• Philadelphia 76ers Honor Retiring Kobe Bryant with Tribute Video at Final Hometown Game

    After announcing his retirement from professional basketball last month, NBA icon and living legend Kobe Bryant has been on somewhat of a farewell tour in his final run of games with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2015 season. In Philadelphia last night, Dec. 2, to play the 76ers for the last time in his career, Bryant was honored in his hometown in a special tribute video entitled "Dear Kobe," and presented with his Lower Merion High School basketball jersey from former coach Gregg Downer and Sixers legend Julius "Dr. J" Erving.
  • Kobe Bryant Retires After 20 NBA Seasons; LA Lakers Star Shares Emotional Basketball Poem

    All good things must come to an end right? After multilpe NBA championship wins, a 20-season career, and a basketball track record that might even make Michael Jordan look twice, Kobe Bryant is calling it quits. On Sunday (Nov. 29) via The Player's Tribune website, the Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard revealed he will be retiring after this season through an emotional poem.
  • HipHopWired Drops 'Official' Rapper Emojis: Drake, Eminem, Future and More

    The NBA was recently rocked by several emoji-related news stories, including DeAndre Jordan's waffling between the Clippers and the Mavericks, and DeMarcus Cousins labeling coach George Karl a "snake in the grass" with the digital art. It's somewhat humorous to consider near seven-foot men tweeting like teenage girls, but we digress. HipHopWired took it in an entirely different direction when it decided to make an "unofficially official" listing of hip-hop emojis for most of the genre's biggest stars.
  • Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Drake and More: 7 Stars Attend Prom with Very Lucky High Schoolers

    Justin Bieber and his crew made a stir over the weekend when they appeared at a high school prom in California to surprise the students in attendance. The result was a student body gone mad, resulting in one of the more memorable proms of all time without the pop star actually delivering a single song, reportedly. At least one attendee can tell her future (and possibly current) boyfriend about how she danced with Bieber at prom. Some musical acts have gone far beyond just crashing a prom however, actually attending a dance as someone's date. Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Drake: All have made appearances at high school way after attending high school.
  • Christina Aguilera Will Kick Off the NBA All-Star Game with The Rockettes

    Christina Aguilera will collaborate with The Rockettes to put on a glitzy, glamorous performance before the NBA All-Star Game Feb. 15 at Madison Square Garden. Ariana Grande is already scheduled to be the halftime entertainment. The appearance will come a few days before the Staten Island native is back in her coaching chair for "The Voice."
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