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Kyrie Irving released a joint statement alongside the Brooklyn Nets and the Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday addressing his promotion of an antisemitic film on his social media. Irving and the Nets each pledged $500,000 "toward causes and organizations that work to eradicate hate and intolerance in our communities." Irving acknowledged the "negative impact of my post" while stating that he doesn't "believe everything said in the documentary was true." The statement does not include an apology. Irving's statement arrives six days after he initially promoted the movie on his Twitter account. According to Rolling Stone, the movie promotes tropes and "ideas in line with more extreme factions of the Black Hebrew Israelites, which have a long history of misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and especially antisemitism.” Irving kept the tweet up for four days amid public backlash before deleting it. He defended the tweet in the interim with another tweet denying "the 'Anti-Semitic' label that is being pushed on me." When asked about it for the first time at a news conference on Saturday, Irving was combative with ESPN's Nick Friedell and replied: "I can post whatever I want." Nets owner Joseph Tsai condemned Irving's tweet on his own Twitter account on Thursday writing that he was "disappointed that Kyrie appears to support a film based on a book full of anti-semitic disinformation."Irving has continued to play in Nets games and faced no disciplinary measures from the Nets or the NBA. The Nets have shielded Irving from further media exposure since his Saturday news conference. He wasn't made available for postgame media sessions on Monday or Tuesday. General manager Sean Marks told reporters on Tuesday that the team wanted to let Irving "simmer down" before meeting again with media. In addition to their financial pledge, the Nets and their affiliate organizations pledged to "host a series of community conversations at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, in partnership with ADL and other national civil rights organizations as well as local community associations." The Nets addressed the situation in Wednesday's joint statement with a statement from Sam Zussman, the CEO of Nets parent company BSE Global.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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