Christina Applegate Reveals She Was Misdiagnosed Before Her MS Diagnosis

Christina Applegate Reveals She Was Misdiagnosed Before Her MS Diagnosis

Christina Applegate has revealed that she was misdiagnosed before learning she has multiple sclerosis. The actress shared her experience with the condition, drawing attention to the challenges of diagnosing MS and the importance of seeking proper medical evaluation. Her story highlights the need for greater awareness of the disease and its symptoms.

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ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THIS TUESDAY OCTOBER 20TH I'M GIO BENITEZ. YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS. WE'VE GOT ANSWERS. THIS IS SEARCH WHERE WE'RE BREAKING DOWN WHAT YOU'RE ASKING RIGHT NOW IN REAL TIME. SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. MAYA EPHREM'S RIGHT HERE OVERSEEING OUR ONLINE SEARCH TRENDS. MAYA SO MANY THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. GOOD TO SEE YOU. HI, DEAR. GOOD TO SEE YOU. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS TRENDING OF COURSE, WITH FANS LOOKING UP HIGHLIGHTS AFTER THE 49 ERS BEAT THE COMMANDER'S. PEOPLE ARE ALSO SEARCHING FOR VIDEOS OF STEFON DIGGS, ONE HANDED CATCH AND VIRAL CLIPS OF COMMANDERS COACH DAN QUINN. AND

FANS ARE STILL MONITORING HEALTH UPDATES ON EAGLES QUARTERBACK JALEN HURTS AFTER HIS BLOOD CLOT DIAGNOSIS. IN FOOD RECALL NEWS, OVER 100,000 SEARCHES ARE FOLLOWING A NATIONWIDE MEAT RECALL INVOLVING KM FOODS. THE USDA ANNOUNCED IT IS PULLING OVER 1.5 MILLION POUNDS OF HOT DOGS, BACON, DELI MEATS AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. SHOPPERS ARE NOW LOOKING UP AFFECTED BRAND NAMES AND STATES, AND SEARCH IS ABSOLUTELY SPIKING. AFTER CHRISTINA APPLEGATE REVEALED THAT SHE WAS MISDIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THEY'RE LOOKING UP HOW MS. IS DIAGNOSED, SEARCHING SYMPTOMS THAT MIRROR THE DISEASE, AND FOLLOWING REACTIONS FROM THE MS.

COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT, MAYA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL CHECK BACK IN VERY, VERY SOON. BUT LET'S KICK THINGS OFF HERE WITH THE STORY THAT YOU CAN'T STOP ASKING ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. IT IS TRENDING BIG TIME. WE'VE GOT NICK WAGNER. HE'S THE SAN FRANCISCO 49 ERS REPORTER FOR ESPN, NFL NATION. NICK IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. PEOPLE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS COMMANDERS 40 NINERS GAME RIGHT NOW. THE NINERS YOUR NINERS THAT YOU COVER THERE AT ESPN ARE UNDEFEATED. TELL US ABOUT HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN. YEAH IT WAS A WILD GAME GIO. AND THE WAY IT STARTED IT LOOKED LIKE THE 40 NINERS WERE GOING TO RUN AWAY AND HIDE. THEY JUMPED OUT TO A BIG LEAD.

THEY LED 20 TO 3 AT HALF EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF THEY HAD A 20 POINT LEAD. AND THEN THE GAME JUST KIND OF FLIPPED THE SCRIPT COMPLETELY. WASHINGTON CAME STORMING BACK, HAD MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY TO STEAL IT AND PULL THE UPSET. AT THE END OF THE GAME, A COUPLE OF 40 NINERS, SOME YOUNG 40 NINERS CAME UP WITH SOME BIG PLAYS TO PRESERVE IT. BUT WASHINGTON STILL HAD ONE FINAL SHOT AT THE END ZONE THERE AT THE END, THEY JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO GET A PASS OFF. KEION WHITE AND ROMELLO HEIGHT ROOKIE FOR THE 40. NINERS CAME UP WITH A SACK TO KIND OF SEAL THE DEAL AND GET THE NINERS TO SIX. AND OH AND THEY WEREN'T SUPER HAPPY ABOUT THE WAY THEY PERFORMED. BUT THEY WERE CERTAINLY HAPPY WITH THE RESULT.

