Nicole Briscoe and Ryan Smith (Photo via ESPN)
Johnny Furphy completed a dunk in Summer League that was so resounding, it broke SportsCenter.

The Indiana Pacers sophomore went coast-to-coast for a one-handed dunk against the Chicago Bulls on Monday night, bringing the ball all the way back before jamming it over an unfortunate Noa Essengue.

While the play is likely to be the dunk of the summer, it’s also been immortalized in meme history, given the look on the rookie’s face as he hung in midair while getting posterized.

Nicole Briscoe and Ryan Smith tried to cover the highlight during ‘SportsCenter’ but could not get past Essengue’s face, losing their composure on live television, with Smith asking whether the image was real and struggling to get his words out through the tears.

“This is hard to do right now because I just want to laugh,” Briscoe admitted as she tried to switch to the WNBA. They later confirmed that the image was not photoshopped and was the genuine artifact.

Johnny Furphy May Have Already Ruined Noa Essengue’s Career

Johnny Furphy #12 of the Indiana Pacers drives to the basket (Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images)
Noa Essengue found himself on the wrong end of the poster but had a good outing, scoring 21 points. Johnny Furphy scored 15 points, adding six rebounds, two assists, two steals, and two blocks.

The dunk, which had Tyrese Haliburton raving on social media, is what he will be remembered for.

Haliburton took to X to post, “Johnny MF Furphy sheeeeesh,” after watching his teammate bring the house down.

This could be a career-defining moment for both players. But we hope Essengue can bounce back from this, given the many calls for him to retire and the claims that it’s over for him in the NBA following his embarrassing expression.

We’re willing to bet he’d pay top dollar for this to be scrubbed off the internet.

Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on split from husband Jesse Wood in her first TV interview since the breakup.

Joining Lorraine Kelly on Monday’s episode of the ITV show, the TV presenter, 43, also gave an health update after having two tumours removed from jaw.

Fearne announced her split from Jesse, the son of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Ronnie Wood, in December after 10 years of marriage.

She has since made swipes at Jesse and moved on with TV director Elliot Hegarty, with the pair having been seen kissing during a recent night out.

Fearne has had a difficult few months after undergoing surgery to remove two benign tumours from her jawline, just days before her split with Jesse emerged.

She told host Lorraine: ‘It’s all very amicable and kids are doing great. I am in a very good place.’place.’

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Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on split from husband Jesse Wood in her first TV interview since the breakup

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Fearne announced her split from Jesse, the son of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Ronnie Wood , in December after 10 years of marriage (both pictured in February 2024)

Discussing her recent surgery, she added: ‘I feel very grateful to have completely recovered.

‘I feel really good. I have a lot of people reaching out who have had the same thing.’

Davina McCall, 56, announced in November she’d been diagnosed with a colloid cyst, a rare type of benign brain tumour, and has supported Fearne.

She continued: ‘Everyone needs a Davina. She’s been amazing, weird that we had the same health thing going on at the same time. She’s so calming and we speak every day. She is just the best

It comes after Fearne has seemingly made another thinly-veiled dig at her ex-husband as she gushed that she is the happiest she’s ever been in a positive update.

Speaking to Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, Fearne gushed that she is ‘really happy’ and is ‘springing out of bed in the morning ready for life’.

Scott, who has known Fearne for 25 years, said he has never seen her ‘more positive or happier’, prompting Fearne to agree and reply: ‘Yeah I feel great!’