One of Taylor Swift’s recent wardrobe choices caught the attention of Vanessa Bryant this week — but it wasn’t a sparkly dress or sequined bodysuit. The “Opalite” singer was seen sporting a Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation sweatshirt during the final episode of her “The End of an Era” Disney+ docu-series this month, and when Bryant saw the … Read more
Look away, Nets fans. The dramatic manner in which Kobe Bryant spurned the Nets in the 1996 NBA Draft and ended up with the Lakers is set to hit the big screen. The movie, tentatively titled “With the 8th Pick?” was acquired by Warner Bros. and comes from screenwriters Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen. The … Read more
This card is a slam dunk. A one-of-a-kind basketball card featuring photos, autographs and game-worn jersey patches from both Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant is expected to net a jaw-dropping $6 million at auction this month — making it the priciest hoops card ever sold. The 2007 Upper Deck dual Logoman — signed in blue … Read more
Lakers star Luka Dončić made a touching gesture after one of the murals honoring late basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi had been vandalized in Downtown Los Angeles. The mural, created by artist Sloe Motions, served as one of the many tributes dotted around the city following the helicopter crash that killed the father-daughter duo and … Read more
The Stephen A. Smith-LeBron James saga just keeps getting more wild. After their initial altercation during a Knicks-Lakers game on March 6, Smith took things to another level on Thursday when he called out James for allegedly not being at Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s memorial service in 2020 after his death in an effort to … Read more
Black Mamba Blasphemy. Lonzo Ball gave Angel Reese his NBA Mount Rushmore during a recent appearance on her “Unapologetically Angel” podcast, and KB24 didn’t make the cut. “If you had to pick a top four — no order,” Reese probed the 27-year-old Bulls guard. Lonzo Ball gave his NBA Mount Rushmore during a recent appearance … Read more
Kobe Bryant apparently had it out for JJ Redick at Team USA basketball practice. That’s according to Carmelo Anthony, who discussed Bryant hazing Redick — the newly appointed Lakers coach — at practice years ago as a way of retaliating against what he seemingly thought was excessive praise from coach Mike Krzyzewski. “I remember Kobe … Read more
Where’s the beef? Four decades away. Thought the wait times for cronuts were ludicrous? The “Extreme Croquette,” a hyper-affordable potato and Kobe beef-filled disc, is so popular that people wait up to 43 years for one. As of this month, there were 63,000 people on deck one of these lux latkas, which are sold at … Read more
Vanessa Bryant honored her late husband NBA star Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna’s memory during Taylor Swift’s first “Era’s” tour show in Los Angeles Thursday. The 41-year-old shared images on her Instagram Story of a denim jacket, which paid poignant tribute to the father and daughter duo, who were both killed in a horror helicopter … Read more
The ordinary brown brick building, tucked within a nondescript block on a street in Delaware, would probably not garner much attention if it weren’t for the razor wire and armed guards outside — hints that something important lay inside, possibly even precious. Fort Knox it is not. But the stash of collectibles the building holds … Read more