Play video content NTSB A team of NTSB investigators is painstakingly sifting through the huge debris field where Kobe Bryant‘s helicopter crashed, and this video shows how difficult the job will be. The agency released this drone footage over the Calabasas hillside. You can see investigators rummaging through scattered parts of the Sikorsky S-76. Most
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New images from the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site prove what NTSB investigators are saying — there was no chance for survival — as the aircraft burst into a huge ball of flames. These photos were taken by a mountain biker who was on a nearby trail when the helicopter slammed into the hillside around
Breaking News Getty LeBron James says he can’t stop crying over the death of his great friend Kobe Bryant … saying in an emotional goodbye letter, “I’m heartbroken and devastated my brother!!” James penned the words in a lengthy social media post Monday night … addressing Bryant’s death for the first time since Mamba, his
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Paul Pierce says the NBA should retire Kobe Bryant‘s jersey number across the league — and he fully supports a movement to make Kobe’s image the new NBA logo. Paul and Kobe were not only fierce rivals on the court — but great friends off of it and they had
Exclusive Getty Kobe Bryant had already made plans for his daughter, Gianna — AKA GiGi — to follow in his legendary footsteps by filing to trademark her very own hoops nickname. TMZ Sports obtained the paperwork Kobe filed for “Mambacita” on Dec. 30, 2019. Of course, the name is both a tip of the hat
Play video content CBS Kobe Bryant loomed large in the minds of all the musicians at the Grammy Awards — which was evident in Alicia Keys’ touching opening tribute to the late NBA legend. This year’s host started Sunday night’s show with some solemn words for the crowd, acknowledging Kobe’s death right off the bat
Kobe Bryant died in a helicoper crash in Calabasas Sunday morning … TMZ Sports has confirmed. Kobe was traveling with at least 3 other people in his private helicopter when it went down. A fire broke out. Emergency personnel responded, but nobody on board survived. 5 people are confirmed dead. We’re told Vanessa Bryant was
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez‘s billion-dollar rematch ain’t happening — not now, not ever — so says the Mexican superstars’ promoter, Oscar De La Hoya. Remember, the boxing legends fought back in 2013 … and Canelo — who was only 22 years old at the time — was easily handled
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Vin Diesel caught Super Bowl fever early … the guy’s already in the Sunshine State and raging with none other than the great Steve Aoki. Any guesses on what they did onstage??? The ‘Fast & Furious’ star was partying Friday night at Miami mogul David Grutman’s STORY nightclub, where SA
Breaking News Getty ‘Bachelor’ stars Jade Roper Tolbert and her hubby costar, Tanner Tolbert, just lost out on a million bucks from an online betting competition — and it seems things weren’t on the up-and-up … according to DraftKings. DraftKings released a statement Saturday saying that — after a multi-week investigation on claims of cheating
Exclusive TMZ/Getty Composite The crowd at Super Bowl 54 might look like a Grammy Awards after-party, because it’s going to include some of the biggest names in music … TMZ has learned. Our SB sources tell us … stars like Cardi B, Lady Gaga and DJ Khaled are expected to be at the Hard Rock
Play video content Exclusive @LionsShareNews “It’s not factual! It’s just innuendo.” MLB super-agent Scott Boras is RIPPING all the conspiracy theorists who say his client, Astros star Jose Altuve, used a buzzer to cheat … calling the rumors nothing more than “suspicion.” “There is nothing to any form of electronic dynamic,” Boras said strongly at
Breaking News TMZ/Getty Composite Lance Armstrong is going on a trip to Spain … and he’s lookin’ for some friends to go with him — as long as they got an extra $30k lying around. Here’s the deal … the disgraced cycling superstar is putting on a trip called “The Move Mallorca 2020” … where
Breaking News TMZ.com If the 49ers win the Super Bowl, don’t expect to see Richard Sherman celebrating at the White House. The NFL star was asked Thursday if he would go to D.C. to meet Donald Trump, as several championship teams have done in the past … and Sherman essentially shot that down. “I haven’t
Exclusive Getty Antonio Brown is turning himself in … TMZ Sports has learned the NFL star just arrived at a Florida jail after police issued a warrant for his arrest earlier this week. We broke the story, Brown allegedly threw rocks at a moving company truck and then attacked the driver over a dispute stemming
