Kobe Bryant's season-long quest at reinventing himself just took another twist. Following Lakers' practice Wednesday, Bryant threw a baseball in the air behind his back, caught it on his fingertip and spun it like a basketball.
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With the news that Fisher is returning again, it seems that his longtime teammate Kobe Bryant isn't entirely thrilled with the prospect of Fisher playing for anybody else, especially one of the Lakers' biggest rivals in the Western ...
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Kobe Bryant has missed the playoffs just once during his career. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images). By Ben Golliver. Tuesday marks 50 days until the end of the NBA regular season, 50 days for the Lakers to deliver on Kobe ...
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Kobe Bryant is confident that the NBA will rescind his league-leading 14th technical foul, which he picked up in Monday's loss at Denver. Even if that happens, though, Bryant can't afford too many more Ts. Players are ...
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Kobe Bryant had one of his best games of the season in a huge 103-99 win against the Mavericks yesterday. He scored 38 points while shooting 62% (13 for 21), grabbed 12 rebounds, and handed out 7 assists. He went full ...
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Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 38 points and became the youngest player in NBA history to surpass the 31,000-point mark as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Dallas Mavericks 103-99. Five-time NBA champion Bryant, who ...
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Kobe Bryant put the exclamation point on a key Lakers win over the Mavericks on Sunday by firing off a Twitter message aimed at Dallas owner Mark Cuban. After scoring a game-high 38 points (on 13-for-21 shooting) and ...
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Kobe Bean Bryant is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant played high school basketball career at Lower ...
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Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports The NBA world is still reeling from losing it's greatest owner, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss,
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The Lakers and All-Star guard Kobe Bryant honored longtime owner Jerry Buss before taking the court for their first game following his death. Prior to Wednesday night's game against the Celtics at the Staples Center, the ...
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Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak told ESPN Radio that Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant are part of the club's short-term future, a window that extends through the end of next season. He reiterated Howard wouldn't be dealt at the ...
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Kobe Bryant, left, and Dwight Howard pose at 2013 All-Star weekend. (Jennifer Pottheiser/Getty Images). By Ben Golliver. Dwight Howard barely made a peep in the All-Star Game, scoring nine points and grabbing seven ...
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A disgruntled Kobe demanded an offseason trade in May of 2007. By the fall, Lakers owner Jerry Buss called Bryant into his office and told him he had a trade in place with Detroit, and Kobe could chose to leave if he wanted ...
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Asked after the 2013 All-Star game if he believes Dwight Howard will be traded by the Los Angeles Lakers before Thursday, Kobe Bryant said "It doesn't matter."
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Back in 2007, that is. The Pistons put an offer on the table to acquire the All-World guard, dangling Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, Amir Johnson and a first-round pick. The Lakers agreed to the deal, but Bryant blocked it with ...
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JerryBussKobe As mentioned earlier on Monday, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss passed away at the age of 80. Kobe Bryant passed by the Mason and Ireland Show (Make sure to click through to hear the entire ...
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2013 All-Star sneakers: LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and more · 2013 All-Star Weekend, Adidas, Ben Golliver, Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Jordan Brand, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, ...
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Kobe Bryant played in his 15th All-Star game. The leading scorer in All-Star game history finished with nine points, four rebounds, eight assists, and two blocks (we know where he got those blocks, right?). It was quite an ...
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Feb 17, 2013; Houston, TX, USA; Eastern Conference forward LeBron James (6) of the Miami Heat drives against Western Conference guard Kobe Bryant (24) of.
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Kobe Bryant has spent over half a season loafing on defense, saving his energy to score for a Lakers team that needs him to score too much. So, naturally, he's the one that ends up making the big play to potentially put the ...
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Kobe Bryant We all know the rocky season the Lakers have had this season. We're in the all-star break and the team is 25-29, good for 10th in the Western Conference. They haven't played well all season and most of the ...
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As we all know, Kobe Bryant is playing his 15th All-Star game in Houston on Sunday. Here are some pictures of him from this weekend in Houston thus far. Kobe seems to be really having a great time and is soaking it all in ...
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Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports Last year, Los Angeles Lakers fans and players got really excited when they thought they had pulled off a.
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A long and awkward silence permeated the Lakers' locker room. Dwight Howard remained seated at his stall, alternating between reading his iPad and thumbing through his phone. Kobe Bryant stayed in the trainer's room ...
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Kobe Bryant remained in a dour mood and the reasons went beyond more important matters than the Lakers' 125-101 loss Thursday to the Clippers. He sounded understandably concerned about Lakers owner Jerry Buss, ...
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Here's all the evidence you need that Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard aren't on the same page. The two Lakers' stars can't even agree if their time in Houston for All-Star weekend could improve their on and off-court ...
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Kobe Bryant was not in a good mood following the Lakers' ugly loss to the Clippers on Thursday, and he expressed his displeasure at some teammates "laughing and joking around" after the game.
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By Ben Golliver. The Greatest Of All Time has weighed in on the most-discussed NBA debate in recent years, choosing to side with the bling. In an upcoming NBA TV interview, Michael Jordan said he would take Kobe Bryant...
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Chinese basketball fans will be pleased to hear that Kobe Bryant is on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. Kobe Bryant has already gained 160000 followers overnight and counting, even though Bryant has not begun to ...
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There are a lot of different ways you can breakdown the differences between Michael Jordan and LeBron James, Jordan and Kobe Bryant, and LeBron and Kobe. But for Jordan, it is all about the rings. In an interview with ...
