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Should the Lakers amnesty Kobe Bryant to save $80 million?
Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant will be out six to nine months because of a torn left Achilles' tendon, according to doctors. Of course, Bryant is 34 and has spent 17 years in the NBA. He may never be the same player again. Which is why the idea of...
Tags: Mitch Kupchak, Los Angeles Lakers, Tribune Company, Los Angeles Clippers, Dwight Howard
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Lakers' Week 24 in review
The Lakers needed to win all four games in Week 24 to stay ahead of the Utah Jazz. They did -- but in the process lost Kobe Bryant for the year with an Achilles' tendon tear. The week started with good news on the health front. Metta World Peace...
Tags: Steve Nash, Mitch Kupchak, Georgia Dome, Utah Jazz, Magic Johnson
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Watch 'It's not complicated' outtakes from Magic, Kareem, Bird
AT&T has released a bonus video featuring Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Bill Russell. The four NBA champions and Hall of Famers shot a couple of spots for AT&T's "It's not complicated" campaign, and in the new outtakes video Johnson...
Tags: Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Orlando Magic, National Basketball Association
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Wichita State going to Final Four after beating Ohio State, 70-66
Wichita State is headed to the Final Four, and these Shockers should be no surprise to anybody. Not after the way they held off mighty Ohio State in the West Regional final at Staples Center on Saturday night. Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred...
Tags: Basketball, Kansas Jayhawks, Deshaun Thomas, Wichita State Shockers, Indiana State Sycamores
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Wichita State holds off Ohio State, 70-66
Wichita State is off to its first Final Four since 1965 with the appropriate nickname: Shockers. The ninth-seeded team from Kansas concluded its siege through the West Regional on Saturday with a 70-66 win over Ohio State in front of 17,998 at Staples...
Tags: Basketball, Kansas Jayhawks, College Sports, Wichita State Shockers, Indiana State Sycamores
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Watch Magic, Kareem, Bird, Russell: It's not complicated [Video]
Basketball Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Bill Russell collaborated on a pair of AT&T "It's Not Complicated" commercials. AT&T's series of spots typically features actor Beck Bennett interviewing children on the...
Tags: Bone Spur, Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant
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How Jerry Buss came to own the Lakers, the Kings and the Forum
Word got around that Jack Kent Cooke wanted to cash out. It was 1977 and the Lakers owner had entered into a divorce that would eventually cost $41 million, a sum worthy of the Guinness World Records for the most costly marital split in history at...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Los Angeles Lakers, Realty, Indiana Pacers, Magic Johnson
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My immodest proposal to Jeanie Buss
Jerry Buss was a mathematician, a chemist, a savvy entrepreneur, a flamboyant showman. He also might have been my father-in-law, had his daughter, Jeanie Buss, not acted with exquisite grace 25 years ago. Let me explain. On April 28, 1985, I attended...
Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson, Marriage, Boston Celtics, Family
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Larry Bird's son arrested for allegedly trying to hit girl with car
Connor Bird, the 21-year-old son of NBA legend Larry Bird, was arrested on Sunday at Indiana University after he allegedly attempted to run over a former girlfriend with his car, the Indianapolis Star is reporting. University police chief Keith Cash...
Tags: National Basketball Association
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Bill Walton never takes a timeout from talking
In a week when you thought you might have heard it all, I present to you Bill Walton speaking to USC students and bashing UCLA basketball. "I never knew they had pretty girls here at USC," began Walton, one of UCLA's all-time greats, after being...
Tags: Washington State Cougars, University of California, Los Angeles, Phil Jackson, College Sports, Colorado Buffaloes
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Reviews: 'Dream Team,' 'Igniting the Flame' and evolving ideals
-------------------- Dream Team How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever Jack McCallum Ballantine Books: 336pp., $28 * Igniting the Flame America's First...
Tags: Basketball, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Awards and Prizes, David Stern
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Michael Jordan laughs at Kobe's claim of outdoing the Dream Team
Michael Jordan sharply disagreed with Kobe Bryant's claim that this year's USA Olympic basketball team could beat the 1992 Dream Team. "For him to compare those two teams is not one of the smarter things he ever could have done," Jordan told the...
Tags: Steve Nash, Basketball, Los Angeles Lakers, Scottie Pippen, Sports
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