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The Sky Sports News Top Story Is That Goat (Or Horse) Dwight Howard Made His Lakers Debut Last Night
American viewers looking for a taste of Limeyland can tune in on occasion to Fox Soccer, when the network simulcasts its UK Sky Sports News channel for a few hours every day. It's great if you need a break from the screaming heads on ESPN, though occasionally a few odd things crop up—as happened to...

Kobe's Motivational Speech To Alex Rodriguez: "You're Alex Rodriguez."
Alex Rodriguez isn't having fun sitting on the bench as the Yankees fight to reach the World Series (Well, maybe he's having some fun). A couple days ago, good friend Kobe Bryant, who was not happy to find out A-Rod was riding the pine, attempted to give a persuasive pep talk to the Yankees player....

Sportswriters Team Up To Remind Robert Horry Of The Time His Shorts Fell Down
What's happening here? No one pictured was quite sure, at first. Marcel Mutoni tweeted this out on Tuesday, and the sportswriters in the first row had no clue what the deal was, so, like the reporters they are, they chimed into get Robert Horry's comment. Howard Beck (now on the Brooklyn Nets beat f...

Kobe Bryant Is Not Happy About Alex Rodriguez Being Yanked From Last Night's Game
So we all know the story by now. An embattled Alex Rodriguez gets pinch-hit for by a 40-year-old Raul Ibanez in the bottom of the ninth in a 2-1 game. Ibanez homers to tie the game, A-Rod does his part by looking joyous, and then Ibanez hits another homer in the 12th inning, giving the Yankees a 3-...

Bristolmetrics: The WNBA Gets More Air Time Than The NHL
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....

Phil Jackson Doesn't Think He Can Physically Handle Coaching Again
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: But a GM job? Now that's a different story....


Metta World Peace Wants The Lakers To Go 73-9 This Year
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Goals are important....

Dwyane Wade Says The Lakers Getting A Bunch Of Stars Is Good For The NBA
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Superteam bro-love forever....

After Whining About It, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Will Get A Statue At The Staples Center
Last year, the Lakers unveiled a life-sized bronze statue of Jerry West outside the Staples Center, joining other L.A. sports luminaries Magic Johnson, Chick Hearn, Wayne Gretzky, and Oscar De La Hoya. But one Lakers legend was nonplussed. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar asked the Sporting News, as politely as ...

Can We Talk About The <em>Real</em> Vanessa Bryant Quote That Makes Her Sound Like An Awful Person?
There's a New York Magazine article out on the perks and challenges of being a basketball wife, and it's required reading as long as you can get through sentences like these without killing yourself:...

Dwight Howard Is Totally Willing To Do Whatever's Best For His Team. His New Team, Anyway.
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The new Dwight is all about sacrifice....

Dwight Howard On The Lakers Is Just What The NBA Bargained For
Dwight Howard is going the be a Laker, and aside from turning the Lakers into serious title contenders, not to mention the kind of superteam that David Stern's moronic lockout was supposed to prevent from ever forming, Howard's arrival in L.A. brings the league to a philosophical crossroads....

Metta World Peace Is Now Friends With The Fan Who Threw A Drink At Him In Detroit
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: World Peace has come to terms with what happened that day....
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Los Angeles Fans Give Steve Nash A Beer While Cruising Down The Freeway [UPDATE]
Is this more viral marketing from lower-echelon beer makers, or did Steve Nash just really reach his hand out of moving car to grab a beer from another moving car while videotaping the whole thing? Whatever the motives, its pretty cool to see Nash on the receiving end of a sweet assist. [reddit]...

Steve Nash Is Headed To The Los Angeles Lakers
Looks like point guard Steve Nash isn't going to the Raptors or the Knicks. He's going to the Los Angeles Lakers, who've agreed to a sign-and-trade with the Phoenix Suns, in exchange for multiple future picks. John Gambadoro of 620 KTAR in Phoenix was the first to report the news, followed by ESPN's...

Metta World Peace Says The Lakers Are The NBA's Best Team And Don't Need To Make Any Changes
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: World Peace is unlikely to become a GM one day....

Phil Jackson Thinks Andrew Bynum Ruined The Lakers' Mojo
Phil Jackson's legend was built on, in debatable proportions, his coaching and his career decisions. The man might be the best motivator in all the world, but he also knew enough to take over teams with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant in their primes. To avoid diluting that legacy, Jackson adds anoth...

Metta World Peace Does The Weather
Somewhere, in a parallel universe, the Lakers won the Western Conference last night in a final hurrah for an aging team. Here in this universe, the Lakers are out, the Thunder are moving on, and Metta World Peace is a weatherman in Vancouver....

TNT's Slow Zoom On Mitch Kupchak's Face In The Final Minutes Of The Lakers' Season Was Sadistic
Only true Lakers believers (or the truly blind) couldn't see the Lakers' season was nearing an end long before the horn sounded on last night's 106-90 series-seizing Thunder victory. Yet it seems the moment of truth for Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak came at a time that TNT producers jumped upon for max...