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Phil Jackson throws the book at Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson never liked to compare Kobe Bryant to Michael Jordan. Believe me, I tried everything. Sometimes I'd ask him after random Lakers practices or before games against Charlotte, the team Jordan owned. Or after games in Chicago, where nostalgia...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics
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Angelina Jolie and me -- a family history of cancer
I didn’t realize until now that Angelina Jolie and I have something in common: cancer. Or at least risk factors for it. Jolie, of course, has made worldwide headlines with her dramatic op-ed Tuesday in the New York Times describing her decision to...
Tags: Mastectomy, Angelina Jolie, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...
Tags: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, American Legion, Heart Disease, Harvard University, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Pau Gasol prepared for an uncertain future with or without Lakers
After his exit interview Tuesday, Lakers forward/center Pau Gasol acknowledged that he might not be back next season with the team. "The future is uncertain, there's no doubt about it," Gasol said. "I don't know the exact percentages of it but I'm...
Tags: Mike D'Antoni, Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, David Stern, Dwight Howard
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Oddsmakers expect Dwight Howard to re-sign with the Lakers
According to the gambling website Bovada, the Lakers are the prohibitive favorite to sign their All-Star center Dwight Howard. Howard will officially become a free agent on July 1. The Lakers are expected to make every overture to keep him on a five-...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol
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Dwight Howard: Contract decision centered on 'right to be happy'
Dwight Howard will take some time away from basketball as he contemplates his future. "I'm going to take my time, get away from the game, my phones and everything and just clear my head," Howard said Tuesday after his exit meeting at the Lakers' El...
Tags: Basketball, Steve Nash, Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard
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Disrupted sleep linked to higher prostate cancer risk
The links between sleep and cancer are now so many, you could build a chain. A new study has found that for men who suffer insomnia and unwelcome wakefulness, the risk of prostate cancer is greater than for those whose sleep is undisrupted. That...
Tags: Medical Research, Insomnia, Breast Cancer, Science and Technology
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Urologists say most men may skip PSA test for prostate cancer
A man with no risk factors for prostate cancer can go his whole life without ever taking a PSA test, according to the American Urological Assn. In a new clinical guideline unveiled Friday, the urologists said that only men between the ages of 55 and...
Tags: Biopsy, Diseases and Illnesses, Palliative Care, Medical Procedures and Tests, Death
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Lakers' week in review
The Lakers hit the off-season after a 4-0 sweep by the San Antonio Spurs. Afterward, Coach Mike D'Antoni said he was proud of his team despite their "doomed" season. The Lakers held exit meetings with each player early in the week to discuss the...
Tags: Mike D'Antoni, Los Angeles Lakers, Mental Health, National Basketball Association, Detroit Pistons
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Kobe Bryant gets stitches removed 17 days after surgery
Kobe Bryant continues his recovery from the Achilles' tear that ended his season on April 12. On Tuesday, before his exit interview for the season with Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Coach Mike D'Antoni, Bryant tweeted the latest update....
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Houston Rockets, Mike D'Antoni, Los Angeles Lakers, Jodie Meeks
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Noel Greenwood dies at 75; former L.A. Times senior editor
Noel Greenwood, a former senior editor at the Los Angeles Times who helped shape local and California coverage as the newspaper outgrew its modest local ambitions and transformed itself into one of national stature, died Sunday at his Santa Barbara home....
Tags: Newspapers, Rodney King, Awards and Prizes, George Skelton, Newspaper and Magazine
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Steve Nash makes Lakers' case: 'This is the place' for Dwight Howard
Steve Nash couldn't finish this season because of injuries, but he knew where to start next season. With Dwight Howard. Nash was "very hopeful" the soon-to-be free-agent center would return to the Lakers. "I think this is the place for him," Nash...
Tags: Metta World Peace, Basketball, Broken Leg, Mike D'Antoni, Los Angeles Lakers
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