... sports franchise team is the greatest in the history of sports? Of course, I'll say the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Lakers... OK, I may be a little biased as far as that is concerned being a lifelong fan of both, and then again, maybe ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Kobe Bryant said he plans to stay with the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers even if he opts out of his contract this summer. Phil Jackson said his health will dictate whether he returns as coach. Bryant ...

... LSU before turning pro. O'Neal wore No. 32 when he was in Orlando, Miami and Phoenix. When he was with the Los Angeles Lakers, O'Neal wore 34 because Nos. 32 and 33 were retired for Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. O'Neal ...

... assistant Bob Donewald, Jr. He also played alongside Devin Green, who spent part of the 2005-06 season with the Los Angeles Lakers. Beverley averaged 16.7 points, 7 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 46 games. The 20-year-old said working in ...

... Advertisement - Pat Riley and the Miami Heat believe him. The Heat swung a late-draft-night trade Thursday with the Los Angeles Lakers, getting the 6-foot-1 point guard whom Miami's braintrust ranked as the 20th-best talent in the entire draft ...

... s NBA draft was another reminder of what might have been. Former Razorback Patrick Beverley was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 42nd pick, then traded to the Miami Heat. Beverley played for two seasons at Arkansas before being suspended ...

... his sights. - Advertisement - After a humbling loss to the Boston Celtics in last year's finals, Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers will be seeking atonement and a 15th championship when they face the resurrected Orlando Magic in Game 1 on Thursday ...

... coach (mostly stemming from my disdain for his 1980s Los Angeles Lakers)? Nope. This time the subject was my refusal to ... temporary Orlando Magic fan until they defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, a page designer and host of the ...

... Bryant has changed his look. Gone is the teeth-baring, nose-flaring, eyes-on-the-prize scowl that the Los Angeles Lakers star showed again and again in Game 1 of the NBA finals. The intensity diminished after Game 2, his expression ...

... to the here-they-come-again Orlando Magic, who shot a finals record 63 percent in a 108-104 win over the Los Angeles Lakers and snapped an 0-for-6 franchise mark in the finals. With the Lakers eyeing a chance to open a 3-0 series ...