ALL RIGHT. COMMANDERS WIDE RECEIVER STEFON DIGGS RIGHT NOW HE'S A BIG SEARCH. YEAH STEFON DIGGS HE CAME BACK FROM A HAMSTRING INJURY. HE MISSED WEEK FIVE RETURNED LAST NIGHT MADE A HECK OF A CATCH FOR A TOUCHDOWN. AND ALSO AFTER THE GAME HAD SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS. YOU KNOW THE COMMANDERS ARE NOW ONE FOUR AND ONE ON THE SEASON WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT MEANS THEIR SEASON IS OVER. BUT THEY HAPPEN TO PLAY IN THE NFC EAST, WHICH IS A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY. RIGHT NOW. ALL FOUR TEAMS ARE KIND OF CLUMPED TOGETHER, WITH THE GIANTS LEADING THE DIVISION AT THREE, TWO AND ONE. SO STEFON DIGGS

AFTER THE GAME WAS SAYING LIKE, YES, WE'RE ONE FOUR AND ONE, BUT WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING OUT OF THIS THING. THERE'S A LOT OF FOOTBALL LEFT TO PLAY, SO HE'S GOING TO BE SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO PLAY A BIG ROLE FOR THEM IF THEY ARE GOING TO GET BACK IN THAT DIVISIONAL RACE. REMIND US, WHAT WAS THE HISTORY THAT THE NINERS MADE LAST NIGHT? YEAH. THE 49 ERS ARE ACTUALLY NOW THE ALL TIME WINNINGEST TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. THEY HAD THEY'VE KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE STEELERS AT THE TOP OF THAT SPOT. BUT THE NINERS GOT THEIR 56TH WIN ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LAST NIGHT TO PUSH PAST THE STEELERS. I BELIEVE THE COWBOYS ARE IN THIRD. SO THE NINERS DID THAT. AND ALSO QUARTERBACK BROCK PURDY HIT 1500 PASS ATTEMPTS FOR HIS

CAREER, WHICH QUALIFIES HIM TO BE THE NFL'S ALL TIME LEADER IN PASSER RATING. SO A COUPLE LITTLE PIECES OF HISTORY FOR THE 40 NINERS LAST NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MY MAN. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON ESPN. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT. ALL RIGHT LET'S GET TO OUR TOP STORY NOW. MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION POUNDS OF MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED NATIONWIDE. THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL. MEDICAL UNIT PRODUCER YURI ZHAO IS FOLLOWING THIS FOR US. AND THERE IS A LOT TO FOLLOW HERE, YURI, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT K-M FOODS. WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING RECALLED HERE?

WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST RECALL THAT THE USDA CAN ISSUE. IT'S A CLASS ONE RECALL. AND WHAT ESSENTIALLY THAT MEANS IS THAT IT CAN CAUSE POTENTIALLY SEVERE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OR EVEN DEATH. NOW, THE FOODS THAT ARE RECALLED HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT READY TO EAT MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS, THINGS LIKE BACON, BRATWURST, BRISKET, CHICKEN SAUSAGE, HOT DOGS, AND MORE. NOW, SOME OF THESE WERE ACTUALLY SOLD UNDER DIFFERENT BRAND NAMES LIKE AL FRESCO AND MACKENZIE. THERE WERE SUPPLIED NATIONWIDE, SHIPPED BETWEEN JUNE 7TH AND OCTOBER 14TH. NOW, LUCKILY, JILL, WE HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY ILLNESSES SO FAR.

YURI. SO TELL US ABOUT K-M FOODS BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS PRODUCT THAT'S BEING RECALLED? WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT IT? YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS THAT OPERATES JUST OUTSIDE OF BOSTON. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. AND THE REASON THIS RECALL WAS ACTUALLY DISCOVERED IS BECAUSE ONE CUSTOMER, RETAIL CUSTOMER CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THEY NOTICED SOME OF THE PRODUCTS WERE ACTUALLY AT A WARMER TEMPERATURE THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE COMPANY THEN INVESTIGATED THAT, AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH ONE OF THEIR COOLING SYSTEMS AT ONE OF THEIR WAREHOUSES. THE CEO IN A

