Hooped Up

Records show the wife of Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will keep their three California homes as part of the couple’s divorce plans.

Orange County property records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times show that the three mansions in Newport Coast, valued at $18.8 million total, were transferred into Vanessa Bryant’s name since their divorce proceedings began in December.

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Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, has filed for divorce from the Los Angeles Lakers star. Vanessa Bryant filed papers Friday in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

A representative for the couple released a statement saying, “The Bryants have resolved all issues incident to their divorce privately with the assistance of counsel and a Judgment dissolving their marital status will be entered in 2012.” The couple have been married for 10½ years and have two daughters, ages 8 and 5.

In the statement, the Bryants “ask that in the interest of our young children and in light of the upcoming holiday season the public respect our privacy during this difficult time.”

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They say that winning cures everything on a sports team, but maybe that only extends as far as the players and not their wives because according to In Touch Weekly. Vanessa Bryant and Khloe Kardashian — no likey each other.

“Khloe Kardashian is feeling unloved–not because of her husband, Lamar Odom, but because of one of his Lakers teammates’ wives. According to an insider, Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, “hates” Khloe and her entire family, whom she sees as attention-grabbing fame-seekers. And instead of hiding her feelings, Vanessa refuses to have anything to do with the 26-year-old. “She won’t sit anywhere near Khloe at Lakers games,” the insider reveals, adding that because of Vanessa’s dislike of her, Khloe has been shut out of the tight-knit circle the other Lakers’ wives have formed. “At a dinner for the wives, Vanessa didn’t want to invite Khloe,” the insider shares. “She said Khloe is a ‘fake wife,’ and she didn’t want fake wives there.” The feeling is mutual. The insider says Khloe and Vanessa have “gotten into fights” in the past. And at the Lakers’ NBA Finals game on June 17, Khloe brought Lamar’s two children, as well as her mom, Kris, and siblings Kim, Rob, Kendall and Kylie–and they all stayed far away from Vanessa.”

Blah, blah, blah Cat Fight!

We already know Ron Artest probably went to Compton after the Lakers won it all, but Kobe Bryant his wife Vanessa Bryant and his two kids decided to keep it classic and did the whole Disneyland thing. Could Kobe look anymore crammed up in that ride I ask you?

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If you ever see Vanessa Bryant out, and of all things your tempted to ask her, you ask her the time – don’t. First of all Kenny, you’ll look like a dumb@ss when you retell the story to your friends and secondly you’ll just feel poor when she waves her sparkling Rolly.

If divert your attention away from her gigantic wedding ring for a second (unmarried lady readers) and check out the watch Mrs. Mamba wore to the White House. You’ll see 48 diamonds, 36 sapphires along with a leopard-printed face and band at a price tag of 51,000 US planetary credits.

If the Mayans are wrong, I’ll cop one of these bad boys in the year 2090, the same year Rasheed Wallace wins an argument with a ref.

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The Colorado tale of Kobe Bryant is that infamous! Ever since word got out that Tiger Woods was possibly cheating on his wife Elin Nordegren with help from Rachel Uchitel. Things have been going downhill in a hurry, for the only golfer I’ll actually watch. A few tabloid front pages here, a few scratches on the face there and one smashed up Escalade later. According to TMZ, Woods is now hoping what worked for Kobe with Vanessa a few years back, will work for him too.

“Tiger Woods had a “Kobe Special” on his brain hours after what looks like a domestic dispute with his wife, Elin Nordegren — this according to someone who spoke with Tiger on Friday. During the phone conversation on Friday, Tiger told his friend, “I have to run to Zales to get a ‘Kobe Special.’” The person on the other end of the phone asked Tiger what a “Kobe Special” was. The reply — “A house on a finger.”

Given that Tiger Woods is the first athlete to be worth a billion dollars, he might have to step that “house on a finger” to an estate with an amusement park on the finger. Who’s with me?

For 17 years ESPN has been handing out ESPY awards and for 17 years I haven’t really understood why.

I just don’t get it. Unless an athlete is receiving an award during their season for an individual or team accomplishment in their sport. Getting an ESPY award is kinda BCS-ish. I mean, after you win a MVP award, Championship or anything else. Who really cares about another award for stuff you’ve already won.

However, if Vanessa Bryant keeps wearing outfits like this. I say let this professional BCS like award show continue.

Hello nurse!

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As crazy news week continues to roll on in the NBA. The latest story you can added to the pile is Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa being sued by their former maid for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and unpaid wages. 

On one occasion, Maria Jimenez claims that Vanessa made her go through “doggy dew” to retrieve a tag from her $690 blouse that was ruined after Jimenez  put it in the dryer, and then Vanessa deducted the cost of the blouse from her salary. 

Gee, you’d think the Bryants could afford another blouse with all the money they’ve saved feeding their dogs clothing tags?

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