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...panelists peppered the discussion with anecdotes about sitting next to La Toya Jackson at the Michael Jackson trial and experiencing the circus of mass media that descended on Eagle, Colo. during the Kobe Bryant scandal...
...back! My favorite league, with my all-time favorite athlete (Kobe Bryant), is here for another installment of faaaaaan-tastic action—or at least, that’s what their slogan used to say.Overwhelmingly negative tales of the fall of the NBA due to its awful relationship with its fans have been the real story coming into this season. From the Washington Post columnist Michael Wilbon saying, “unarguably, the NBA is in need of a rebound,” to Chuck Klosterman for ESPN the Magazine declaring, “the NBA is always...
...While A-Rod and Kobe soil their sports, Brady and Manning have dominated football's spotlight for all the right reasons. Their Sunday tilt is being billed Super Bowl XLII and a half, and for once it doesn't feel like hype. No two undefeated teams have met this late in the season (the Pats are 8-0, Colts 7-0), and the game will likely determine which team gets the crucial home-field advantage in the AFC playoffs (where the two could very likely meet again in the AFC Championship Game). The field is a veritable video game...
...more titles by now if he could just share the spotlight - and the ball. But back in 2004, he pushed Shaquille O'Neal out of Tinseltown and got a max money contract, $136.4 million over seven years. And now that the Lakers haven't won squat since then, Kobe (surprise, surprise) wants to be traded...
...That's provided, of course, it's to a team that has a legitimate shot at winning it all. Kobe can dictate those terms because he happens to be the only player in the entire league with a comprehensive no-trade clause. Kobe has made his intentions clear by sulking through the pre-season, and ripping apart Mitch Kupchak, the Laker general manager, and teammate Andrew Bynum, to a couple of college-aged kids in a parking lot (they caught the rant on video). During the NBA's opening week, there was Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on ESPN saying...