STATEMENT SAYING, WE TAKE FOOD SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY AND APOLOGIZE TO OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS. OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE HAVE LEARNED FROM AND CORRECTED THE ISSUE AND WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. NOW, THE COMPANY ALSO SAYING THAT THEY'VE CONTACTED ALL OF THESE RETAILERS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THESE AFFECTED PRODUCTS ARE NO LONGER ON STORE SHELVES. SO WHAT DOES THE USDA RECOMMEND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MEAT AND REFRIGERATING IT AND KEEPING IT? WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR CENTURIES, COOLING FOOD. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IT CAN ACTUALLY KEEP FOOD FRESH BY SLOWING THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA. AND WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE DANGER ZONE. AND THAT'S WHEN BACTERIA

CAN ACTUALLY GROW VERY RAPIDLY. THAT'S BETWEEN 40°F AND 140°F. SO YOU REALLY WANT TO KEEP THOSE MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS UNDER 40 DEGREES WHEN YOU'RE THROWING THEM IN THE FRIDGE. AND FOR THE FREEZER, IT'S AT ZERO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. AND THAT CAN REALLY NOT ONLY KEEP YOUR FRESH, YOUR FOOD MORE FRESH, BUT ALSO LOWER YOUR RISK OF FOODBORNE ILLNESSES, WHICH WE ALL WANT TO AVOID. OKAY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND YOUR SETTINGS THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, YURI. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, SO LET'S GO TO WE'RE GOING TO PIVOT NOW TO THAT SHOCKING STORY THAT CHRISTINA APPLEGATE HERSELF SHARED, SAYING THAT SHE WAS

MISDIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. DOCTOR DARON SUTTON HAS SOME ANSWERS FOR US. DOCTOR SUTTON, THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE TERRIFYING BECAUSE FOR HER, SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS DEALING WITH M.S. AND HANDLING IT. BUT IN THIS CASE NOW SHE'S SAYING WE DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE. THAT'S RIGHT. ACCORDING TO APPLEGATE, HER DIAGNOSIS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IS NOW BEING QUESTIONED AND DOCTORS ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING. IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF HER SYMPTOMS. TO HELP UNDERSTAND. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE WHERE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM INAPPROPRIATELY ATTACKS THE LINING OF THE NERVES, AND THAT CAN LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE BODY, LEADING TO A VARIETY OF SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING

NUMBNESS, TINGLING, WEAKNESS, AS WELL AS VISION CHANGES, AS WELL AS BALANCE AND COORDINATION ISSUES, AMONG OTHER SYMPTOMS. THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT MANY OTHER DISEASES SHARE THOSE SYMPTOMS AS WELL, AND I'M SURE THAT IS A LARGE PART OF THE REASON WHY CHRISTINA APPLEGATE AND HER MEDICAL TEAM ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE. SO HOW IS MIS DIAGNOSED, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION. YOU KNOW, HOW COMMON IS A MISDIAGNOSIS LIKE THIS? YEAH. WELL. MS. OR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IS A COMPLICATED BECAUSE THERE'S NO SINGLE TEST THAT CONFIRMS IT. IT IS OFTEN A DIAGNOSIS OF EXCLUSION. WHEN PATIENTS PRESENT WITH SYMPTOMS, THEY TYPICALLY WORKED UP WITH A SPECIALIST LIKE A NEUROLOGIST.

THEN THEY TYPICALLY GET IMAGING LIKE AN MRI. EVEN SOME THINGS LIKE SPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS. AND AGAIN, IT'S MAINLY TO RULE OUT THE OTHER SIMILAR CAUSES. NOW, IN TERMS OF MISDIAGNOSIS, THERE ARE CERTAIN CLINICAL STUDIES THAT SHOW IN CERTAIN GROUPS THAT MISDIAGNOSIS CAN OCCUR AS MUCH AS 15 TO 20%. NOW THAT IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. I MEAN, THAT REALLY IS. AND IT'S SURPRISING THAT 15 TO 20%. WHAT IS TREATMENT FOR MS. LOOK LIKE? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HAS SHE BEEN GOING THROUGH? YEAH. WELL, TREATMENT HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THE PAST 20 YEARS FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT METHODS IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S TREATED. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO

