I’ve got another pathetic tale involving LeBron James in Vegas last weekend to tell you about - though this time it won’t be spiked by the site hosting it.

(Bird blurred in video)

Cleveland’s FOX 8 reports today that LeBron James flipped off an Akron man ran into the NBA player at a Vegas nightclub last weekend.

Last weekend, DJ Fig, from Mix 94.1 in Akron, was at the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas. Early Monday morning, he spotted LBJ and his entourage partying at a nightclub.

As he took out his camera to snap a picture, the deejay said LeBron gave him the finger.

“I said ‘Hey, Akron still loves you man,’ and he gave the bird as you see in the picture,” said DJ Fig.

Apparently DJ Fig is a glutton for punishment, as that wasn’t the end of his requests of James that night. Read more…

A Boston-based website called Tauntr.com distributed 5,000 Khloe Kardashian masks to fans before Game 3 of the NBA Finals at TD Garden in Boston on Tuesday night.

Kardashian purports herself as the wife of Lamar Odom, though the marriage may actually be staged for Kardashian’s reality shows. The couple has reportedly not signed legal documents making the union legally binding.

Despite the tribute, Kardashian won’t be at the game tonight. Read more…

More NBA Finals fodder for you: Lamar Odom crying to Kevin Ding of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER about the Boston crowd during the 2008 NBA Finals:

(But Lakers fans … no worries!)

“They gave it to my kids last time in Boston,” Odom said, refraining from repeating what was said to his children.

Odom said that has him wondering whether it’ll be safe for his wife, reality-show personality Khloe Kardashian, to attend Games 3, 4 and perhaps 5 of the 2010 NBA Finals in Boston.

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Matt Barnes was Orlando’s designated instigator against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers Sunday. Exhibit A.:

(Greatest fake since Lamar Odom’s marriage)

In case you think that’s just the angle the video was shot from, here’s the video. Read more…

I hope that Taco Bell commercial for Lamar Odom was worth it.

(Tragic: If only I was merely talking about the show)

Last week E! promoted an upcoming episode of Khloe Kardashian’s reality show by touting her pseudo scheme to prevent Odom from cheating on her while he’s on the road.

The idea that she pitched to the show’s producers for inclusion in the script her friend? A solo sex tape Odom can take on the road. (Three words for L.O.: Dont. Check. It.)

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Lamar Odom is officially back in my good graces after his participation in perhaps the finest commercial ever aired involving an athlete 95 percent of the audience doesn’t know.

(Why Lamar? Lotsa experience dunking on a moon. Face.)

I’ve not a single qualm.

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OK Magazine once again illustrates the joys of an athlete taking out tabloid trash:

At least she’s got her acting chops to fall back on.

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That bastion of journalist integrity, MediaTakeOut.com, blared this morning a “world exclusive” that Khloe Odom is officially pregnant, with this photo as evidence:

MTO WORLD EXCLUSIVE: KHLOE KARDASHIAN IS KNOCKED UP . . . HOPEFULLY IT’S BY HER HUSBAND LAMAR ODOM . . .CHECK OUT THE PICS OF HER BELLY BUMP!!!

MediaTakeOut.com just RECEIVED WORD - Khloe Kardashian IS PREGNANT!!! Word is that she’ll be making an announcement about it VERY shortly!!!

Congrats to her and Lamar!!

MTO also rewards us with a one of its patently amusing doctored photos - replete with  obligatory opaque URL strip right through the pic’s middle.

One small detail: the photo posted by MTO is well over two months old, and several blogs posted it at the time - while also referencing pregnancy. Read more…

I’m pleased to present the 2010 Kardashian Family Christmas Card. What a lovely photo!

Funny, Kim doesn’t mention that Lamar Odom missed the shoot, as his presence in the shot is obviously via an alarmingly clumsy photoshop job.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

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The ratings are out and the Khloe Kardashian-Lamar Odom wedding special on E! beat AMC’s season finale of “Mad Men” by a substantial amount last week, to the surprise of no one. But to be fair, you can’t really compare the two events. One’s a show about cutthroat advertising execs pushing their product with little regard for morals or truth, and the other is “Mad Men.”

Look, let’s just agree that both were fiction. Season three of “Mad Men” ended with pretty hefty ratings, as is befitting one of the best shows on television. Well-acted, superbly written, with something to say about who we are as Americans and where we seem to be going. But on the other channel, hey, look at Khloe’s wedding dress! Read more…