while fighting off emotions. “Dad, there’s no one I would rather have or be more appropriate to welcome me to the stage than you.”

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Fans on Twitter debated whether Future or Lil Wayne would win in a hypothetical Verzuz matchup, Saturday, and things got fairly heated. While Wayne appeared to be the popular choice, Future had many dedicate fans sing his praises.

“Lol Wayne would kill this man with only features stop playin with Wayne top like this,” one fan argued.

Wayne is easily one of the most successful artists of his generation with over 120 million records sold worldwide throughout his career. He’s critically renown and often cited as one of the best rappers of all time.

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“Y’all saying it’s disrespectful but Future been consistently dropping hits….what’s the problem?” another fan wrote.

Future certainly deserves his credit as well with numerous massively popular singles such as “Move That Dope,” “Fuck Up Some Commas,” “Where Ya At,” and more.

“This is a joke right????” a seperate user tweeted. “Get the fCk out of herr future catalog isn’t long enough to battle Wayne plus he’s not as lyrical bye this is a trash idea scrap this immediately this is an insult to Wayne period.”

“We all know the only person that go toe -2-toe w/ Wayne is drake & 2 chainz ! I ain’t even gone say Nicki ass,” another said.

Check out more of the discussion below.

The most recent iteration of Verzuz proved to be an exercise in reminding fans of the hits that have carried The LOX and Dipset throughout the years. While the spar was a bout of friendly competition, fans weighed heavily in the former’s favor when it came to catalog comparisons.

The proof is found heavily in the fact that Jadakiss, in particular, experienced a reported 200% increase in music sales following the battle. Coincidentally, the new wave crashes into the 20th anniversary of the Yonkers legend’s Kiss Tha Game Goodbye solo debut. 

With a new upload to Instagram, he commemorated the milestone with a simple message thanking fans for their support over the years.

The effort, which arrived in 2001, placed the emcee firmly into New York hip-hop’s elite and gave fans a boatload of bangers to match. It notably debuted at No. 5 on the charts and landed Jadakiss a Gold plaque. Its impact was brought back to the forefront with the most recent Verzuz showing with the likes of Lebron James cosigning the reminder.

“JADAKISS is the most UNDERRATED hip-hop artist of ALL-TIME., “MY GOODNESS,” James penned following the battle before adding that The Lox as a unit were “3 bullies.”

The Colorado Rockies are investigating after a fan used a racial slur while Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson, a Black player, was at-bat, Sunday night. The microphones for the television broadcast captured the patron shouting the N-word over and over while Brinson was set to hit in the ninth inning.

“The Colorado Rockies are disgusted at the racial slur by a fan directed at the Marlins’ Lewis Brinson during the ninth inning of today’s game. Although the subject was not identified prior to the end of the game, the Rockies are still investigating this incident,” the team said in a statement after the game. “The Rockies have zero tolerance for any form of racism or discrimination, and any fan using derogatory language of any kind will be ejected and banned from Coors Field.”

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TMZ noticed that the MLB App is not allowing fans to rewatch the game, likely to censure out the incident.

Marlins play by play announcer Paul Severino said he was “disgusted” by the language after the game on Twitter. 

Brinson finished the game 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs. The Rockies went on to win Rockies’ 13-8. 

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The Chicago Cubs welcomed hometown rapper Lil Durk to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at their game against their intracity rival, Chicago White Socks, Sunday night. The pitch was roasted by fans online after Durk missed home plate. 

“The love I receive is undeniable fr,” Durk, who recently announced he would no longer be name-dropping the dead, wrote on Twitter after throwing out the pitch.

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The stadium may have shown love, but fans online were, at time, ruthless.

“He can slide for first base but he can’t even slide for Von,” one fan responded to the throw.

Another wrote: “It blows my mind how many people can’t throw a ball. Wtf did y’all do as kids?”

Despite professionals making it look easy, first pitches have been historically difficult for celebrities. Some fans were quick to compare Durk’s throw to 50 Cent’s infamous whiff back in 2014, which is widely considered to be one of the worst of all time.

“50 Cent has entered the chat,” one user on Twitter joked after seeing Durk’s throw.

Check out the first pitch and responses to it below.

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Rihanna was supposed to star opposite a puppet in Annette, the new film starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, according to the movie’s director. Leos Carax told USA Today in an interview following the release of Annette that he had specifically written the role for her.

“It was a small part written specifically for her,” Carax said. “She was supposed to play Rihanna.”

The Fenty Beauty business mogul was planned to sing for a duet later in the movie: “When Baby Annette becomes famous, there was a duet between the puppet and Rihanna. But then Rihanna feels upstaged by this baby.”

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Early in the casting process, it was reported that Rihanna had signed on to perform, but shortly after her reps stated that she was no longer involved.

Carax said it was better to scrap the scene rather than to recast the Anti singer.

Appearing in Annette would’ve been yet another business move for Rihanna, who recently achieved billionaire status according to Forbes.

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 Devin Funchess has apologized after using an anti-Asian slur while speaking to reporters at Packers’ training camp, Sunday. The wide receiver posted a statement from his notes app on Twitter.

“I want to apologize for the disparaging remark I used tonight,” Funchess tweeted. “It was not ok. I have grown to develop deep personal and business relationships in the Asian community! I meant no harm, and those that know me, know I have love and respect for all cultures and people. I will learn from this and will continue to grow as a person. I’m forever sorry!”

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Funchess told reporters that he could tell they were smiling behind their masks by using an anti-Asian slur.

“I can talk to people now,” he began. “I like smiles.”

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst spoke about the incident afterward saying that the behavior is “very unacceptable and certainly doesn’t live up to the standards and values of the Green Bay Packers.”

This will be Funchess’s first time playing in the NFL in two seasons after he took the COVID-19 opt-out and did not play in 2020 and missed all of 2019 while suffering from injury. Funchess was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in 2015.

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An artist in Chicago has made a new tribute mural for King Von on O-Block showing the late rapper rocking an O-Block chain. Von was shot and killed in November 2020 after an altercation with Quando Rondo in an Atlanta nightclub.

The new mural began circulating online, over the weekend.

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It comes after Von’s former romantic partner, Asian Doll, opened up regarding her struggling moving on from the rapper’s passing.

“Bro I will give up everything just to have 1 more conversation with von shit even a hug,” she began a series of posts on Twitter. “Nothing has ever broken me but this right here breaking me into pieces. I hope one day I stop feeling like this.”

Shortly after Von’s death, Doll shared her grief with fans online:  “I wanna die 2 shit it feel like I’m dead already. I’ll never be the same I just hope you visit me in all my dreams I just wanna sleep so I can picture us again I just wanna close my eyes & never open then again… Von I’m gone [broken heart emoji] … My heart is gone I’m just a empty soul in a human body I rather die then to feel this pain I CANT TAKE IT IM NOT STRONG ENOUGH VON.”

Check out Von’s new mural below.

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