Ben Affleck flashes smile at Jennifer Garner during rare appearance at sporting event

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are taking their family out to the ball game. 

The Hollywood exes made a rare appearance on Friday night, as they reunited for a front-row moment at Fenway Park. 

Affleck, 52, was spotted flashing a smile at Garner, 53, as they watched a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays with their family in the stadiums. 

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The "Good Will Hunting" actor sported a green baseball cap and tan collared button-up, as the "13 Going on 30" actress donned a red striped t-shirt, with her hair styled in a ponytail.

In a video posted by Major League Baseball’s official X page, Affleck was seen nudging Garner at one point during the game, as she looked up, nodded her head and smiled. 

"Great Red Sox family there -- Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and their kids… those are nice seats," the announcers were heard saying in the video clip. 

It appeared that their children, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck, 16, and Samuel Affleck, 13, joined them for the family night out.

Affleck and Garner’s eldest child, Violet Anne Affleck, 19, did not show up to the baseball game. 

The pair were previously married for 10 years, from 2005 until 2015. 

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Garner is currently dating boyfriend John Miller, chairman of CaliGroup.

In April, the Hollywood actress was spotted outside of her home, as she shared an intimate kiss before Miller hopped in his truck and drove away.

Garner has been romantically linked to Miller since 2018. While the two took a break from dating at one point, they have been going strong since 2023, People magazine reported at the time.

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Garner's kiss with her boyfriend came the day before she and her ex-husband Affleck reunited for Easter Sunday with their son, Samuel.

After Affleck’s divorce from Garner, he rekindled his relationship with Jennifer Lopez. The couple's marriage lasted roughly two years. Lopez and Affleck married in 2022 and finalized their divorce in January 2025.

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Meanwhile, Garner and Affleck's co-parenting relationship has recently been at the center of attention as the former couple has been spotted out and about together.

In March, Affleck and Garner were seen smiling the whole time during a paintball party for their son. They had "a bunch of good energy around them," a source told Fox News Digital about the outing. "You can just tell they were mainly there for their kid."

Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this report.

Popular back pain medication linked to brain health risks in some patients

A painkiller used for lower back pain could be linked to a higher risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to new research.

The study, published online in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, found that groups previously considered too young to develop the conditions faced more than twice the risk when taking gabapentin.

"Our findings indicate an association between gabapentin prescription and dementia or cognitive impairment within 10 years," the research team stated in a press release.

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The drug has become increasingly popular for treating chronic pain, especially neuropathic (nerve) pain, the researchers noted in a press release.

Gabapentin — which is also used to control seizures, according to Cleveland Clinic — has relatively low addictive potential compared to traditional opioids.

Recent research has sparked new concerns over its side effects, including a possible association with neurodegeneration.

Previous findings could not confirm a specific link, especially regarding whether certain age groups are more vulnerable.

In the latest study, researchers collected data from TriNetX, a health research network containing electronic health records from 68 healthcare organizations across the U.S.

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Examining anonymous records of adult patients, the team looked at groups who had been prescribed gabapentin for chronic lower back pain between 2004 and 2024 and compared them to people who hadn’t received the drug. There were a total of 26,414 individuals in each group.

The researchers accounted for factors like demographics, co-existing conditions and the use of other pain-relieving drugs.

Patients who had received six or more gabapentin prescriptions were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to be diagnosed with MCI within 10 years of their initial pain diagnosis, the study found.

Looking at specific age groups, people between 18 and 64 years old who received the drug were more than twice as likely to develop either condition than those who hadn’t been prescribed gabapentin.

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While there was no heightened risk among those aged 18 to 34 who were prescribed the drug, the risk of dementia more than doubled (and the risk of MCI more than tripled) among 35- to 49-year-olds.

Researchers observed a similar pattern among 50- to 64-year-olds.

Risks rose with prescription frequency: Patients with 12 or more prescriptions were 40% more likely to develop dementia and 65% more likely to develop MCI than those who were prescribed gabapentin between three and 11 times. 

The study did have some limitations. As this was an observational study, no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, the researchers noted.

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They also acknowledged that because the study was retrospective, they couldn’t account for dose or length of gabapentin use.

The results "support the need for close monitoring of adult patients prescribed gabapentin to assess for potential cognitive decline," the researchers added.

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