The gurus over at Hoopsworld.com were at the Kobe Basketball Academy yesterday and they grabbed several pieces of video which are being featured on their homepage today.

And our friend TK, who sends us game photos occasionally, took these photos at yesterday's camp. By the way, TK is also a camp counselor at the Kobe Basketball Academy.

We'll have more camp photos and video over the next few days, so keep checking back!

In case you didn't know, Kobe was extremely busy today as he made his way around West LA.

He started his day at his 2nd annual Kobe Basketball Academy, which opened today on the campus of Loyola Marymount University. Over 500 kids are participating in this year's camp, and Kobe is at the camp every day teaching the Triangle and Princeton offenses as well as the fundamentals of dribbling, passing, shooting and defense.

After overseeing events at camp, he jetted over to Undefeated in Santa Monica to be a part of the new "McFly" Hyperdunk release. Kobe personally met with the first 10 people who were in line to buy the shoes (those dudes were camped out all night long!) and he shared the event with an exact replica of the DeLorean from Back to the Future.

Next, KB stopped by our offices here in Venice to check out the operation. He was sporting a new Kobe Basketball Academy t-shirt and the McFly Hyperdunks, and he spent about 30 minutes talking with us and checking out the work space.

He and his security crew headed out to get some food, but KB's work isn't done yet. He's heading back to LMU tonight to participate in scrimmage with Trevor Ariza, Coby Karl, Demar DeRozen and more.

And if you know anything about Kobe, you know his day probably started with a 4:30am workout. What a day!

We got a nice heads up from our friends at www.TheKobeCollection.com about Upper Deck's new Kobe MVP memorabilia.

At least a few of you have contacted us about autographed basketballs, and the Upper Deck Store has one emblazoned with the NBA MVP logo.

More amazing Kobe collectibles are being offered up in the Upper Deck Store, including a signed photo collage and a jersey with the MVP patch.

Check out all of the Kobe gear!

We're smack in the middle of the political season, with the Democrats and Republicans battling it out for control of the White House.

But what if you're too young to vote for president?

The Teen Choice 2008 gives young viewers to vote for its award winners in multiple categories, including Male Athlete of the Year (cough, cough, Kobe). And the cool part is you have to be a teenager to vote!

Here are the nominees in the category of Male Athlete of the Year:

Tiger Woods - Golf
LeBron James - Basketball
Kobe Bryant - Basketball
Eli Manning - Football
David Beckham - Soccer

Make your voice heard every day. Cast a ballot for Kobe and check out the awards show on Monday, August 4th on FOX!

Things were a little strange as the producers of Regis & Kelly tried to make Kobe's appearance this morning a mystery. What's up with the crazy voice and the wig?!? Anyway, the guest was Kobe, and the crowd went bananas when he came out from behind the curtain and was revealed. This is fun stuff:

Watch the first segment from today's show (we're still looking for segment 2).