UNDERSTAND. ANOTHER COMPLICATING REASON HERE IS THAT THE DIAGNOSIS OR THE DISEASE CAN BE EXPERIENCED DIFFERENTLY FROM PERSON TO PERSON, AND IT CAN OFTEN BE RELAPSING OR REMITTING WHERE IT CAN COME AND GO. NOW THERE ARE STEROIDS FOR ACUTE RELAPSES OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, AND THERE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER IMMUNE MODULATING MEDICATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT ONLY AVAILABLE FOR PATIENTS, BUT ALSO ONGOING IN TERMS OF THE PIPELINE OF RESEARCH. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, EVERY PERSON HAS A DIFFERENT METHOD OF TREATMENT. THE QUESTION HERE IS WERE THERE ANY CONSEQUENCES SUSTAINED FROM TAKING A MEDICATION THAT SHE MAY NOT HAVE NEEDED? AND WE WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE AGAIN, SHE SAYS SHE WAS MISDIAGNOSED, BUT STILL PEOPLE ARE STILL SEARCHING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MS. BECAUSE

IT'S SUCH A HEADLINE AND THEY WANT TO KNOW, ARE WE ANY CLOSER TO A CURE? WELL, WE CERTAINLY MADE STRIDES. UNFORTUNATELY, MS. DOES NOT HAVE A CURE. BUT TODAY THERE ARE TREMENDOUS MODALITIES, METHODS IN TERMS OF TREATMENTS AND HELPING PEOPLE TO LIVE LONG, HEALTHY LIVES, WHETHER RESUMING THEIR NORMAL ACTIVITY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT CHRISTINA APPLEGATE GETS CLOSER TO SOME EFFECTIVE ANSWERS AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS SO THAT SHE CAN GET SOME MUCH NEEDED RELIEF TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT DOCTOR DARON SUTTON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND OF COURSE WE'RE THINKING OF CHRISTINA APPLEGATE. ALL RIGHT. WE JUST RAN THROUGH YOUR TOP SEARCHES. WHAT ELSE IS ON THAT TIMELINE. LET'S GET RIGHT BACK OVER TO MAYA. OKAY. MAYA WHAT ELSE IS TRENDING TODAY? WE HAVE TWO SNACK NEWS TRENDS TODAY. FIRST, RITZ CRACKERS ANNOUNCED IT IS LAUNCHING A LONG AWAITED GLUTEN FREE VERSION OF ITS CLASSIC BUTTERY CRACKERS. NOW, THIS FOLLOWS RELEASES FROM OTHER POPULAR CRACKER BRANDS LIKE CHEEZ-ITS AND GOLDFISH, AND

LAY'S IS RELEASING FIVE NEW LIMITED EDITION POTATO CHIP FLAVORS JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE FLAVORS INCLUDE ROASTED HOLIDAY TURKEY, MAPLE BACON, AND CHEDDAR SCALLOPED POTATOES, BUT THE BREAKOUT SEARCH HERE, JOE, YOU WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED, IS FOR THEIR WAVY MILK CHOCOLATE CHIPS. THE NEW FLAVORS WILL HIT THE SHELVES IN LATE OCTOBER. YOU KNOW, I GUESS CHOCOLATE AND SALT THAT WORKS. AND POTATO, I GUESS. TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. COMING UP, ONE SEARCH ALWAYS LEADS TO ANOTHER. WE'VE GOT THAT TRENDING TOPIC. BUT THAT IS JUST THE SURFACE HOW CONTENT CREATORS ARE MAKING SPORTS MORE ACCESSIBLE. THE SPIRAL IS N NIGHT STARTING AT SEVEN EASTERN ON ABC.

ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO SEARCH. TODAY'S TOP SEARCH IS ONLY PART OF THE STORY. A SIMPLE SCROLL CAN SOMETIMES TAKE YOU DOWN THAT DEEP RABBIT HOLE. IT'S TIME NOW FOR THE SPIRAL. AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN'T STOP ASKING QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE NBA. OF COURSE, WE'RE FOLLOWING YOUR CLICKS AND CURIOSITY. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE OPENING NIGHT TIP OFF TONIGHT, AND HOW CONTENT CREATORS ARE SWITCHING UP THE SPORTS SCENE. SO LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. WE'VE GOT RYAN FIELD UP FIRST, THEN REF. ROB. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, SO LET'S START WITH THE NEW YORK KNICKS SET TO FACE OFF AGAINST THE PHILLY 70 SIXERS. IT IS A HUGE GAME TONIGHT. LEAD SPORTS ANCHOR FOR OUR ABC NEW YORK STATION HERE. RYAN FIELD JOINS ME NOW FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, THE SITE WHERE IT'S ALL GOING TO GO DOWN. ALL RIGHT RYAN, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE KNICKS AGAINST THE SIXERS BECAUSE IT'S A CRAZY FIRST MATCHUP. THE KNICKS ARE RAISING THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER TONIGHT. WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR THEM. WELL FIRST THINGS FIRST. YOU KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE IS A CELEBRATION 53 YEARS IN THE MAKING. AS WE SAW LAST SPRING, THIS WAS BASICALLY A ONCE IN A LIFETIME MOMENT FOR KNICKS FANS WHO HAD WAITED SO LONG FOR THEIR TEAM TO WIN THAT EVER

ELUSIVE THIRD NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. SO FIRST THINGS FIRST, THEY'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE WHAT HAPPENED 129 DAYS AGO, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET READY TO FACE THE 76 ERS AS THIS TITLE DEFENSE KICKS OFF. AND KEEP IN MIND NO NBA CHAMPION IN THE LAST SEVEN SEASONS HAS EVEN REACHED THE NBA FINALS THE FOLLOWING SEASON. SO THE KNICKS KNOW THEY HAVE A TALL TASK IN FRONT OF THEM. AND IT STARTS RIGHT HERE TONIGHT. THERE'S ANOTHER TALL TASK IN FRONT OF THEM. LEBRON JAMES SET TO MAKE HIS DEBUT TONIGHT WITH THE SIXERS. WHAT IS HE LOOKING TO DO ON THIS TEAM.

WELL HE'S LOOKING TO WIN HIS FIFTH NBA CHAMPIONSHIP AND FIRST SINCE 2020. HE COMES TO A SIXERS TEAM THAT HAS RIGHT NOW THE FOURTH BEST ODDS TO WIN THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP JUST BEHIND THE KNICKS. THIS IS A STACKED SIXERS SQUAD. SO LEBRON, WHO ADMITTED THIS SUMMER THAT HE WANTED TO COME TO THE KNICKS. BUT ONCE THEY WON THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP, HE FELT LIKE THAT WASN'T THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO HE JOINED THE SIXERS. WE SHOULD POINT OUT HE IS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY AND HELICOPTERING TO PHILADELPHIA FOR PRACTICES AND THEIR GAMES. YES, HE IS LIVING RIGHT HERE IN THE BIG APPLE, SO HE'S KIND OF A PSEUDO KNICK, GETTING THE BEST OF LIVING HERE IN THE CITY WHILE PLAYING FOR THE SIXERS. BUT IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME HERE TONIGHT.

A PSEUDO NICK. YOU KNOW I DON'T THINK THE SIXERS FANS ARE GOING TO LOVE THAT TOO MUCH. HEY WHAT WOULD A WIN TONIGHT FOR PHILLY. TELL US ABOUT ITS CHANCES TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY WITH LEBRON AT THE HELM. YEAH. I MEAN LISTEN IT'S AN 82 GAME SEASON. YOU CAN'T MAKE TOO MUCH OF JUST ONE GAME. BUT AS WE SAID THE SIXERS ARE RIGHT THERE WITH THE KNICKS. IN TERMS OF NBA CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS. THESE ARE THE TWO TEAMS THAT MOST PEOPLE EXPECT WILL BE THERE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS COME LATE MAY, SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT CHANCE FOR LEBRON AND THE SIXERS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE NBA CHAMPIONS. ON THE NIGHT THEY RAISED THAT CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER TO THE RAFTERS HERE AT THE GARDEN. SO BRIAN WE KNOW THAT THE

