Notice to the masses: is not in the mood for your social-media bait. After the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar posted a motivational message on his account (he later deleted the message), one follower responded with the comment, "Westbrook is better than you." with a message that was equal-parts high road and denigration. He removed the comment soon thereafter. [, ]Read more news...

• Bleacher Report
• Details and comments

Ivan Rakitic is not quite up their with the likes of Lionel Messi and Neymar in the popularity stakes, but it appears he is getting there. The Croatian midfielder scored in Barcelona's 3-1 win over Granada on Saturday, and one fan was clearly ecstatic to hug the summer signing from following the match. The young fan hugged with all his might before finally being wrestled free, but the way he...

• Bleacher Report
• Details and comments

was tossed from Saturday night's Minnesota Timberwolves-Memphis Grizzlies game after receiving his second technical foul of the evening midway through the third quarter.Garnett was whistled for the technical when he spiked the ball down in frustration after being called for a foul while defending Grizzlies forward Jeff Green. Since it was the second time he was T'd up, he was automatically...

• Bleacher Report
• Details and comments

Miami Heat forward , who was receiving treatment for a blood clot in his lung, has been released from the hospital. Head coach Erik Spoelstra confirmed the news, via the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Ira Winderman: Bosh checked into the hospital over a week ago. While he remains out for the rest of the season, it's good to see the Heat star return to his home and resume his non-basketball life....

• Bleacher Report
• Details and comments

The Oklahoma City Thunder can't catch a break. Star point guard , who took a knee to the head late in OKC's loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, will miss at least one game after undergoing a procedure Saturday to address a fracture to the zygomatic arch of his right cheek. The Thunder announced Westbrook will miss the team's Sunday tilt against the Los Angeles Lakers: With just 2.5...

• Bleacher Report
• Details and comments

Gunshots rang out during a college event headlined by T.I. and Jeezy -- and the crowd scattered in chaos. The rappers were playing at a day party in Charlotte when someone in the crowd fired what sounded like 2 shots. Police tell us two people…

• TMZ.com
• Details and comments

Captain Kirk says he won't be there when Mr. Spock beams up for the last time ... despite their decades of friendship. William Shatner says he's in Florida for a Red Cross Ball -- a commitment he had made prior to Leonard Nimoy's death on Friday…

• TMZ.com
• Details and comments

Michelle Rodriguez has a different take in the lack of diversity in Hollywood: she thinks it's ridiculous to make things right by making superheroes less white.

• PopEater.com
• Details and comments

It's far too easy to boil it down to goals, but for once in his life, has taken the simple route. As well as putting in two excellent performances against and , he struck on both occasions. That makes it easy for the headline-writers, the scribes and the editors to put the spotlight on him. To give him the credit he deserves. These performances have not come out of the blue. Suarez has been...

• Bleacher Report
• Details and comments

This just in: Zach LaVine has hops.In the fourth quarter of Saturday's matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies, LaVine threw down a monstrous one-handed jam.The rookie looked like he wanted to destroy the rim.Unfortunately, the dunk wasn't enough to get the Wolves the win. Memphis won the game, 101-97.[]Read more news on BleacherReport.com

• Bleacher Report
• Details and comments