NBA star Kyrie Irving jumps into NFL drama, offers to pay player's fine for Gaza-themed eye black

Leave it to Kyrie Irving to find a brand-new way to play white knight in someone else’s political circus.

The Dallas Mavericks star is pulling out his wallet yet again, offering to cover the $11,492 fine handed down to Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair after he wrote "Hind Rajab," a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza in 2024, on his eye black during Week 1 against the Buffalo Bills.

When the disciplinary report surfaced on X, Kyrie posted regarding Al-Shaair: "I’ll...