In this era of corporate sponsored athletes, politicized sports stars along the lines of Muhammad Ali are nowhere to be found.

So, I’ll take what I can get. Buried at the bottom of an AP story about the Los Angeles Lakers today, Kobe Bryant (I know, I know), does his best Stephen Colbert.

Commenting on getting tossed out of last night’s playoff game after complaining to the Ref, Bryant told the AP:

“He didn’t like my toneage, if that’s a word. He’s the decider. Is that a word, decider?”