Word: kobe
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...think the NBA would applaud modestly dressed role models such as SHAQUILLE O'NEAL and KOBE BRYANT. But no. The two Los Angeles Lakers stars were among at least nine players fined $5,000 apiece by the NBA for wearing shorts too long. Seems the rule is that basketball shorts must stop at least an inch above the knee. It was enforced before, in 1997, when officials thought shorts were overly baggy-saggy a la hip-hop fashion, violating "the integrity of the uniform," in the words of the NBA's Tim Frank. Shaq says he refuses to wear "John...
...Suzuki, a seven-time batting champion with the Orix Blue Wave team of Kobe, signed a three-year contract with Seattle for slightly more than $14 million. He had a relatively quiet spring training, batting a decent but unspectacular .308. Some quickly proclaimed him an expensive disappointment...
...Shinrikyo cult entered the Tokyo subway and pierced plastic packs of liquefied sarin gas with their umbrella tips, leaving 12 people dead and thousands injured. Only two months before, more than 5,000 people were killed by an earthquake that shook the western port city of Kobe. "Some strange malaise, some bitter aftertaste lingers on," writes novelist Haruki Murakami in his account of the times, Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche. "We crane our necks and look around us, as if to ask: where did all that come from...
...Mike Bibby, G, Kings: Was fourth in the league in assists for an awful Grizzlies team; could lead the league this year. 2. Mitch Richmond, G, Lakers: Still a big-time scorer, and a perfect fit as the third scoring option when Kobe and Shaq need a break. 3. Patrick Ewing, C, Magic: Could the big guy finally get a championship ring...
...three-peat. Deciding that he wants to pursue a blossoming rap and movie career, Finals MVP Shaquille O’Neal retires from the NBA. Phil Jackson—realizing that he has been one lucky dude to have had either Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen or Shaq and Kobe on all of his professional teams—retires in order to preserve his streak of nine championships in 12 years of coaching. Kobe continues to watch more Jordan highlights from back in the day to be more “like Mike...