LOS ANGELES -- The phrase "outdoor basketball in California" brings to mind heat emanating from the blacktop courts of Venice Beach, the jingle-jangle of chain-link nets bunching against a rubber ball and the jibber-jabber of...
The good news from last season: The team returned to the top of the Western Conference, winning 57 games, good for the conference's top seed, and advancing to the NBA Finals. Kobe Bryant won his first MVP award after averaging...
Kobe Bryant scored 17 of his 34 points in an electric fourth-quarter performance, and Pau Gasol added 31 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 12th victory in 13 games, 117-105 over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Vladimir Radmanovic scored 10 of his 21 in the final quarter, giving the Los Angeles Lakers just enough to hold off the Dallas Mavericks, 102-100, Tuesday night....
Brandon Roy had 20 points and 12 assists, leading the Blazers to a 119-111 victory Friday over the Lakers, who had their 10-game winning streak snapped. LaMarcus Aldridge led the Blazers with 22 points as Portland scored a...
DALLAS, March 18, 2008 (AP) -- The Lakers have finally put a timetable on the return of Andrew Bynum : probably the first round of the playoffs. Bynum has been out since Jan. 13, when he dislocated his left kneecap and bruised...
By CHRIS DUNCAN, AP Sports Writer HOUSTON(AP) Even the Houston Rockets acknowledge they've had some good luck during their 21-game winning streak. Pau Gasol will sit out with a sprained left ankle when the Rockets play the Los...
Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum ran on a treadmill Tuesday for the first time since injuring his left knee two months ago. "He's coming along well. He's progressing,'' coach Phil Jackson said before Tuesday night's game...
With all the doom and gloom in America these days, financial crisis, stock market acting like a rollercoaster, negative political ads polluting our favorite tv shows and the general stress associated ...
The Unvarnished Truth About the Drug War From the Drug Truth Network: NOTE: On Tuesday, October 14 from noon to 1 PM (CT) DTN's Dean Becker will host a debate between the DA candidates in Houston. (Democrat and former Houston...