All posts containing the tag: "basketball"
Posted Nov 10th 2009 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
Shaquille O'Neal's wife Shaunie has abruptly flown to Los Angeles and filed a petition for legal separation in Los Angeles County Superior Court ... and Shaq's people think it's all about money.
TMZ has learned Shaunie filed legal papers yesterday in L.A., even though the couple lives in Florida. The petition says although Shaunie is filing for legal separation, she intends to file for divorce. She lists "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for separation.
We're told Shaunie pulled her kids out of school in Florida several days ago and they are with her now in L.A.
Why, you ask, would Shaunie cross the country to file in L.A.? Well, a spouse generally does a lot better in the spousal support department here in California. Shaunie is asking for both spousal and child support -- though she did not specify an amount for either.
Shaunie claims in her papers to be a resident of L.A. since November 8, 2009 -- 2 days ago.
The date of separation is listed as 11-9-09. The couple has 4 minor children. Shaunie wants legal and physical custody of all the kids.
They have been married for 6 years, 11 months.
Stay tuned ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Shaq Attack, Dirty Divorces, Exclusives
Tags: basketball, divorce, legal separation, LegalSeparation, nba, sepation, shaquille oneal, ShaquilleOneal, shauni
Posted Nov 10th 2009 12:54AM by TMZ Staff
Maria Sharapova has three Grand Slam tennis titles under her belt ... and the guy she's holding hands with -- L.A. Laker Sasha Vujacic -- is wearing a brand new NBA championship ring.
If the 6'2" and 6'7" athletes -- who were spotted walking around L.A. today -- ever have a kid ... doctors will have to have a "No sports agents allowed" rule in the delivery room.
Filed under: Hook-Ups, Paparazzi Photo, TMZ Sports
Tags: basketball, couple, dating, holding hands, HoldingHands, hooking up, HookingUp, l.a. lakers, L.a.Lakers, maria sharapova, MariaSharapova, sasha vujacic, SashaVujacic, tennis
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 12:35AM by TMZ Staff
Usually when athletes date celebrities, the only thing that skyrockets faster than their street cred is the number in their team's loss column ... but when it comes to Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom, the L.A. Lakers say they're A-OK.
We asked a team rep if the Kardashian Klan's presence at Tuesday night's season opener is going to set off a firestorm of Laker loses, and here's what we got:
"Good luck? Bad luck? I don't know that I believe in luck but we¹ll be happy to have them there ... we're happy to have Lamar¹s new family members at the game as well as future games, and we welcome their support."
Easy to say when you have Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest and Pau Gasol wearing purple and gold.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, The Kardashians
Tags: basketball, khloe kardashian, KhloeKardashian, l.a.lakers, lamar odom, LamarOdom, NBA
Posted Oct 21st 2009 3:52PM by TMZ Staff
The Los Angeles Lakers are about to face another major team distraction: TMZ has learned the entire Kardashian family -- Kris, Bruce, Kim, everyone -- will be sitting courtside at the Lakers home opener Tuesday night.
Obviously, Khloe has a pretty good reason to ride the purple and gold bandwagon -- but does the rest of the fam really care about the team ... or just getting their faces on TV??
Sure there are tons of celebs at every Lakers game -- including Staples staple Jack Nicholson -- but is it a travesty for the ever kamera-lovin' Kardashians to try and steal the spotlight on the very night the Lakers get their championship rings?
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, The Kardashians
Tags: basketball, khloe kardashian, KhloeKardashian, kim, lamar odom, LamarOdom, los angeles lakers, LosAngelesLakers
Posted Oct 10th 2009 10:00AM by TMZ Staff
Kanye West was spotted leaving a gym in Los Angeles after playing basketball wi--
--hold up a sec. Yo TMZ, I'm really happy for Kanye West, but that video of Miley Cyrus you have up is the best rap video about Twitter done by a white girl of all-time. OF ALL-TIME!!!
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Kanye West
Tags: basketball, kanye west, KanyeWest, photo, taylor swift, TaylorSwift
Posted Sep 25th 2009 5:30PM by TMZ Staff
The Lakers-Clippers cross town rivalry may extend to bachelor parties -- because the L.A. Clippers organization is vehemently denying that its players attended Lamar Odom's shindig last night ... even though a few Clip-squaders were at the same restaurant at the same time.
Moments ago, reps from the Clippers told us the 5 players we saw coming and going from STK last night were only at the restaurant for a Clippers team dinner ... a dinner that happened to be scheduled for the exact same time and place as Lamar's party.
So even though we asked Clipper player Marcus Camby "how was the party" -- and he responded, "It was cool" ... he must've been talking about the Clippers' "dinner" party ... and not the stripperless, midgetless bachelor party going on in the same place.
So sleep well Clippers fans ... once again your team was left out of the party everyone wanted to be at.
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds, TMZ Sports, Exclusives
Tags: al thornton, AlThornton, baron davis, BaronDavis, basketball, blake griffin, BlakeGriffin, l.a. clippers, l.a. lakers, L.a.Clippers, L.a.Lakers, lamar odom, LamarOdom, marcus camuy, MarcusCamuy, players, ricky davis, RickyDavis, teams
Posted Sep 1st 2009 2:10PM by TMZ Staff
He can rebound, pass, spin, and drive like the real MJ -- but Sunday on the courts of L.A., 42-year-old Adam Sandler exposed just one minor flaw in his game ... dude couldn't sink a shot.
