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Lakers resting while awaiting Spurs or Hornets
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Derek Fisher says the road to the NBA title goes through San Antonio since the Spurs are the defending league champions. The veteran Lakers guard also pays homage to New Orleans as an up-and-coming club that must be taken seriously. Fisher is well-schooled in diplomacy. Full story »
Celtics happy to be back home for Game 7 clash with Cavaliers
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The Boston Celtics can drive by the statue of Red Auerbach on their way to work today, pick up some lunch at Faneuil Hall and then warm up under the 16 NBA championship banners their predecessors helped hang from the rafters. Full story »
Hornets expect West to return
Sunday, May 18, 2008
A hard shot to David West's ailing back finished him for the fourth quarter of the Hornets' blowout loss at San Antonio in Game 6. Game 7 on Monday night is another matter entirely. Full story »
Lakers make inroads
Saturday, May 17, 2008
It hit 100 in Oxnard on Friday.
And we're not talking about the temperature at Oxnard High's Killingsworth Field, where it was warm with a light breeze. Full story »
And we're not talking about the temperature at Oxnard High's Killingsworth Field, where it was warm with a light breeze. Full story »
Cavaliers send series back to Boston
Saturday, May 17, 2008
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers packed for a weekend stay in Beantown — not a few weeks on Cape Cod. Full story »
Cavaliers lose Gibson to injury
Friday, May 16, 2008
Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson will miss Game 6 of Cleveland's playoff against the Boston Celtics after separating his left shoulder during the second half Wednesday night. Full story »
Frontcourt play has been big key to series
Friday, May 16, 2008
Through five games of this Lakers-Utah Jazz Western Conference semifinals, the frontcourt has become the dangerous intersection where the arms flail, bodies knock, legs tangle, tempers often flare, whistles sometimes blare, passes get lost and one team gets the basket. Or the call. Or both. Full story »
Spurs force Hornets into hosting Game 7
Friday, May 16, 2008
The San Antonio Spurs' Big Three came through. Now they have to win one on the road to keep their title defense alive. Full story »
Kobe becoming a pain to the Jazz
Friday, May 16, 2008
The farmer had to appreciate hard work getting done despite an aching back. Full story »
Barkley owes casino $400,000 gambling debt
Friday, May 16, 2008
Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal charges. Full story »
Carlisle plans to open up offense
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Rick Carlisle is ready to let Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks run. And run. Full story »
Lakers back in control
Thursday, May 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Just when it appeared the Los Angeles Lakers needed Kobe Bryant the most, he provided the least. Full story »
Pistons return to East finals
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The Detroit Pistons made just enough shots and stops to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for a sixth straight year. Full story »
NCAA president to investigate Mayo
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Saying the NCAA has "new information," president Myles Brand promised to investigate former USC basketball star O.J. Mayo, who allegedly received thousands of dollars in gifts from money given to an event promoter by a sports agency. Full story »
Kobe says he'll play, but how well?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Despite continuing discomfort from back spasms, Kobe Bryant said Tuesday there was no scenario in which he would not play tonight in Game 5 of the Lakers' second-round playoff series with Utah. Full story »
