Monday, February 6th, 2012
Los Angeles Lakers star guard Kobe Bryant opened Monday night's contest against the Philadelphia 76ers 23 points behind Shaquille O'Neal for fifth place on the NBA's career scoring list. It only took him one half to pass his former teammate.
Bryant nailed a long jumper to give him 24 points on ...
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
Over the past week rumors circulated that Kobe Bryant was irate that the Los Angeles Lakers had traded long-time teammate Lamar Odom and that he was going to demand a trade from the team. Those reports were apparently completely unfounded.
In an extensive interview published today, the 33-year-old Bryant had the ...
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
The NBA lockout has hit everyone hard, but while players make millions and can manage during a rough patch, the everyday staff members for organizations don't have it so easy.
The Los Angeles Lakers let go a large portion of their basketball operations staff prior to the lockout as a cost-saving ...
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
After firing Jennifer Gillom as head coach today, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA have hired Joe "Jellybean" Bryant to take her place. Joe Bryant is better known as "Kobe's Dad" in most sports circles.
Bryant was an assistant coach with the Sparks before being named the head coach back ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
WARNING: The following post contains offensive language. But that's what the internet was made for, so deal with it.
In the past month, two NBA players — Kobe Bryant and Joakim Noah — have both been heavily fined by David Stern and universally chided for using the term "fucking faggot" after ...
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
After the Los Angeles Lakers dropped Game 1 of their first round series to the New Orleans Hornets, all the talk centered around Chris Paul, Pau Gasol and the Lakers deficiencies on defense. After Wednesday night's game, everyone should be talking about Andrew Bynum.
The Lakers center had a man-sized performance ...
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
The Los Angeles Lakers made it eight wins in a row Tuesday night as they ripped the Atlanta Hawks 101-87 to remain unbeaten since the All-Star break. But more notably, star guard Kobe Bryant passed Moses Malone for sixth on the NBA's career scoring list.
Bryant entered the game needing just ...
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
I don't know why and I certainly don't know how this could possibly be true, but the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers suffered their worst loss of the season Monday...to Charlotte. The Lakers got blasted 109-89 by the Bobcats, who are now just 24-31. Of all the freaking ...
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Friday, November 12th, 2010
Thursday night against the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in NBA history to reach the 26,000 point mark. The clinching basket was a jump shot early in the third quarter in Denver and, in typical Bryant fashion, he just jogged back on defense ...
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Just over four months ago, the Los Angeles Lakers closed out the Boston Celtics in Game Seven of the NBA Finals. On Tuesday night they got their rings and dropped their hard-earned banner in front of a raucous home crowd.
After reveling in their achievements the Lakers were then snapped back ...
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