March 10, 2010 – 10:01 am updated 2:41 a.m. ET March 10, 2010 LOS ANGELES – Kobe Bryant never gets tired of being the Lakers’ closer. And though he savored the chance to stop Los Angeles’ longest losing streak in nearly three years with yet another flawless game-winning shot, Bryant is hoping he won’t have to bail out the Lakers quite so frequently in the final weeks before they defend their title.
By MARK MURPHY Like it or not, the Celtics are going to live with last weekend’s loss to the New Jersey Nets until they convince the rest of the league they are back in elite form, which may be never. Just as golfer Tiger Woods has provided late-night talk show hosts with a wealth of material, the Celtics’ loss to one of the worst teams in league history shot right to the top of the NBA talk circuit last week
The Big Three represent either the Celtics’ present or past, depending on how optimistic you want to be. ‘+unescape(”)+’ Enlarge photo ‘ Rajon Rondo and Kendrick Perkins , on the other hand, are the future.
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February 2, 2010 – 7:14 pm Wizards’ Arenas seeks to repair tarnished image (AFP) – 3 hours ago WASHINGTON — National Basketball Association star Gilbert Arenas is just the latest in a long list of American pro athletes who feel they are above the law or public scrutiny. In a move to try and repair his tarnished image, the suspended Washington Wizards player wrote an article for The Washington Post in which he issued and apology and said he failed in his responsibility as a professional athlete to set a good example for young NBA fans
December 21, 2009 – 4:59 pm ESPN myESPN Chat with Pau Gasol Print SportsNation O’Neill and the Trojans have won three straight. Welcome to SportsNation! On Monday, we’re going to help launch ESPNLosAngeles.com with style befitting the City of Angels when Los Angeles Laker Pau Gasol stops by to chat. After being traded to the Lakers during the 2007-08 season, Gasol has quickly established himself as a key player in Los Angeles
December 19, 2009 – 1:22 am The former basketball star forwarded support to the golfer and hoped he would be able to move on with his life. “You say you’re sorry, you apologize and you go forward. There’s nothing more,” the New York Daily News quoted him as telling Jim O’Donnell of the Chicago Sun-Times
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November 4, 2009 – 8:46 am First Cup: Wednesday November 4, 2009 8:52 AM Jim Souhan of the Star Tribune: “Before the Timberwolves traded Kevin Garnett to the Celtics for Al Jefferson and fodder, Wolves fans were tired of losing in the first round of the playoffs, Danny Ainge was considered a general manager flop on par with Kevin McHale, and Celtics coach Doc Rivers was thought of as a lost ball in tall weeds among national NBA observers. Today, Wolves fans would probably settle for a three-year plan that brings the Wolves back to the first round of the playoffs, Ainge is the shrewd guy who fleeced former Wolves GM and his former Celtic teammate McHale and Rivers is a deft master of defensive basketball and manager of multiple egos. The Garnett trade, even if we can agree that the Wolves had backed themselves into a position where they had to trade him, elevated the Celtics, devastated the Wolves and changed the reputations of just about everyone involved, as well as the NBA landscape.” Michael Lee of The Washington Post: “The Washington Wizards had a number of places where they wanted to affix the blame after a disappointing loss in Cleveland
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