Dwight Howard and 11 Other Players Ejected After Fight Breaks Out During Taiwan Basketball Game

Photo: Gene Wang/Getty Former NBA starDwight Howardwas ejected from a T1 game in Taiwan after a fight broke out between the rival teams. The 37-year-old basketball star, who now plays for theTaoyuan Leopards, was one of 12 players thrown out of the game after the brawl. The Leopards were playing theTaiwanBeer HeroBearswhen one player elbowed an opponent in the face, prompting both athletes to exchange punches. Teammates and game officials attempted to separate the players, but multiple members from each team continued to scuffle before the ejections.

Dwight Howard on Emotional Reason He Was Octopus on 'Masked Singer' : 'We've Been Misunderstood'

Photo: Michael Becker/FOX; Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode ofThe Masked Singer. NBA starDwight Howardappeared on Wednesday night’s episode ofThe Masked Singeras a massive purple octopus, but he says he didn’t exactlychooseto be the sea creature. Instead, both he and the octopus “chose each other.” Howard says the costume couldn’t have been more perfectly him. “It was like we chose each other, like the octopus chose me,” Howard tells PEOPLE.

DWTS Pro Keo Motsepe Mourns Mother's Death: 'I Lost the Queen of My Heart'

Dancing with the StarsproKeo Motsepe’s mother has died. Motsepe, 31, revealed the sad news to his followers on his Instagram Story Wednesday. A cause of death has not been announced. “I am gonna miss you mama,” he captioned a photo of her. “I love you. #RIP.” Earlier on Wednesday, Motsepe broke down in tears during an Instagram Live, telling fans he “woke up this morning to the most painful news ever,” according toEntertainment Tonight.

DWTS' Sasha Farber Says He Texted with Mary Lou Retton as She's in ICU, Told Her 'Fight Harder Than Ever'

Mary Lou Retton and Sasha Farber.Photo:Eric McCandless/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Eric McCandless/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Mary Lou Retton’s friends and family are thinking of her as the former Olympic gold medalist remains hospitalized with a rare form of pneumonia. After Retton’s daughter McKenna Kelley said her 55-year-old mother is “fighting for her life” in the ICU on Tuesday, Retton’s formerDancing with the Starspartner,Sasha Farber, tells PEOPLE he reached out to the former gymnast via text.

DWTS: An Injury Leads to the Ultimate Redemption and 1 Star Is Unexpectedly Eliminated on Monster Night

‘Dancing with the Stars’ cast on Monster Night.Photo:Disney/Eric McCandless Disney/Eric McCandless It was a fab-boo-lous night onDancing with the Starsfor Monster Night! Tuesday’s Halloween festivities kicked off with co-hostsJulianne HoughandAlfonso Ribeirointroducing guest judge,Niecy Nash Betts, who competed on season 10 ofDWTS. Nash Betts said she was “excited to be back in the ballroom” but glad to be “on this side” of the judges' panel instead. With no time to waste, Monster Night kicked off!