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Kobe Bryant -- 17-time NBA All-Star, five-time NBA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, 11-time all-NBA first teamer and a surefire Hall-of-Famer -- announced this season will be his last in a poem on The Players' Tribune.

Kobe Bryant, meet your biggest fan.

Kobe Bryant made a pretty bold statement a few days ago when he said this year's men's Olympic basketball team could beat the 'Dream Team' from 20 years ago. The 1992 team included players like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley and one Mr. Larry Bird. Larry responded to Kobe on the Indiana Pacers Twitter page.

Do you find it nearly impossible to understand what Kobe Bryant is saying during his post-game, wrap-up speeches? Yeah, so do we. Thankfully, Charles Barkley has us covered. This weekend he revealed ‘Saturday Night Live‘s’ new app, which features Barkley himself translating all the mumbling of sports figures into coherent speech.

In the past week, two big celebrity splits have made headlines: Basketball star Kobe Bryant and his wife of 10 years, Vanessa, are divorcing, and Chaz Bono and his fiancee Jennifer Elia said they too have gone kaput. And while neither announcement may have left the same implosion crater made by the Kardashian-Humphries split, breakups are always rough. But just how rough will Kobe and Chaz have it

Basketball star Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, steadfastly stood by his side during the 2003 scandal in which he was accused of raping a 19-year-old Colorado resort employee. But now, after what inside sources say is a long history of infidelity during their 10-year marriage, Vanessa has had enough, and on Friday she filed for divorce.

Kobe Bryant wasn't happy when referee Bennie Adams hit him with a technical in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the San Antonio Tuesday night. In fact, after Kobe had taken a seat on the bench, TNT's camera caught him directing a gay slur at Adams.

In a high-scoring display, the West beat the East 148-143 in Sunday's NBA All-Star game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, but the real story was one particular all-star -- Kobe Bryant. The hometown favorite scored 37 points and was named the All-Star Game MVP for the fourth time, tying the record for the most All-Star MVP trophies in NBA history with Bob Pettit -- read more after the jump. Read Mo