A last-second shot has provided the only bump in the road of late for the Los Angeles Lakers . It's doubtful the Washington Wizards will provide another Friday at the Verizon Center. The Lakers (15-2) come into this game having won eight of their ...
4 Dec 2008
PHILADELPHIA -- Something memorable and important always seems to happen to Kobe Bryant on the annual visit to his hometown. There are the boos, of course, but those are a given. Usually there's something more, a time stamp on the journey to what he ...
4 Dec 2008
Spent an hour last evening exploring the new MegaStraub’s at Clayton and Clarkson Road in Ellisville. At 40,000 square feet, it’s three times as big as any other Straub’s, and that’s certainly the first thing I noticed — ceilings are high ...
4 Dec 2008
Derek Fisher: 9 PPG, 3.2 APG, 2.2 RPG, and 81% FT in 11 seasons—and solid, veteran leadership. Rajon Rondo: 8.7 PPG, 4.8 APG, 4 RPG, and 63% FT in three seasons. Though Rondo's numbers are comparatively better, Fisher has three championship rings ...
4 Dec 2008
Rajon Rondo made sure the Indiana Pacers weren’t giant killers for a second-straight night. Rondo notched his first career triple-double and Ray Allen scored 31 points, leading the Boston Celtics over the visiting Pacers 114-96 last night for their ...
4 Dec 2008
ATLANTA (AP) -- Joe Johnson scored 26 points, and Mike Bibby had 20 points and 10 assists in the Atlanta Hawks' 105-95 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. The Hawks, who have won three of four and five of seven, welcomed back Josh ...
4 Dec 2008
KOBE (Kyodo) Vissel Kobe have decided to part company with manager Hiroshi Matsuda at the end of this season, the J. League club's president Sadayuki Adachi said Thursday. "We have decided that in order to make a big step up next season we need to start with a new coach," said Adachi. Read the full story
4 Dec 2008
PHILADELPHIA — Before the 76ers took on the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night at the Wachovia Center, coach Phil Jackson was asked if playing in Philadelphia still meant something to star Kobe Bryant.
4 Dec 2008
Kobe Bryant put on a swish show for the Lakers against the Sixers.
4 Dec 2008
Kobe Bryant tormented his hometown team again, scoring 32 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers rebound from a last-second loss to Indiana with a 114-102 victory over the...
3 Dec 2008
PHILADELPHIA Is it better to be loved or feared? The same question that was posed to Sonny the mobster in the classic film "A Bronx Tale" can also be applied to Kobe Bryant when it comes to his hometown.
3 Dec 2008
• L.A. LAKERS 114, PHILADELPHIA 102: Kobe Bryant tormented his hometown team again, scoring 32 points to help Los Angeles rebound from a last-second loss with a victory over the host 76ers on Wednesday.
3 Dec 2008
India’s Essar Steel has signed an umbrella agreement with Kobe Steel of Japan. Through the new agreement, Essar Steel will gain operational technology to manufacture high-quality steel products. It will cover technologies including: ...
4 Dec 2008
Pau Gasol had 24 points and nine rebounds, Kobe Bryant had 23 points and seven assists before sitting out the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 112-99 on Sunday night to improve their league-best record ...
4 Dec 2008
Nippon Steel and Kobe Steel said this week that BHP Billiton and other big miners had agreed to delay deliveries of iron ore and coking coal in response to output cuts at steel mills. The steelmakers asked miners like BHP , Rio Tinto ...
4 Dec 2008
Kobe Bryant tormented his hometown team again, scoring 32 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers rebound from a last-second loss with a 114-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.
3 Dec 2008
Not as much buzz as you might think here in Philadelphia for Kobe Bryant's latest homecoming, but the Lakers star still is making himself right at home as usual. Bryant scored 12 first-quarter points and Vladimir Radmanovic added 11 as ...
3 Dec 2008
The fans great Kobe with a hearty round of boos. It’s a Phil coached team, so this isn’t really of note, but Andrew Bynum wasn’t exactly happy with the Lakers’ rotation last night; The Sixers and Lakers are the two best rebounding teams ...
3 Dec 2008