The 2009 ESPY Awards went down last night. And it’s the Oscars for athletes and prom for the wives, groupies, jumpoffs, and those who want to be.

The Jackson family just announced everyone who will participate in tomorrow’s memorial — and here’s the list:
Ron Boyd (family friend), Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Andrae Crouch Choir, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi (finalist on Britain’s Got Talent), Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al [...]

The newly minted NBA champions made what amounts to a daring trade Thursday night, shaking up the league’s second day of free agency by essentially swapping out on-the-rise swingman Trevor Ariza for the versatile, physical and famously unpredictable Ron Artest.
The Los [...]

Shaquille O’neal has managed to play with the three best players of our generation, first Kobe Bryant, Then Dwayne Wade, and now Lebron James.
ESPN is reporting that the Phoenix Suns have traded Shaquille O’Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic.
The move will give LeBron James and the Cavs a much [...]

Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa have filed a cross-complaint against their former maid — but all they really want is for her to keep her mouth shut.

According to court docs filed yesterday, the Bryants fully acknowledge Maria Jimenez’s right to battle them in court — although they say her claims of abuse are “without [...]