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Staples Center, L.A. Live to offer complementary WiFi to guests
Starting May 21, Staples Center and Nokia Plaza L.A. Live will offer free WiFi. In addition to the 250-plus annual events at Staples Center, visitors across the street at L.A. Live will have Internet access as well. “We are incredibly excited to...
Tags: Verizon Wireless, Verizon Communications, Staples Center, Los Angeles Clippers, Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson recalls his non-hiring by the Lakers on 'Tonight Show'
Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson visited Jay Leno on the "Tonight Show" on Thursday night to promote his upcoming book "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success." Jackson described his brief flirtation with returning to the Lakers early in the season....
Tags: Mitch Kupchak, Mike D'Antoni, Mike Brown (basketball), Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson has interest in a front-office NBA job
Phil Jackson apparently would like to have another stint in the NBA. The 11-time champion coach said Thursday evening on "The Tonight Show" that he was interested in a front-office job with the Seattle group that failed in an attempt to relocate the...
Tags: Mike D'Antoni, Mike Brown (basketball), National Basketball Association, Christopher Hansen, Sacramento Kings
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Kevin Durant: 'I don't have to be Kobe Bryant'
When the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs in 2011, Kobe Bryant said any season that didn't end in an NBA title was "a wasted year of my life." A day after the Oklahoma City Thunder were knocked out of the second round by the Memphis Grizzlies,...
Tags: Oklahoma City Thunder, ESPN (tv network), Basketball, National Basketball Association, Kevin Durant
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'Eleven Rings:' Phil Jackson savors beating the Celtics in 2010
Phil Jackson won 11 titles as an NBA coach, but the Lakers' victory in seven games over the Boston Celtics in 2010 stands out as his favorite. "For me, this was the most gratifying victory of my career," writes Jackson in his upcoming book, "Eleven...
Tags: Derek Fisher, Boston Celtics, NBA Finals, Eddie Jordan, Sports
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'Eleven Rings:' Phil Jackson learned how to talk to Metta World Peace
It took some time for former Lakers' coach Phil Jackson to learn how to communicate with Metta World Peace (formerly known as Ron Artest). "My major concern about Ron was whether he could learn the triangle offense fast enough. Like Dennis Rodman, Ron...
Tags: Boston Celtics, Metta World Peace, Dennis Rodman, Eddie Jordan, Kobe Bryant
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Former Lakers assistant coach Eddie Jordan on the team's challenging season
Former Lakers assistant coach Eddie Jordan recently left the team to become head coach at Rutgers. Jordan was brought in by Mike Brown to help teach the Lakers a version of the Princeton offense but Brown was let go five games into the regular season....
Tags: Mike Brown (basketball), Mark Madsen, Eddie Jordan, Broken Leg, Steve Nash
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Phil Jackson's new book focuses a lot on (who else?) Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson was just messing with us, once again. The wily former coach of the Lakers and Chicago Bulls wrote a book in 2004 that was called "The Last Season." It seemed true at the time, but the legendary leader came back for a six-year run with the...
Tags: Fiction, Chicago Bulls, Book, Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson
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Klay Thompson is impressing people, even his dad, Mychal
OAKLAND — Klay Thompson had just outdone himself and nearly everyone else in recent NBA playoffs. The shooting guard scored 29 points for the Golden State Warriors in the first half of a Western Conference semifinal game against San Antonio...
Tags: Klay Thompson, Entertainment, Oracle Arena, Radio, Sports
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Kobe Bryant is highest-paid athlete in L.A.
Kobe Bryant is Los Angeles' highest-paid athlete, followed by a couple of Dodgers who fans might say haven't earned their money, in a list compiled annually by Sports Illustrated. Bryant was fourth nationally in rankings that combine estimates for...
Tags: Hanley Ramirez, Chris Paul, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball, Pau Gasol
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Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi at Staples Center, Nokia Plaza
Going to a large sporting event usually means you won't have Internet connection until you leave the stadium, but Los Angeles' Staples Center will no longer have that problem. The arena, which is home to the Lakers, Clippers and the Kings, has been...
Tags: Verizon Wireless, Verizon Communications, Social Media, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
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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: Boston Celtics, Andrew Bynum, Shaquille O'Neal, Sex Crimes, Chicago Bulls
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