Kobe and wife Vanessa may be calling it quits (CBS2.com/SPORTSbyBROOKS)

According to a broadcast report on KCAL9 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and and his  wife of six-years, Vanessa, are on the verge of filing for divorce.

The couple has been married for 6 years now and has withstood their share of controversy, but now an insider has reported, “They’ve been trying [to make things better] now for more than a year, but it’s just not working out … Kobe’s in the process of moving out [of their home] and both are ready to officially end things (MediaTakeOut.com).”

The couple did not sign a pre-nuptial agreement and wife Vanessa is entitled to half the marital assets.

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Alex Rodriguez, the New York Yankees third baseman, has smacked his 500th home run off of the Kansas City Royals’ Kyle Davies.

The home run gave the Yankees a 3-0 jump on the visiting Royals and the score is currently 4-0 in the home half of the second.

Congrats to A-Rod on becoming the youngest (32 years, 8 days) in MLB history to swat his 500th, beating the legendary Jimmie Foxx by 300 days (32 years, 338 days).

The morning after Vlad Guererro tees off for the second consecutive night…

Milwaukee moved back into the NL Central lead, one game over the second-place Cubs, with a win; Alex Rodriguez was hoping for a “Wonderboy” moment amid lighting strikes at Yankee Stadium; Kip Wells gains his NL-leading 13th loss and the Minnesota Twins come out understandably flat after a rough 48 hours in the Twin Cities

White Sox 7, Tigers 4 — Chicago’s Juan Uribe hit his third career grand slam, and Jermaine Dye added a solo shot to hand Detroit its third straight loss and ninth in 11 games.

Indians 5, Twins 2 — Indians starter C.C. Sabathia improved to 14-6, allowing two runs on eight hits over six innings. Releiver Joe Borowski pitched the ninth for his 30th save in 33 attempts.

Angels 4, A’s 8 — A five-run eighth inning, led by Dan Johnson’s go-ahead run-scoring double, helped put the Oakland A’s ahead for good as they captured an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Royals 1, Yankees 7 — Melky Cabrera hit a bizarre two-run double and Robinson Cano homered, leading Chien-Ming Wang and the Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 7-1.  Cano went 2-for-3 to increase his average to .462 over the last 20 games that includes five homers and 20 RBI during that span.

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