The NBA All-Star starters rosters for the 2012 NBA All Star Game were released Friday by the National Basketball Association through its website NBA.com. The NBA announced the starting lineups for the NBA All-Star Game 2012 on Thursday, and a familiar face will be starting at guard for the Western Conference. Kobe Bryant of the [...]
Kobe Bryant showed why he’s one of the NBA’s best closers, breaking open a tight game with 15 of the Los Angeles Lakers’ final 17 points. Kobe Bryant finished with 48 points, tops in the league this season, in a 99-83 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night, the Lakers’7th straight win at home [...]
Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, filed for divorce on Friday from the Los Angeles Lakers star, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split from her husband of more than ten years. Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce Friday from Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, signaling the end of a decade-long marriage during which she stood by his side through [...]
Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant has reportedly received a $6.7 million offer to play for Virtus Bologna, a professional team in the Italian League. Kobe Bryant spent part of his childhood in Italy while his father played there, and he speaks Italian fluently. Virtus Bologna general manager Massimo Faraoni tells The Associated Press he’s been [...]
A friendly basketball game between China’s military and a visiting U.S. team descended into a mass brawl in Beijing this week, just as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was in town to try to improve United States-China ties. Punches were thrown, chairs flew through the air, and even the spectators got stuck in as [...]
KOBE BRYANT denies he got into a brawl … at church. “Kobe Bryant is aware of the baseless allegations asserted against him,” said a statement issued by the LA Lakers star’s attorney Mark Campbell, “and is prepared to defend against them fully.” Thomas Hagos, 20, of San Diego claims he was at services in the St. [...]
LeBron James talks to Rachel Nichols about working out with Hakeem Olajuwon during the NBA lockout. As the summer has gone by we’ve been hearing about all the different things that LeBron James has been up to. He’s been all around the country doing charity work and playing in different basketball games, he’s filmed a [...]
As the NBA lockout stretches on, plays on a basketball court involving actual NBA stars are becoming more and more rare. So, even if it’s a somewhat grainy YouTube video shot during an exhibition game being played in the Philippines, it’s good to see some players on the court. Kobe Bryant led an All-Star [...]
The USA Women’s Soccer Team has made it to the final game of the Women’s World Cup for the first time in 12 years. They take on Japan’s team on Sunday. Christine Brennan, USA Today Sports columnist, previews the match-up with Hari Sreenivasan. In the 12 years since the USA women’s soccer team won the [...]
