Kobe Bryant had a busy night yesterday. Not only did he break Michael Jordan's All-Star game scoring record, he helped lead the Western Conference to a 152-149 victory over the Eastern Conference. And on top of that, he suffered a broken nose.

Kobe Bryant broke his nose after a hard foul by Dwyane Wade.

Ever Banega in happier automotive times. Images: vcfcentral.com, JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty Images, AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil.

From attempting to leave the gas station while the car is still being filled to an ice skating mission on a frozen but ultimately not frozen enough pond, we're heavy contributors to the pantheon of dumb.

Thee Balotelli stamp seems to be making its way round the internet quite soundly right now, but there was a far more vicious boot to the head in Europe this weekend which probably won't see any pop remixes anytime soon. Dorge Kouemaha of Kaiserslautern went to clear a ball out of the box and instead found his boot flush with the face of Sebastian Prodl.

The transfer rumours involving Spurs are very slowly starting to spark into life with stories that Roman Pavlyuchenko could be the first and possibly only departure from White Hart Lane this summer.

Yesterday, Pav's vocal agent Oleg Artemov claimed that Spurs had extended the Russian's contract until June 2013.

Steven Taylor was in the best form of his career earlier in the season, when he formed a tremendous partnership with Fab Coloccini at the back for Newcastle. Steven Taylor a broken nose didn't stop this local lad from playing And it was Steven's excellent form that allowed Newcastle to go the first 11 games unbeaten, and only concede 8 goals during that time.

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Sebastian Lletget is healthy enough to join the U.S. Under-23 national team after all.

Lletget was called into U-23 camp by coach Caleb Porter after initially being left off the roster, which was released last week. Sources had told SBI that Lletget was recovering from a broken nose and a concussion, with the latter keeping him out of action.

Kobe Bryant probably wishes he would have skipped the 2012 NBA All-Star Game now. Not only did Dwyane Wade break his nose, the impact of Wade's hard foul caused a concussion. Now Kobe's status going forward is unknown.

Getting diagnosed with a concussion is now a big deal in the NBA. To get cleared for action again, Kobe is going to have to convince an independent doctor that he's free from all concussion symptoms.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar clashed heads with Chris Smalling as he scored the second goal in the Netherlands' 3-2 win over England at Wembley. Huntelaar entered the match at halftime for Robin van Persie and scored 13 minutes later. But the collision left him with a concussion, a broken nose, missing teeth and a mouthful of grass while Smalling was bleeding from the head.

The first half produced little except for an Arjen Robben effort shut down by Joe Hart and Adam Johnson's slanted drive that missed goal. Stevie Gerrard had to exit with a hamstring pull with Daniel Sturridge replacing him. There was little inkling to what lay in store in the second half.

The Dynamo open their 2012 campaign where is ended in November. It won't be the Galaxy hosting though, instead Dominic Kinnear will look to win a season opener for the first time since 2006 against Chivas USA.

This is the only meeting in the league between the Dynamo and Chivas USA in 2011.

It's the calm before the storm, people; the New England Revolution are in California, preparing to take on the defending MLS Champs, the LA Galaxy, tomorrow night at 11 PM EST on national TV. That's right - your Revs are going to be on the NBC Sports Network for the first time. I find that to be incredibly exciting - not only do we get to hear the magical voice of Arlo White announcing the play-by-play, but the greatest production value in soccer broadcasts in America will be showing it.

The New England Revolution is back on the West Coast tonight, this time making the long trek to Carson, California to take on the LA Galaxy. The Revs should be full of confidence and vigor after putting away Portland 1-0 in last week's home opener, while the Galaxy are probably feeling rested and refreshed after having last weekend off.

Bayer Leverkusen defender Michal Kadlec earned a broken nose and a trip to hospital last weekend following a fight with two rowdy FC Koln fans in a Cologne nightclub.

In spite of his painful injury, the 27-year-old Czech is keen to play in this weekend's match with Hannover, and this will probably be possible after getting fitted for a natty new mask.