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Imaginary Numbers: Kobe Bryant. February 11, 2013 in by Maddison Bond with 0 Comments. Ed. Note: Imaginary Numbers is a recurring series from the artistic NBA Combine of Maddison Bond's mind. You may have seen his work elsewhere ...
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Kobe Bryant couldn't hide his impressed face. Share on Facebook. Tweet this post ... That was so close to a visible "whoa," but Kobe's the Black Mamba, and he doesn't say whoa. He gets close, though. It's hard not to, ...
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Last night, Kobe Bryant surprised everyone with his shooting performance and he scored just four points and 1-8 from the field. The Lakers did manage to beat the Phoenix Suns at Staples Center and Bryant's nine assists ...
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The two who feuded for all these years suddenly have a fond heart for each other. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal talked. They smiled. They laughed. The scene before the Lakers' 91-85 win Tuesday over the Phoenix ...
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Kobe Bryant suddenly went from forcing too many shots to forcing too many passes. He passed up wide open looks. Bryant threw passes to teammates not expecting the ball. He finished in what became his lowest-scoring ...
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Brown offered a meek right-to-left, switch-the-ball-in-midair dunk and then completed a normal alley-oop (no bells and whistles) from Kobe Bryant. This was layup-line fare. Wallace, apparently awakened from a nap, did a ...
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Kobe Bryant hasn't had a Twitter account for very long, but he's quickly becoming one of the most interesting follows in the NBA. Yesterday, that trend continued when Bryant called out one Twitter user for using "gay" as a ...
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NBA star Kobe Bryant was fined $100000 and widely slammed online after directing a gay slur at a referee in 2011. On Sunday evening, however, Bryant used Twitter to publicly di...
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Kobe Bryant and LeBron James will play for the 18th time Sunday afternoon, with LeBron having a decided advantage in the matchup between the league's two most famous players.
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The NBA's two most recognizable faces are pitted against each other Sunday afternoon, but the Heat will likely run over a Lakers team that has had a really rough season, despite winning four of five games.
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Dwight Howard, Sr. defended his son in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, saying that Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was wrong to pressure Dwight Jr. to play with a shoulder injury and criticizing coach Mike ...
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After the Celtics' 116-95 beatdown it was a different scene. The Lakers had been humiliated, and Howard had been forced to play through the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach and Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash ...
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In an exhaustive interview with Jackie MacMullan on ESPN Boston, Kobe Bryant dishes on nearly everything Boston. From his appreciation of Rondo's play to.
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Yesterday's installment of Dan Le Batard's ESPN podcast featured a segment in which Le Batard is joined by Wizards guard Jordan Crawford. The ensuing conversation isn't anything special, save for this anecdote about ...
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He talked about Rob Gronkowski's dancing videos, Rajon Rondo's competitiveness, and his 1996 pre-Draft workout with the Celtics. But the most interesting part came when Kobe talked about the how LeBron James subverts ...
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Washington Wizards guard Jordan Crawford joined Dan Le Batard's ESPN podcast on Thursday and revealed a surprising and lesser known aspect of Kobe Bryant's game. Apparently, he hisses like a snake on the basketball ...
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Kobe Bryant says that his recent comments about Dwight Howard were misconstrued and that he was not calling the center out for not playing with a shoulder injury.
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With Dwight Howard, Metta World Peace, and Pau Gasol all out injured, Kobe Bryant took the game into his own hands down the stretch in Brooklyn last night. The game was tied 80-80 with 2:45 left when Kobe drew Gerald ...
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The longest recorded lifespan of a black mamba was in captivity, 14 years, or one year less than Kobe Bryant's record consecutive All-Star Games streak of 15 years. In the wild, a black mamba lives only an average of 11 ...
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Dwight Howard had some harsh words for Kobe Bryant Thursday, Steve Nash had some passive aggressive words of his own, and the Lakers season just keeps getting better.
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With the first matchup of the season looming against the Lakers tonight, ESPNBoston's Jackie MacMullan was able to catch with Kobe Bryant yesterday, as the.
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Kobe Bryant feels pain of Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics - ESPN Boston. "If there's one Celtic that tries to talk smack to me, it will be Paul," Kobe reported. "We're similar in age, have been through some of the same things, so he ...
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I guess Kobe Bryant is feeling nostalgic as he's in the twilight of his career. Today he tweeted a picture we posted on this site a year ago (See more pics here). It's from his pre-draft workout back in 1996 with the Boston Celtics.
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In the Old Testament, Moses accomplished several incredible feats between his first trip down the Nile in an ark of bulrushes and his final trip down Mount Sinai with those ten commandments. But, as far as biblical scholars ...
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Kobe Bryant said it was time for the N.B.A.'s stars to take a stronger role as players deliberate the fate of Billy Hunter, the union's embattled executive director.
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Normally Kobe Bryant devotes his sports fanhood based on his hometown roots (Philadelphia Eagles), city of residence (Dodgers) or admiration for the players' craft (Peyton Manning). But there's another reason why Bryant ...
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Kobe Bryant In an extensive interview with T.J. Simers of the L.A. Times, Kobe Bryant had a lot of things to say. He talked about his relationship with Dwight Howard, head coach Mike D'Antoni and some of the issues the ...
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Kobe don't play that Kobe Bryant Responds To People Criticizing His Wife NBA baller Kobe Bryant is finally fed up with hearing people talk that talk about his long-time wife Vanessa.
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Celebrated hip hop producer Pete Rock was an honorary member of the "First Take" crew on ESPN recently, discussing Kobe Bryant's role in the Lakers recent winning streak. Stephen A. Smith also commented on Rock's ...
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