Gotta hand it to the guy though -- he's pretty athletic.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, TMZ Sports
Tags: adam sandler, AdamSandler, basketball, jump shot, JumpShot, video
Posted Aug 4th 2009 9:15AM by TMZ Staff
This might be the greatest piece of video we have ever shot! WATCH THIS!
"The Diesel" is looking to run right over David Beckham -- 'cause last night Shaquille O'Neal was trash talking like crazy, calling out the "scared" Galaxy star for refusing to accept his one-on-one soccer challenge.
Quick recap: Shaq threw down the gauntlet on Becks, via Twitter, saying "u will never score a goal on me, I challenge you lil man." David responded by deflecting attention, telling press "I don't see him calling Kobe out ... I think Kobe could score against him."
But last night at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, Shaq took the smack talk to another level -- saying to Beckham, "There's no way you'd score on me ... how many goals did you score for the Galaxy?"
Shaq didn't just entertain our photog, dude shook hands and posed with every single fan who approached him ... and for the record, we've never seen Beckham do that.
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds, Becks & Posh, TMZ Sports, Shaq Attack, Exclusives
Tags: basketball, challenge, David Beckham, DavidBeckham, galaxy, goal, kobe bryant, KobeBryant, Shaq, shaq vs., Shaquille ONeal, ShaquilleOneal, ShaqVs., soccer
Posted Jul 29th 2009 12:00PM by TMZ Staff
Stephon Marbury -- who's been broadcasting his shirtless, random, "I'm not crazy nor on drugs" rant online for four days now -- brought the wackness again this morning, rocking out to Michael Jackson songs in white face.
O.K., so it's facial cleanser, but still ... he's out there.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, TMZ Sports
Tags: basketball, crazy, livestream, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, nba, online, stephon marbury, StephonMarbury
Posted Jul 22nd 2009 3:02PM by TMZ Staff
It's the footage you've been waiting for -- the tape LeBron James tried to destroy -- the moment King James gets slam dunked on by an amateur!!!!!!!!
Here's the back story -- LeBron had a bunch of basketball prospects over at his LeBron James Skills Academy camp earlier this month.
LJ joined in on a pick-up game during the camp, when Jordan Crawford -- a 20-year-old baller from Xavier University -- got the rock and decided to go right after LeBron, soaring right over the all-star and delivering a nasty two-handed slam in front of everyone!
Several media outlets reported that LeBron and Nike -- who sponsored the camp -- sent henchmen to confiscate tapes from anyone who may have been recording the dunk, fearing the footage would cause some serious damage to LeBron's image.
But one copy survived -- and the tape proves all the reports are true ... LeBron is human after all, and Jordan Crawford was the guy who proved it.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives
Tags: basketball, dunk, jordan crawford, JordanCrawford, lebron james, LebronJames, slam, slam dunk, SlamDunk, tape, video, xavier university, XavierUniversity
Posted Jun 18th 2009 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
Orlando fans weren't the only ones who couldn't care less about the Los Angeles Lakers' victory parade yesterday. Jerry Buss -- the dude who owns the team lock, stock and barrel -- had better things to do ... playing poker at a cheesy casino all by his lonesome.
Jerry was so engrossed in his hand at the Bicycle Casino -- 10 miles from the parade route -- he wasn't even looking up at live TV coverage of the celebration. We're thinkin' any other owner would be leading the band!
Turns out, this is S.O.P. for Jerry. His peeps tell us Buss has never attended a championship parade because he hates the traffic and the attention.
Hope he's not bettin' with the Lamar Odom money ....
Filed under: TMZ Sports
Tags: basketball, casino, jerry buss, JerryBuss, l.a. lakers, L.a.Lakers, lakers, lamar odom, LamarOdom, NBA, nba finals, NbaFinals, poker
Posted Jun 17th 2009 12:52PM by TMZ Staff
... on his diet.
Bill Clinton -- famous for his love of fast food ... and there's a Phil Hartman "SNL" skit to prove it. But ever since his heart bypass surgery in 2004, eating the deep fried stuff would just be asking for trouble.
So yesterday in D.C., with the Golden Arches of McDonald's looming behind him as he talked basketball, think he really wanted to talk double teams ... or double cheeseburgers?
Filed under: Food Glorious Food, Politix
Tags: basketball, bill clinton, fast food, mcdonalds, mickey ds, phil hartman, snl
Posted Jun 17th 2009 11:40AM by TMZ Staff
The stage is finally set for the Los Angeles Lakers $2 million victory parade -- and TMZ has locked down photos of the incredible scene ... before the chaos ensues.
The parade hasn't even begun yet -- and injuries have already been reported along the parade route. Plus, the S.W.A.T. team is already on scene to keep the peace, this according to our friends at KLAC radio.
Should be fun...
Filed under: TMZ Sports
Tags: basketball, kobe bryant, KobeBryant, lakers parade, LakersParade, lebron james, LebronJames, los angeles, LosAngeles, NBA, NBA finals, NbaFinals, the lakers, TheLakers
Posted Jun 17th 2009 9:45AM by TMZ Staff
Overcompensation -- noun -- excessive reaction to a feeling of inferiority, guilt, or inadequacy leading to an exaggerated attempt to overcome the feeling ... especially when someone expected to win the NBA championship doesn't even make the finals.
LeBron James rocked this egotistical t-shirt during a shopping break in N.Y. yesterday.
For the record -- you won't see Kobe Bryant wearing a shirt with his individual accomplishments plastered on the front of it during his championship parade today -- he's gonna let the trophy do the talking.
Filed under: TMZ Sports
Tags: basketball, cleveland cavaliers, ClevelandCavaliers, lebron james, LebronJames, nba, video
