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Staples Center, LA Live to offer free Wi-Fi
Starting May 21, Staples Center, Nokia Plaza and the rest of the at LA Live complex will offer free Wi-Fi. “We are incredibly excited to launch our own Wi-Fi network designed and powered by our partners at Verizon and that we are able to provide...
Tags: Staples Center, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Verizon Communications
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Lakers paid $129.5 million in salary, luxury taxes for early exit
The Lakers spent $99.9 million in salary this season for a roster that went 45-37. Additionally, the team will pay $29.6 million in luxury taxes -- a total of $129.5 million to get into the playoffs and suffer a first-round sweep by the San Antonio Spurs....
Tags: Pau Gasol, Devin Ebanks, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Steve Nash
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Metta World Peace does the weather, talks Lakers season
Metta World Peace joined Liz Habib on the KTTV-TV (Channel 11) news broadcast Friday night to talk sports and do the weather with meteorologist Pablo Pereira. "I came to L.A. because of Phil Jackson, Kobe [Bryant] reminded me of [Michael] Jordan,...
Tags: Scottie Pippen, Entertainment, Los Angeles Lakers, Television, WTTW
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Letters: A lot of errors going around
Obviously the owners of the Angels and Dodgers have never heard of team chemistry. Arte Moreno and the Guggenheim Guy thought they could build better teams just by adding more expensive elements. Here's a lesson from Chemistry 101: You won't improve...
Tags: Baseball, Science and Technology, Golf, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers
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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: Steve Nash, Los Angeles Lakers, Mike Brown (basketball), Los Angeles D-Fenders, San Antonio Spurs
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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: Pau Gasol, Basketball, Paul Pierce, NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers
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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: Brian Shaw, Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace, Los Angeles Lakers, Dennis Rodman
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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: Chicago Bulls, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Book, Fiction
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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: Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol, Chicago Bulls, National Basketball Association, Prostate Cancer
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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, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Mike Brown (basketball), Mike D'Antoni
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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: Sacramento Kings, National Basketball Association, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Mike Brown (basketball)
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Lakers season wrap: Coach Mike D'Antoni worthy of blame or credit?
In a year defined by injury, Coach Mike D'Antoni became a lightning rod for criticism, despite leading the Lakers (45-37) team to a 28-12, seventh-place finish. In the closing moments of the Lakers' sweep by the San Antonio Spurs, the familiar chant...
Tags: Pau Gasol, Mitch Kupchak, NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers, Steve Nash
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