Kobe Bryant is back on top of the NBA - in jersey sales. Will Kobe and his best-selling jersey be holding up the trophy in June? Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers jersey was the top seller this season at the NBA Store and its Web site, the league announced Thursday.
Perhaps Andrew Bynum’s picture belongs on the back of a milk carton. The Lakers’ gifted young center is supposedly recovered from a regular-season knee injury and was supposed to play a major role in L.A.’s first-round series against the undersized Utah Jazz.
If the Lakers’ season ends in June with Phil Jackson winning his 10th ring as a head coach and Kobe Bryant his fourth as a player, the Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker of their sport will have to do it without the guidance of basketball’s answer to Yoda on the sidelines.
Not too long ago, all the hoopla surrounding the recent state prep basketball tournaments and NCAA March Madness had me reminiscing about my alma mater, Proviso East High in Maywood, Ill.
First of all, Kobe is the best player in the world period. Lebron is second. Cleveland Fans don’t get your underwear up your butt.
One thing is certain: The Lakers don’t have to work too hard to find a focal point for their efforts to improve as the playoffs continue.
Vitamin Water has jumped into the “which player is better?” debate when it comes to LeBron James and Kobe Bryant .
April 22, 2009) - Before Mario Lopez sat down with Kobe Bryant for a laid-back and fun interview that included Kobe’s Hollywood future, his best Jack Nicholson impersonation, and his plans to hit the court with the President, Kobe put Mario’s b-ball skills to the test.
Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw by a battling Chelsea side in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at the Nou Camp on Tuesday.
Okay, let’ step back for a minute. Let’s think globally, not locally, as so many of the politicos like to say.
The Lakers said Monday that Luke Walton would be sidelined indefinitely after suffering a partially torn ligament in his left ankle in the third quarter of Game 4 of their first-round series against the Utah Jazz on Saturday.
As Saturday wore on, the update the Lakers were given about longtime team consultant Tex Winter, who suffered an apparent stroke this weekend, was that he was resting in a hospital in Manhattan, Kan., and that the next 24 to 72 hours were critical in his recovery.
Derrick Rose , who led his hometown Bulls to the playoffs and restored hope to a franchise in disarray, is the NBA’s rookie of the year.
EL SEGUNDO Shannon Brown surely doesn’t need any more hype right now, but here goes.
Reporting from Salt Lake City — So it was the fight and aggressive attitudes, huh? That’s what the Lakers’ reserves would have you believe.