Play video content Talk about the ultimate flex … Giancarlo Stanton showed off ALL of his muscles in front of smokin’ hot model Adriana Lima — BY BENCH PRESSING HER!!! The video of the Yankees superstar in the gym is insane … he laid down on his back, grabbed Lima by the legs and the
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Sterling Shepard says Eli Manning is a no-doubt Hall of Famer … telling TMZ Sports the New York Giants legend is going to Canton on the FIRST BALLOT!!! “For sure!” Shepard says. Of course, Sterling’s a bit biased … the star wide receiver has spent most of his career catching
Backgrid Vanessa Hudgens seems pretty interested in Kyle Kuzma … because she’s hitting up the world’s most famous arena to watch him ball out!!! The newly-single actress just pulled up to Madison Square Garden to check out Kyle and his Los Angeles Lakers as they take on the New York Knicks … this after hanging
Exclusive Getty Antonio Brown not only physically assaulted a moving truck driver — he also picked up a rock and threw it at the vehicle, causing even more damage … this according to police. TMZ Sports has obtained court docs in the AB alleged assault case in which the moving truck driver describes why Brown
Breaking News Getty Ex-Mississippi St. star WR De’Runnya Wilson — Dak Prescott‘s top target with the Bulldogs — was found dead Tuesday … and cops believe he might have been murdered. Birmingham Police say 25-year-old Wilson was discovered unresponsive by a relative inside an Alabama home this week … and once cops arrived, they say
Play video content Breaking News ESPN All hell broke loose at the end of the Kansas vs. Kansas State game on Tuesday … with the players getting in a bench-clearing brawl. It all got started in the closing seconds of the Jayhawks’ 81-60 win … when K. State’s DaJuan Gordon stripped the ball from Kansas’
Breaking News Getty Composite L.A. was cheated out of the 2017 and 2018 World Series titles … so says some of the city’s most powerful politicians, who are now OFFICIALLY demanding the MLB give the trophies to the Dodgers! The L.A. City Council approved a resolution by a unanimous vote Tuesday that called for MLB
Play video content Breaking News FOX 8 WGHP A grown ass man was arrested Saturday after he attacked his son’s high school wrestling opponent during a match … and footage of the incident is INSANE. The violence all went down during an event between Southeast Guilford H.S. and Hickory Ridge H.S. in Kannapolis, N.C. …
Breaking News Getty Delonte West looks to be in need of serious help. Check out these disturbing videos appearing to show the former NBA player getting beaten up in the streets of D.C. Slim doing bad NBA need to offer him some help pic.twitter.com/b7MtTj9JAt — Maybe: Damani (@damani_givens) January 21, 2020 @damani_givens It’s super sad
Exclusive TMZ/Getty Aaron Hernandez killed himself largely because he was suffering from CTE — and NOT because he was agonizing over his sexuality … so says his famous attorney. Jose Baez — who repped Aaron and helped him beat a double murder case — tells TMZ … the new documentary about his client implies Aaron
The woman who was allegedly punched by star boxer Sergey Kovalev in a 2018 attack says she needed a plate and 4 screws in her neck to fix the damage he caused … and she says she’s still in pain. Jamie Frontz claims she was socked in the face by the 36-year-old Russian after she
Exclusive Ex-NFL star Fred Smoot just got a slap on the wrist despite being arrested by a BUNCH of cops back in October … TMZ Sports has learned. We broke the story, the former Washington Redskin DB’s Loudoun County, Virginia house was surrounded by cops in Oct. 2018 after they say he failed to appear
Play video content TMZSports.com Conor McGregor partied his face off in Vegas after beating Cowboy Cerrone in spectacular fashion. Conor celebrated his win at Encore nightclub, after entering the Octagon Saturday night after a 15-month hiatus. Conor did not disappoint … a kick to the head in round 1 was all she wrote … Cerrone
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com “All these other idiots who don’t play basketball and never played basketball, when they say you wanna judge a guy’s greatness by number of championships … they’re idiots.” It’s safe to say Robert Horry is fed up with NBA fans using rings instead of common sense in debates … telling
TMZ.com Dr. Oz is firing back at Mark Wahlberg‘s cardiac arrest crack — and as it turns out, the doc’s actually got some jokes of his own … plus nifty visual aides. DO took to Instagram Saturday to respond to Mark’s own video from a few days ago, where he accepted Oz’s no-breakfast/one-legged push-up challenge