On Sunday afternoon, 5-time NBA Champion and 17-time All-Star Kobe Bryant, who broke into the NBA at the tender age of 18, announced that he will retire at the conclusion of this season! Kobe is an international icon known worldwide! He actually grew up in Italy, as his dad (Joe Bryant) played professionally overseas from 1984 to 1992! He will retire being the only player in NBA history to play 20 years for the same franchise, the LA Lakers, and third all-time in scoring!

Former NBA Star and Queens native Lamar Odom, 35, may need to have a kidney transplant due to his near death night out at the Love Ranch South cathouse in Las Vegas 10 days ago?! According to the escorts who reported the incident, Odom had taken 10 tabs of a sexual performance enhancement drug called “Reload” along with kokain. He was reportedly unconscious… Even though everything is looking positive for Odom, he still remains on dialysis. If his kidneys…

Saturday night after Memphis Grizzlies’ Matt Barnes FaceTime’d his 6-year old twin sons, Carter and Isaiah, he found out that former Laker teammate (2010-2012) and “friend” Derek Fisher was at his ex-wife’s house?! The kids were confused because the break up is still fresh, and they thought Fisher was Barnes’ friend , not playing house…

As we prepare for Halloween I got a special treat on Derrick Rose’s behalf! I feel for the fellow only playing in 32% of the NBA games in the last four games, after being a warrior and playing 98% of the games the three seasons prior, but this pic is LOL funny! Check more after the gate…

Lithuania served Serbia a crushing defeat, 67-64, on Friday to advance to the EuroBasket (FIBA) Finals to take on Spain! Lithuania (and Spain) have automatically clinched a spot at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016) by advancing to the Finals! Serbia must now claw and nail through the Olympic qualifiers next July flirting with Greece, Italy, France, and the Czech Republic!

Former 15-year veteran and retired top-15 WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) player Becky Hammon became the first female to coach at the NBA Las Vegas Summer League, and yesterday became the first female coach to win the Championship (for the Summer League)! She led the San Antonio Spurs to a…

The rough rugged rugby Cleveland Cavaliers behind soft-spoken Lebron James, were knocked off by the Golden State Warriors AKA Splash Bros. 105-97 tonight for the NBA Championship! The Warriors have claimed the heralded golden nugget for the first time in forty years! Lebron James played insane on forty shots a game, but it wasn’t enuff! Delly where you at? LMAO! The Warriors won four games out of what ended up a six game series!

Dwight Howard looked lost, James Harden was still perfecting the Euro 2-step, as the Houston Rockets got straight up MAULED by the LA Clippers 128-95 for Game 4 of the Western (Conference) Semifinals tonight! The Clips now have a commanding (3-1) series lead over the Rockets!

Some say send me an angel… the Bulls got the knock when DERRICK ROSE hit the BIG SHOT – a daggering three!!! It brought the crowd to their feat, the Chicago Bulls to a 99-96 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, and a surprising (2-1) Eastern Semifinals series lead! Rose finished with 30 points, and is fading Lebron’s hopes for another Championship! THE NBA PLAYOFFS ARE IN FULL EFFECT!!!

Steph Curry hit the three… and SPLASHES into history for the NBA RECORD for three’s (in a single season)! He got the record (273th and 274th) three, as his team (Golden State Warriors) battled back to a 57-54 halftime lead (from 10 back) versus the Portland Trailblazers! Curry already has 22 points at the half, so he might even muscle up a 50 point game!