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Joe Torre’s daughter is being considered a hero in New York Wednesday after making a catch to save a falling baby. Seriously.

The New York Post reports that Cristina Torre was biking to work Wednesday morning when she saw a baby hanging from the awning above a frozen yogurt shop at 3rd Avenue and 92nd Street. Torre, 44, apparently was calling 911 to report the baby on the loose when the 1-year-old boy fell. She luckily was in the right place when the boy fell and made a life-saving catch.

The New York Daily News says police determined that the baby slipped through some cardboard placed next to an air conditioning unit in a second-floor window, crawled onto a fire escape, and then fell onto the awning. His parents were asleep when it happened and were taken into police custody. The Daily News says the parents are facing charges of endangering the welfare of a child and neglect.

The family’s four children were reportedly taken into child services. ABC reports that the apartment was described as being in deplorable conditions, with “no food in the house, peeling paint, not adequate bedding for children, and no window guards.”

LBS was unable to obtain footage of Torre’s daughter making the catch, but we believe it may have looked like this:

Thanks to David for the tip

There’s a common response couples have when their relationship is being questioned, and that is to share a photo on social media as if to say, “see, everything’s fine.” That seems to be what Katherine Webb was telling us.

The Alabama beauty queen shared the above photo on Instagram Friday of her at boyfriend A.J. McCarron’s graduation. McCarron is a redshirt senior, so he just completed his fourth academic year at Tuscaloosa, which explains his graduation.

As for the timing of the photo, there was a report last week saying that a model spent the night with McCarron while Webb was away. The insinuation from the gossip reports was that there would be problems between Webb and McCarron as a result of the story, but it looks like that’s not the case. Here’s to America’s favorite couple.

Photo: Instagram/Katherine Webb

Imagine being on the patio at a sports bar watching an NBA Finals game and having the deck collapse sending you and many others into the water below. That actually happened on Thursday night at Shuckers Waterfront Grill in the Miami area.

Minutes before halftime of Game 4 between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs, the deck at Shuckers collapsed, sending around two dozen customers into the water. Around 15 people were transported to the hospital, and the Miami Herald says two were in serious condition.

About 100 people were on the patio when the deck collapsed, per the Herald. A hostess at the bar says fans got up to cheer a Heat basket when the deck collapsed.

The deck is about five above the Biscayne Bay water, and it was shallow enough for those who fell in to stand up. However, the people had difficulty getting out of the water because of everything that fell in, such as umbrellas and chairs. The power went out when the deck collapsed, making it even more difficult to pull people out of the water.

Luckily rescue crews arrived to help in the situation. Below are several photos of the deck before and after the collapse.

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Lil Wayne joined Jimmy Kimmel for an interview this week and explained his rocky relationship with the Miami Heat.

Weezy’s problems with the Heat date back to 2011 when the rapper complained that LeBron James and Dwyane Wade ignored him at games. Lil Wayne continued to attend the Heat’s games but, back in February, he claimed he was ejected from a Heat-Los Angeles Lakers game for cheering the purple and gold (the Heat disputed that claim). A week later, Lil Wayne was on stage at an event and blasted the NBA and the Heat. Oh yeah, he also said he f—ed Chris Bosh’s wife during that speech.

During his interview with Kimmel, Lil Tunechi said that LeBron sent his concern when Weezy was in the hospital after overdosing on purple drank. He also told Kimmel that the Heat did not ban him from attending their games, but he is staying away to avoid causing a scene.

As far as his claim that he messed around with Bosh’s wife, well, Weezy blamed that on the drugs.

“I was too turnt up that night,” Weezy stated bluntly. “I was too turnt up.”

For all you folks not hip to the street lingo, “turnt up” essentially means wasted or super f—ed up. In fact, the always reliable Urban Dictionary defines it as “thee act of getting drunk and high to thee highest degree.”

So, there you have it. Weezy says he was not banned from Heat games and that he was “too turnt up” when he blasted Bosh. But he never said it wasn’t true …

H/T Jocks and Stiletto Jill

The worst mistake Kerry Rhodes could have made was denying that he is gay, because that only pushed his alleged ex-boyfriend over the edge.

While Jason Collins is doing the talk-show circuit, throwing out first pitches at Fenway Park, and marching in gay pride parades since coming out, Rhodes is being bled out by alleged ex-boyfriend Hollywood Simpson, who keeps leaking out more and more photo evidence of their past relationship.

[Related: Kerry Rhodes on a bed with his alleged boyfriend]

On Tuesday, Bossip posted intimate photos of Rhodes and Simpson, presumably provided to them by Hollywood, who also gave them this “Black Brokeback Mountain” quote.

“If that man don’t own up, I will own up for him! He’s denying me but we’re looking like the Black Brokeback Mountain starring me and Kerry in some of our pics. How is he STILL denying me?!?! I’m going to have to drag that azz out the closet then!”

Below is a photo of Rhodes getting lei’d by Hollywood:

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Dwight Howard and actor/comedian Kevin Hart both attended Spike TV’s Guy’s Choice Awards over the weekend, and they even took a picture together. As Questlove, the drummer for The Roots, noted when he tweeted the photo, somebody had to get sacrificed. In this case, it was the 6-foot-11 NBA center, not the 5-foot-2 funnyman.

By the way, what is it with Lakers getting their heads cropped out of photos?

H/T Lakers Nation via That NBA Lottery Pick
Photo: Twitter/Questlove Jenkins

Last we checked in on Allen Iverson’s divorce, the former NBA star was being scolded by the judge in the case for being a poor parent. It sounds like Iverson’s irresponsibility has continued.

According to TMZ, Iverson’s ex-wife, Tawanna, has filed more documents with the court. She reportedly claims that Iverson has failed to make any child support payments since the judgment was handed down.

Iverson is supposed to pay his ex-wife $8,000 a month for their five children, but he has not made one payment. Tawanna is hoping the judge will order Iverson to pay the $40,000 and is suggesting jail as a possible punishment for the missed payments.

Iverson, the 2000-2001 NBA MVP, last played in the league in the 2009-2010 season. He and his ex-wife have had multiple problems in recent years. In addition to the divorce and child support issues, the two were fighting over a mansion that was in foreclosure.

Iverson supposedly has blown through over $154 million earned in his playing career, though a separate report said he still had $35 million in a savings account.

If you’re wondering how someone can go through so much money, just read this about Iverson.