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Well, congressman, you’ve gotten your 15 minutes of fame. But do you really want to be remembered this way? In an apparent effort to garner attention for his efforts to end House resolutions honoring sports teams , Utah Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz suggested Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was, in some respects, ignorant.

In all honesty, in the last 20-plus years, The Finals have often been a fait accompli.

Kobe Bryant continues to play like a man possessed while trying to exorcise demons.

The white flag of surrender is up. I’ve been stubborn regarding LeBron James , but I’m not going to be stupid.

The Lakers had largely stayed silent on their obvious desire to play the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, despite the excitement built apparently everywhere else.

It happened in the most ironic way possible. Anything that would matter had already been said or done and the Phoenix Suns’ season ended prior the NBA Finals, as it usually does.

One coach thinks he invented basketball, thinks he’s the Alexander Graham Bell of the sport.

Last night after the conclusion of the amazing Suns-Lakers series, which I told you was going to be great, I was ready to write my wrap up of the series.

The Times’ Mark Heisler includes Artest’s game-winner among the list of memorable and unlikely clutch shots.

Red Sox fans even are willing to cough up two-for-one deals to anyone lucky enough to have a home seat to the 2010 NBA Finals.

It will likely die by tip-off against the Celtics, if not sooner. But it was a few Phoenix points away from living in Lakers infamy.

Here comes Kobe Bryant’s chance against the team that beat him two years ago. He’s far from the only Lakers great to fall short against Boston.

Here comes Kobe Bryant’s chance against the team that beat him two years ago. He’s far from the only Lakers great to fall short against Boston.

Paul Pierce knows what it’s all about. The playoffs are where flying elbows are going to loosen teeth, blood is going to be wiped off the court, and noses are going to be re-broken. Pierce understands that being a winner means not shutting it down if it’s not your day, not deferring to your teammates in crunch time because you want the media to …