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Ahead of Game 5 of the NBA Finals, basketball legend James Harden is making headlines for reasons that have nothing to do with sports.
The NBA icon — whose Cleveland Cavs were previously knocked out of the playoffs by the ascendant New York Knicks — was arrested early Saturday morning in Houston after police discovered a handgun in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
According to court records obtained by TMZ, Harden was driving a Mercedes through downtown Houston at approximately 3:40 AM when officers stopped the vehicle.
During the encounter, police allegedly spotted a handgun sitting in the cup holder of the car. Harden reportedly acknowledged that the weapon belonged to him.
The 36-year-old was subsequently arrested and booked into the Harris County Jail on a misdemeanor charge related to unlawful carrying of a weapon.
He was later released on bond and is scheduled to appear in court on June 22.
At this point, few additional details have been released regarding the incident, and Harden has not publicly commented on the arrest.
The legal trouble comes during what has already been an eventful year for the former NBA MVP.
Harden spent the latter portion of the 2025-26 season with the Cavs after being acquired in a February trade.
The veteran point guard averaged 20.5 points and 7.7 assists in 26 games with Cleveland and helped lead the team to the Eastern Conference Finals.
One of the most accomplished players of his generation, Harden has earned multiple scoring titles, 11 All-Star selections, and the 2017-18 NBA MVP award during a career that has spanned more than 17 seasons.
Now, however, attention has shifted away from his future on the court and toward the legal proceedings ahead.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
James Harden Arrested on Weapons Charge In Houston was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Kylian Mbappé and the French national soccer team are dreaming of winning the World Cup for the third time.
For France’s lame-duck president, Emmanuel Macron, it’ll be one final chance to draft off soccer success in a way he’s so far failed to achieve.
“When it comes to football, the president absolutely doesn’t have to force it, he can talk about it for hours,” said Karl Olive, a lawmaker who is close to Macron. “There are few opportunities to unite the population. … It would be nice to have a moment where, opinions aside, we can celebrate.”
The 47-year-old president’s tenure has coincided with one of the most successful periods in the history of men’s soccer in France.
Yet despite repeated attempts to associate himself with the team’s performances — from the rain-soaked, triumphant podium in Moscow in 2018 to the dejected Doha locker room in 2022 — Macron has struggled to convert either soccer glory or any other French sporting success into political rocket fuel.
The 2018 World Cup win was quickly overshadowed by a scandal involving his deputy chief of staff who had assaulted protesters while posing as a police officer weeks earlier, and then the massive Yellow Jackets protests that kicked off that fall. Macron also failed to net a visible popularity boost from the successful 2024 Paris Olympics, which took place while the country was still reeling from his ill-fated decision to dissolve parliament.
A successful 2026 World Cup run for France — it kicks off Tuesday against Senegal in New Jersey — may be Macron’s last opportunity for a mandate-defining positive national moment.
Read Victor Goury-Laffont’s full report from Paris on what soccer means for the president.
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