Archive for May 12th, 2008
The NCAA Neither Holds (Nor Holds Off) On The Mayo
By SportsHubLA | College Basketball, USCThe next shoe potentially drops for USC and OJ Mayo (more for the former, really) as the NCAA will officially launch an investigation into allegations of cash, gifts and other general no-no’s received as an amateur. We’ll see what dirt, if any, gets revealed with this digging expedition.
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Ain’t nothing good about this news, except for the fact that it’s retroactive to the 6th of May. Thus, Furcal could be eligible for action on the 21st, should his balky back be better by then.
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Kobe Bryant Named To The First Team All-Defensive Team
By SportsHubLA | Los Angeles LakersCapping off an MVP and first team All-NBA season, Kobe racked another honor today, getting named for the eighth time in his career to the All-Defensive squad. His sixth time as a first teamer joins him with Bruce Bowen, Marcus Camby, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett. Derek Fisher also got a little love with one first […]
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USC Will Not Move On From The Coliseum In Order To Fight On
By Andrew Kamenetzky | College Football, USC, The Mind of AKReggie-Gate and Mayo-Gate has led to unpleasant and tenuous recent days for Trojan alums like myself, but at least the image of football games taking place anywhere but the Coliseum (or worse, alternating with UCLA at the Rose Bowl) is no longer reason to grimace. The University of Southern California and the […]
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Thoughts at the Midway Mark: The Lakers, the Jazz, Kobe Bryant, and Three Games to Go
By David Neiman | NBA Playoffs, The Score, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, ColumnIt’s been a pretty good Western Conference semifinals thus far, though — and I know Utah fans will disagree — it seems like the Lakers are really losing games more than the Jazz are winning them. Give Utah credit, they’ve tied things up, but I have yet to feel like the Jazz can actually win […]
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The MVP (Most Vain Player) Sinks the Lakers in OT
By Ted M. Green | NBA, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles LakersKobe, you’re so vain, I bet you think this song is about you.
Well it is.
If you don’t count the cartoonish Vic the Brick, as those of you who read columns on this website know quite well, there are few greater admirers of Number 24 than yours truly. But here it is, Mr. MVP, straight […]
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Y E S T E R D A Y…
Jazz 123, Lakers 115: The Lakers could not find the offensive balance that carried them to a first place finish in the regular season. Pau Gasol dropped 23-points, and Lamar odom had a monster 26, but this time it was Kobe who couldn’t back up his […]
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