Jeremy Lin
It's only been seven days since New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin made his first career start, but after leading the team to their fifth consecutive win Saturday, it's safe to say Linsanity doesn't look like just a passing fad.
Lin, 23, scored a combined total of 89 points for his first three career starts — the most for any player since the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association merged. On Friday, he scored a career-high 38 points against the Los Angeles Lakers — days after Lakers star Kobe Bryant told the press he was completely unaware of Lin's recent stats — and scored 20 points in the...
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Kris Humphries
A much-mocked 72-day marriage to Kim Kardashian gets you on the list of the 10 most disliked pro athletes in America. Kris Humphries — who also didn't exactly insinuate himself into the good graces of Kourtney & Kim Take New York viewers — ranks fifth in a survey done by Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research.
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Vanessa Bryant and Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa, filed for divorce from the Lakers basketball star Friday, citing irreconcilable differences, TMZ.com reports.
Vanessa, who's been married to Kobe for more than 10 years, reportedly decided to...
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Shannon Brown and Monica Arnold
Singer Monica and Los Angeles Laker Shannon Brown traded "I do's" Saturday for the second time, People reports.
The couple, who quietly wed in November, held a large ceremony for hundreds of family and friends.
The wedding took place at a...
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Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant is being fined $100,000 for using an anti-gay slur aimed at an NBA referee Tuesday night, ABC News reports.
After Bennie Adam called a technical foul against the L.A. Laker, Bryant uttered "f---ing f---ot," and it was caught on camera.
"While I'm fully aware that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated," NBA commissioner David Stern said in a statement.
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Kobe Bryant
The NBA's East vs. West match-up proved to be a ratings win for TNT, which scored its largest audience for an All-Star game since 2003.
Sunday's competition brought in 9.1 million viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It was also the second most-watched NBA game on television during the 2010-11 season to date.
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Kobe Bryant
At long last, Kobe Bryant has debuted The Black Mamba.
In a short film directed by Robert Rodriguez, Bryant's alter ego, The Black Mamba, goes up against a trio of villains: The Crippler (Danny Trejo), Mister Suave (Bruce Willis) and The Boss (Kanye West).
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The Cleveland Show
LeBron James loves Cleveland! Sorry, Cavaliers fans, not your Cleveland. The basketball superstar and six fellow NBA All-Stars make a fast break to Cleveland Brown's hometown of Stoolbend, Virginia, on Fox's The Cleveland Show on February 13. "Cleveland and Donna go to L.A. to see the NBA All-Star Game," says executive producer Mike Henry (who voices Cleveland). "Cleveland gets appropriately drunk and starts heckling the players, and they get their feelings hurt. They all come together and vow to go to Virginia and track Cleveland down and set him straight."
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Rick Fox, Dancing With The Stars
Rick Fox is shooting for a three — for Cheryl Burke. The former Los Angeles Laker has three National Basketball Association championships, and a Dancing with the Stars victory this season would give his pro partner a record third Mirrorball trophy. "I'm putting the pressure on myself to get that for her," he tells TVGuide.com. "I know Derek [Hough] and Mark [Ballas] could get three too. I have to make sure I'm attentive, coachable and I'm putting in the effort that is required. She shapes our partnership into championship level." So coachable is Fox that he gamely went with Burke's last-minute costume change to have him shirtless in their samba. What prompted the change? Find out below. Plus: See when Fox will return to The Game...
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The Bachelorette, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
TV isn't perfect; sometimes it shows us mistakes. A Top Chef hopeful decided to make — gasp! — dessert. Jesse pulled the trigger on Breaking Bad. Kathy Griffin put the moves on Christopher Meloni. The Bachelorette's Kasey got a tattoo. And England's Rob Green — well, he knows what he did. He'll be rewatching it in his vuvuzela-scored nightmares for years to come. Welcome to Top Moments: Our Favorite Mistakes Edition.
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