Will the multilingual shooting guard become a business tycoon like fellow Laker legend Magic Johnson? Will he dabble in broadcasting? Who knows? But there’s one thing the 37-year-old assured the world he won’t ever pursue again — rapping. MORE: Classic Kobe Bryant photos | Kobe considered playing for Bulls twice If you’re a minor, or have successfully erased Bryant’s brief foray into music from your permanent memory, congratulations. Forget that....
Hours after the Lakers’ general manager told reporters that he expected Kobe Bryant to return for a 20th season, Bryant himself said that he wanted to be ready for training camp in September after rehabbing his surgically repaired shoulder. MORE: Jordan vs. Bryant | Kobe on deflating injury | Bryant wanted to play with MJ in DC “Yeah, that’s the plan,” Bryant said, according to ESPN Los Angeles. He was at Staples Center on Thursday to watch the Lakers take on former teammate Pau Gasol and the Bulls....
Kokesh wasn’t arrested, but if he had been it wouldn’t have been the first time. In the eight months since he joined Iraq Veterans Against the War, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit, the telegenic Kokesh has become a fixture on the antiwar scene giving speeches, blogging, staging mock military patrols and being arrested in cities all over country. He was on Larry King’s CNN show Thursday night, and Wonkette snarkily reports sightings of Kokesh in cafes around D....
Kompany scored City’s opening goal and was named man of the match against Southampton on Saturday on just his seventh start of the season. Why Kompany masterclass was so impressive The Belgian has been unable to nail down a consistent role in the team over the past two seasons due to a number of recurring fitness problems. Having missed pre-season and made three separate attempts at returning to the team in the autumn, Kompany could only manage one match between the middle of November and the start of April....
The Napoli centre-back held negotiations with Chelsea two years ago and, as former boss Maurizio Sarri continues to be linked with taking over from Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge, rumours around a possible Premier League switch for Koulibaly have begun to resurface. Senegal need just a point to secure their progress to the last 16, following an opening 2-1 win over Poland and a subsequent 2-2 draw against Japan....
This homecoming was special, that’s for sure. The Cubs deemed it “Kris Bryant Day” on Friday when Bryant returned to the friendly confines. The crowd was full of number 17 jerseys and posters with messages welcoming Bryant back. “This place is home for me,” Bryant said, via the Chicago’s Tribune Paul Sullivan. “It always will be.” Before the game, the Cubs played a tribute video about Bryant, showcasing his major highlights as a Cub from starting his first game back in 2015, to winning the World Series in 2016, to some of his last games in 2021 as a Cub....
Kris Statlander, the number one contender for Riho’s championship, won’t be able to make the January 1 episode of Dynamite because of prior commitments to other wrestling promotions. All Elite Wrestling made the announcement on social media with the changes Friday. Riho will still put her AEW Women’s Championship on the line but in a Fatal Fourway match. The champion will take on Nyla Rose, Britt Baker and Hikaru Shida....
In federal court on Thursday, Bush admitted to murdering two people with an attempt to murder a third on October 24th, 2018. Bush was currently serving a life term in state prison for murder, attempted murder, and wanton endangerment for the shooting. Armed with a .40-caliber pistol, Bush walked into the Jeffersontown Kroger and followed Maurice Stallard, a Black man, who was with his grandson down a store aisle. He shot the victim in the back of the head and in the torso....
“It’s so discriminatory,” Krzyzewski said on his weekly satellite radio show, Basketball and Beyond. “Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?" MORE: Coach K’s biggest wins | Krzyzewski correction 39 years in the making | How would ineligibility affect small schools? Pointing out that “the majority of high-level basketball players are African-American,” Krzyzewski wondered about the message being sent. “Are you kidding me? Don’t even bring this thing up....
About 53 percent voted in support of removing Sawant from office in the first count released by officials on Tuesday night, The Seattle Times reported. The election is being conducted by mail-in vote, and additional votes will be counted in the coming days. The initial count represented about 41 percent of District 3’s 77,579 registered voters, according to the Times. Tuesday night’s results were “strong and promising,” Henry Bridger II, the manager of the Recall Sawant campaign, told the newspaper....
