NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pharrell Williams and his hip-hop group N.E.R.D. will perform at half-time of next month’s NBA All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday, with actor-comedian Kevin Hart opening festivities and introducing teams. The 67th annual clash of elite NBA talent will be staged February 18 in Los Angeles and also feature pre-game national anthems, the American sung by Fergie and the Canadian performed by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. Williams, an […]
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NBA: Bucks’ Antetokounmpo leads All-Star balloting
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo is the leading vote-getter in the first fan returns of NBA All-Star voting released on Thursday. Greece’s Antetokounmpo, who earned his first All-Star nod last season, received 863,416 votes to edge the Cleveland Cavaliers’ four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James (856,080) by 7,336 votes for the top spot in the Eastern Conference and overall after the first 12 days of fan voting. Antetokounmpo, […]





