LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant had a season-high 44 points and 11 assists while making all 16 of his free throws, and the Lakers survived Golden Stat...
AP | BOB BAUM | Posted 12.29.2009 | Los Angeles
PHOENIX — Amare Stoudemire scored 26 points, Jared Dudley matched his career best with 19 and the Phoenix Suns sent the Los Angeles Lakers to th...
Wayne Besen | Posted 12.28.2009 | Sports
Athletes and coaches should get back to scoring touchdowns or drawing up plays on chalkboards. The whole "catch a ball for God" routine is getting stale.
Huffington Post | Michael Klopman | Posted 12.28.2009 | Sports
With the decade coming to a close, we've looked back at the most dominant sports performances since 2000. Check out our top contenders below, and emai...
ESPN Los Angeles | Posted 12.27.2009 | Los Angeles
This was supposed to be game where we finally could relish in what the Lakers all 7-foot frontline looked like, with Lamar Odom filling in for Ron Art...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.26.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — After the Cleveland Cavaliers made the defending NBA champions look ordinary, the Los Angeles Lakers' fans threw up their foam han...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.26.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — After the Cleveland Cavaliers made the defending NBA champions look ordinary, the Los Angeles Lakers' fans threw up their foam han...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.23.2009 | Los Angeles
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Pau Gasol knows he surprised nobody by agreeing to a three-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers nearly two s...
Laura Trice | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living
The media is filled with details and stories about Tiger Woods, and sprinkled with the folks saying, 'What's the big deal?' It is a good question. Why is it such a big deal? I have a theory...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.23.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 40 points for the sixth time this season, and the NBA-leading Los Angeles Lakers shook off a rough first half b...
Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 12.22.2009 | Denver
So much of America's best and worst happen here in the Centennial State.
Len Berman | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York
Tiger Woods is selected "Athlete of the Decade" by U.S. sports editors. The ballots have yet to be counted for "Husband of the Year."
AP | COLIN FLY | Posted 12.17.2009 | Los Angeles
MILWAUKEE — Kobe Bryant hit a 15-footer as time expired and scored the game's final seven points over the last 1:18 of overtime to lift the Los ...
AP | ANDREW SELIGMAN | Posted 12.16.2009 | Los Angeles
CHICAGO — Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 42 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers won for the 12th time in 13 games, beating the fading Chicago Bulls...
AP | DOUG ALDEN | Posted 12.13.2009 | Los Angeles
SALT LAKE CITY — Deron Williams scored eight straight points to start the fourth quarter and finished with 21 points and 11 assists to help the ...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.12.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 20 points while playing with a small break in his finger, and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up the generous po...
Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 12.11.2009 | Sports
After days of seclusion, he finally emerged "Transgressions" -- with luck -- expeditiously purged
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, Pau Gasol had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled off 19 consecutive points...
AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | Los Angeles
(Text from AP) NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Lakers are the NBA's most valuable team, and 12 franchises lost money in the 2008-09 season, according...
Posted 12.09.2009 | Denver
Colorado has been the scene of some of the country's biggest scandals over the last ten years. From an arch-conservative pastor busted for soliciting...
Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 12.09.2009 | Sports
There has been Eliot Spitzer, Kobe Bryant, Mark Sanford, Alex Rodriguez, David Letterman, the list goes on. Now, it's déjà vu all over again. Another successful man caught with his paws in the honey jar (pun intended).
Scott Schwenk | Posted 12.07.2009 | Los Angeles
I'm not interested in finding a glamorous group of some sort to accept me and white-wash over the places I haven't been willing to do the work around releasing insecurity myself.
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.07.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Ron Artest added 15 points and five steals, and the Los Angeles Lakers raced away from the Phoenix Suns ...
Posted 12.05.2009 | Sports
The Lakers hosted Miami last night and escaped with a stunning win despite trailing late. Down 107-105 with 3.2 seconds remaining, Ron Artest in-bound...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.05.2009 | Sports
LOS ANGELES — Down by two with 3.2 seconds left, Kobe Bryant merely wanted to drive for a tying basket. His foot slipped when he got the ball, a...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.30.2009 | Los Angeles