Kobe Bryant News

The Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night was one of only a handful of games this season Lakers fans could really savor and feel good about.

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has made it clear over the years he didn’t like the comparisons people made of him and Michael Jordan .

Kobe Bryant is expected to sign an extension and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers core players are signed into the future.

Pity the victim of his own imagination. Kobe Bryant fans are fiercely loyal. They’re also mildly paranoid.

The Times’ Mike Bresnahan explains how the “Lakers turned a near-flawless second half into a 92-83 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, extending their two-week run after getting commendable efforts from too many players to avoid a run-on sentence.” — The Orange County Register’s Kevin Ding says the Lakers are beginning to look like they’re in …

Therea s rarely been a month that has gone by this season in which Lakers guard Kobe Bryant hasna t moved up on the NBA’s all-time scoring list .

The Wolves will try to end their 11-game losing streak on Friday night facing a Lakers team that they have faced only once this season.

It should come as no surprise the image America holds of itself is very different from the way it is perceived around the globe.

San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Houston, New Orleans, and Atlanta represent the final road gauntlet the Los Angeles Lakers must conquer, and how the team performs on this trip will likely have postseason implications.

Take it for what it’s worth. It could appear that Lakers forward Ron Artest is just plain aloof.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes sat courtside at the Lakers game Friday night where Tom was also snapped hugging Chris Brown and greeting Kobe Bryant.

The greatest player of his era can opt out of his contract at the end of the 2009-10 NBA season.

There has been a lot of speculation about who the Knicks will bring in after the 2010 season is over, Kobe Bryant being the latest.

HighTops, take it away … The Kings had fought to keep their one-time 20-pt lead from disappearing.

Phil Jackson - he of the generally stoic reaction to questions - was genuinely relieved when he talked about it.