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Kim Kardashian feuding with Kobe Bryant over Armenian Genocide

Our leading candidate for Jersey Chaser of the Year, Kim Kardashian has launched a Twitter campaign asking her more than 5 million followers to write to US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to pass a bill condemning the Armenian Genocide.

Proud of her heritage, Kardashian is none too happy that while Armenians fight for recognition, LA Laker Kobe Bryant has signed a contract to endorse Turkish Airlines. In 1915, Turkey committed a mass massacre on Armenia, but Turkey refuses to admit the genocide took place. Los Angeles is home to one of the largest Armenian populations in the US, and Kobe’s newest endorsement deal has angered many including Kardashian.

Kardashian asked her brother-in-law and Bryant’s teammate Lamar Odom to talk to him to get out of the contract. While Bryant has not spoken publicly on the controversy, he allegedly told Kardashian he signed a business contract, and it is not political.

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Bio: Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Lower Merion High School, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the country. He decided to declare his eligibility for the NBA Draft upon graduation, and was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. As a rookie, Bryant earned himself a reputation as a high-flyer and a fan favorite by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest.
Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. A heated feud between the duo and a loss in the 2004 NBA Finals led to O’Neal’s departure following the 2003–04 season. In 2003, Bryant was accused of sexual assault after having sex with a hotel employee in Edwards, Colorado. In September 2004, prosecutors dropped the case after his accuser refused to testify, and Bryant had to rebuild his image while becoming the cornerstone of the Lakers. He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, setting numerous scoring records in the process. In 2006, Bryant scored a career high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points scored in a single game in NBA history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point performance. In the 2007–08 season, he was awarded the regular season’s Most Valuable Player Award (MVP). After losing in the 2008 NBA Finals, Bryant led the Lakers to two consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named NBA Finals MVP on both occasions.
Bryant currently ranks fourth and eleventh on the league’s post-season scoring and all-time scoring lists, respectively. He is also the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. Since his second year in the league, Bryant has started in every NBA All-Star Game that has been held with twelve All-Star appearances, winning the All-Star MVP Award three times (2002, 2007, and 2009). He is a twelve-time member of the All-NBA team and ten-time All-Defensive team, and is the youngest player ever to receive defensive honors. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a gold medal as a member of the USA national team. In 2009, Sporting News and TNT named Bryant the NBA player of the 2000s decade.

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