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. THEY'RE ALSO PLAYING AGAINST THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS TONIGHT. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR THERE. WELL THOSE ARE THE TWO TEAMS THAT HAVE THE BEST ODDS TO WIN THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. SAN ANTONIO NUMBER ONE OKLAHOMA CITY NUMBER TWO. SO THIS IS A HEAVYWEIGHT MATCHUP TONIGHT IF YOU WILL IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE. WE OF COURSE KNOW THE SPURS LOST TO THE KNICKS IN FIVE GAMES IN LAST YEAR'S NBA FINALS. THEY ARE CERTAINLY HUNGRY TO GET BACK TO THAT CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE AND FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, OKLAHOMA CITY IS ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE. SO WHAT A GREAT WAY TO TIP OFF THIS NBA SEASON HERE TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT RYAN FIELD RIGHT THERE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. RYAN THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL SEE YOU LATER ON CHANNEL SEVEN HERE IN NEW YORK. LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN VIRAL BASKETBALL REFEREE AND CONTENT CREATOR REF ROB ON HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SPORTS. ROB, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON SEARCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO WHEN DID YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR BASKETBALL AND REFEREE CONTENT WAS REALLY EDUCATING PEOPLE IN A REAL WAY. PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR IN AFTER THE VIDEO STARTED, I REALLY DIDN'T AT FIRST, BUT AS THE POPULARITY OF IT JUST KEPT GROWING, THAT'S KIND OF WHEN I KNEW THAT I'M, I'M MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND I GUESS A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE THAT

BEING A REFEREE IS REALLY ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS IN THE LEAGUE. EVERYBODY'S YELLING AT YOU, RIGHT? SOMEBODY'S NOT HAPPY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO PASSIONATE FANS, PLAYERS, COACHES, THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE REFEREE. SO WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET EVERY CALL RIGHT. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE AN NBA OFFICIAL, A COLLEGE OFFICIAL, A HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIAL, BUT WE ALL GO OUT THERE AND WE WORK THE HARDEST WE CAN. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN. WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR CRAFT. WE STUDY, WE WORK VERY HARD. ANYBODY THAT TAKES AS MUCH PRIDE IN THEIR CRAFT AS I DO, I KNOW, AND THERE'S MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT DO, AND THEY WORK VERY HARD. AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. IT IS OPENING DAY FOR THE NBA.

WHICH GAMES ARE YOU GOING TO BE WATCHING AND WHY? OH, I'M GONNA WATCH ALL OF THEM TONIGHT. I'LL BE ON MY I'LL BE IN MY MAN CAVE WATCHING. I THINK I WANT TO SEE HOW LEBRON VIBES WITH THE SIXERS. AND I KNOW HE'LL DO GREAT. AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY I THINK THAT SAN ANTONIO OKC GAME IS A HEAVYWEIGHT GAME. AND IT'S GOING TO BE JUST FUN TO WATCH IT AS A FAN OF THE GAME AS WELL AS A REFEREE. I'LL BE WATCHING ALL OF IT. YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'RE WITH US HERE, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A QUICK LESSON HERE. WHAT ARE THE BASIC TERMS THAT SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW BEFORE WATCHING A GAME?

REFEREE TERMINOLOGY. YEAH. ALL CONTACTS, NOT A FOUL. THE NBA TRAVEL RULE IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER. THEY GET A ZERO STEP OR A GATHER STEP. THOSE ARE TWO OF THE ONES THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVEL, I ALWAYS HEAR HE'S REACHING, HE'S REACHING. REACHING IS NOT A FOUL UNLESS THERE'S CONTACT. AND WE PUT SOME, WE PUT SOME OF THE TERMS ON THE SCREEN AS WELL, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING SOME OF THE BASIC BASKETBALL TERMS TO. FIELD GOAL. THAT MEANS IT'S IT'S JUST A GOOD BUCKET. A FREE THROW IS A SHOT YOU HIT WHEN YOU'RE FOULED A AND ONE IS WHEN THE BASKET IS MADE AND THERE'S CONTACT ON THE BASKET AND THE BALL GOES IN. THEN YOU GET THE BUCKET AND YOU GET TO SHOOT A

