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It’s pretty much a done deal that Kobe Bryant will play in Italy during the NBA lockout, but scheduling in the Italian league remains a hurdle.
The NBA superstar for the Los Angeles Lakers would be paid $3 million for the opening 40 days of the season according to an Associated Press report on Friday.
“We have reached an economic deal,” Virtus president Claudio Sabatini told a local radio station. “There’s still some things to arrange, but at this point I’m very optimistic. I would say it’s 95 percent done.”
The deal should last about 10 games and would allow Bryant to return to the Lakers immediately if the lockout ends.
Sabatini wants to create a special schedule that assigns Bryant’s games to Italy’s biggest arenas.
“This is an important investment and a unique chance for the city of Bologna and all of Italian basketball,” Sabatini said. “I’m hoping everyone wants to collaborate.”
Well it looks like that’s not going to be the case because of a couple of haters in the Italian league. It seems two teams refuse to alter their schedules to accommodate Virtus and Bryant.
A person familiar with the negotiations said smaller clubs Cremona and Varese were refusing to alter their schedules. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were ongoing.
Next season’s winner of America’s Next Top Model will get a cover on the Italian version of Vogue magazine.
Tyra’s Outta Here! Says Bye Bye on Final Show. It’s all over for Tyra. On Friday, she has wrapped up her talk show. “I had journalists tell me this show was going to be canceled in two weeks, and it’s five years…” The former model turned talk show host showed clips of memorable shows: Tyra as a fat woman, Tyra homeless, Tyra in jail — and snippets of interviews with President Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. Larry King and others offered taped send-offs. Larry called her the ‘fiercest host’ in television. Even the queen of daytime, the Big O, Oprah Winfrey sent a recorded message saying she can’t wait to see what Tyra has in store for her next act.