The event will feature KSI’s brother Deji and celebrities with legitimate combat experience. Faze Temperrr, King Kenny, FaZe Sensei and Salt Papi come to mind The Sporting News looks into the entire undercard of KSI vs. Swarmz. MORE: Join DAZN to watch KSI vs. Wassabi Who is Deji? Deji Olatunji is the brother of KSI. He joined YouTube in 2011 as a gameplay advocate. He has more than 10.6 million subscribers on YouTube....
The no-contact order requested by Busch ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll was scheduled for a Dec. 2 hearing in Delaware family court. The hearing was postponed, according to the Associated Press, until Dec. 16 because Busch was scheduled to be out of the country and returning that day. Busch is scheduled to be in Las Vegas from Dec. 3-5 as part of the Sprint Cup championship week festivities. He also is scheduled to compete Dec....
Busch showed Friday he was ready, leading the first practice session of the season at Daytona Internaitonal Speedway. Busch paced practice for Saturday’s Sprint Unlimited with a speed of 200.740 mph. MORE: Menard, Kahne to lead Sprint Unlimited | Cup’s top 3 | New NASCAR commandment | Linemakers’ take “It’s easy to be here and be pumped up about the season,” said Busch, who is waiting to see if Delaware authorities will charge him with domestic violance after allegations by his ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll....
Busch’s fall from grace and the NASCAR elite has been well documented. After being released by Team Penske in 2011, he has spent the past two seasons driving for smaller teams and trying to repair his image and resurrect his career. MORE: Head-to-head: Harvick vs. Newman | Pockrass: Qualifying will be more exciting with new format | New rules He did a fantastic job with Furniture Row Racing last year, leading the single-car team to the Chase....
Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks may have just wrapped up the National League Cy Young race. MORE: Baseball’s worst September collapses, ranked Hendricks took a no-hitter into the ninth inning Monday in a 4-1 win over the Cardinals. His first career no-hit bid was broken up by Jeremy Hazelbaker, who led off the ninth with a solo home run, but Hendricks improved to 15-7 with an MLB-leading 2.03 ERA after his near-historic showing....
Beating the field on a final restart, Larson outran Chase Elliott en route to victory. Larson was on the outside of the Chase field and needed something special to make the 10-race postseason series. He got it. Boy, did he ever. MORE: Race results | Elliott’s disappointment | Chris Buescher’s bad day It came down to a 10-lap shootout — and Larson was fastest off the restart. Running in clean air, there was nothing to prevent Larson from running away from the field....
That’s a pretty bold prediction for a 22-year-old driver who hasn’t even won his first Cup race yet. MORE: Chase Elliott replacing Gordon | Truex, girlfriend continue cancer battle | Newman OK with winless talk But Larson doesn’t mind. He practically guaranteed such success himself. Larson had eight top-five and 17 top-10 finishes in his rookie season and finished 17th in the standings, tops among non-Chase drivers. He finished second three times and was eighth overall in points scored....
Still, Schwarber, who hasn’t played since suffering a mild right ribcage strain Sept. 1, could be back in the lineup Wednesday at Busch Stadium (via the Chicago Sun-Times) after reporting no discomfort from on-field work in the batting cage and in the outfield. MORE: The 10 greatest Cubs players of all time Schwarber is eager to join in the Cubs’ push for the top NL wild-card spot and its home-field advantage, the Chicago Tribune reported....
Nah. Try something else. “We joke around that there’s something about this red dirt of North Central Louisiana,” Williams said with a laugh. “It grows them a little bit differently in this part of the world.” That “part” is the cities of Ruston and West Monroe, where Williams and Whitworth were respectively raised and the makings of long NFL careers for both began to take root. MORE: Bills sign QB AJ McCarron to two-year contract...