FREE THROW. THAT WILL BE AN. AND ONE AIRBALL IS A SHOT THAT DOES NOT TOUCH THE RIM. A BUZZER BEATER IS THE LAST SECOND SHOT THAT GOES IN THAT WINS THE GAME OR TAKES THE GAME TO OVERTIME. I LIKE HOW YOU LAUGHED WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT AIRBALL. YOU FIND THOSE A LITTLE FUNNY. REF RAHM REF. ROB THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL WE'LL SEE YOU ONLINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE ON SEARCHED. HEY MAN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND STILL AHEAD HERE IT MIGHT BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR FEED, BUT WHAT'S THE VIBE? WE'VE GOT YOUR TOP POP CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT SEARCHES, INCLUDING THE NEWEST TINY DESK CONCERT WITH SOME RAP ROYALTY. OH, IT'S A GOOD ONE. I SAW IT YESTERDAY. THE VIBE CHECK IS NEXT.HT WITH DAVID MUIR IS THE NUMBER ONE NEWSCAST IN AMERICA. ALL RIGHT, IT'S TIME NOW FOR OUR VIBE. CHECK A LOOK AT WHAT'S BUZZING IN ENTERTAINMENT AND POP CULTURE. ROXY'S OFFLINE TODAY, BUT I GOT YOU COVERED HERE WITH THE TRENDS ON YOUR FEED RIGHT NOW. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT RICHARD REALLY, BECAUSE

HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN THE 19951999 FILM OFFICE SPACE, HE HAS PASSED AWAY. THE ACTOR DIED AT 78 YEARS OLD OVER THE WEEKEND, ACCORDING TO HIS TALENT AGENCY. IN A STATEMENT, THE AGENCY SAYS THAT REALLY LEAVES BEHIND AN EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY. AND BOY, DOES HE. I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW HIS FACE, RIGHT? HIS CAREER SPANS NEARLY FIVE DECADES, WITH OVER 400 PROJECTS ACROSS THEATER, FILM, TELEVISION. OTHER NOTABLE PROJECTS INCLUDE CASINO, THE MAN FROM EARTH, AND DEUCE BIGALOW MALE GIGOLO. SO WE, OF COURSE, ARE THINKING OF HIS FAMILY. ALL RIGHT. PRINCE HARRY IS OPENING UP NOW ABOUT THE RIFT IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY, TELLING GQ MAGAZINE IN AN INTERVIEW THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO RECONCILE THINGS WITH PRINCE

WILLIAM AND KING CHARLES. WHEN ASKED IF HE GRIEVES THE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER AND BROTHER, HE SAYS, OF COURSE, ADDING THAT FAMILY RIFTS ARE, QUOTE, MASSIVELY RELATABLE ISSUES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. PRINCE HARRY AND HIS WIFE MEGHAN MARKLE, STEPPED BACK FROM THEIR ROLES AS WORKING MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY BACK IN 2020, WHICH PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. NPR HAS JUST DROPPED ITS LATEST TINY DESK CONCERT WITH SUPERSTAR CARDI B MAKING HER DEBUT ON THE PLATFORM, PERFORMING WITH A LIVE BAND.

THE GRAMMY WINNING RAPPER OPENED HER SET WITH HELLO! FROM HER LATEST ALBUM, AM I THE DRAMA. IT'S SUCH A GOOD ALBUM TOO. MOVING INTO OTHER POPULAR SONGS INCLUDING AIR TIME AND MAN OF THE WORLD, SHE ALSO GAVE FANS SOME NOSTALGIA WITH SONGS FROM HER FIRST ALBUM, INVASION OF PRIVACY, ON THE SET LIST, INCLUDING. BE CAREFUL AND THE CHART TOPPER BODAK YELLOW. THE NEARLY 19 MINUTE SET WAS SET. LIST WAS POSTED BACK ON OCTOBER 19TH. IT'S APPROACHING 3 MILLION VIEWS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCERS WROTE THAT IN AND THEY WERE LIKE, ARE YOU OKAY SAYING IT? YEAH, I'M OKAY SAYING IT. NO PROBLEM. IT'S CARDI B AND WE LOVE HER. GO

WATCH THAT TINY DESK CONCERT. I'M GIO BENITEZ. THIS IS SEARCH ON ABC NEWS LIVE WHERE YOUR QUESTIONS MEET SOME REAL ANSWERS. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH WHAT'S TRENDING RIGHT NOW OVER ON ABCNEWS.COM. SCAN THAT QR CODE RIGHT THERE TO CATCH UP. AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW. BYE.

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