Kobe Beefed Up. Bryant moments after winning it all.

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) Kobe Bryant captured the fifth championship ring of his illustrious career on Thursday night as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics 83-79.

With tears streaming from his eyes, Lakers teammate Pau Gasol announced to teammates his family, visiting from Spain, prepared a sumptuous Spanish buffet for the entire team. (more…)

When Irish Eyes Are Smilin'. This smile means you're through.

BOSTON (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) The Boston Celtics are just one win away from capturing their eighteenth NBA championship. The series will shift back to Los Angeles for Game 6, placing the Lakers in a must win situation. But many Lakers have stopped focusing on winning anything after what happened yesterday after their 92-86 loss. (more…)

Why the long face? This will be as happy as you’ll see Kobe Bryant after his operation.

Tricky Procedure Could Leave Him Dull

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) — At the request of teammates and handlers, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has opted to undergo a controversial and potentially career-threatening operation which will remove his arrogance. (more…)

Shooting Tattoo. Kobe Bryant sporting his tat in full view.

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) The 2009-2010 NBA season got underway last night as the Lakers hosted their crosstown red-headed step-sister, the Clippers. The 99-92 Lakers win was expected, but what happened late in the third quarter was not. (more…)

Phil Jackson trades the sideline for the shoreline as he sports new look for upcoming 2009-2010 season.

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) Phil Jackson is getting set to join the legions of working men and women across the country who get up every morning, slip into their bathrobe and slippers, throw some cold water on their face, brew a pot of coffee and take the brief commute to their home office. Citing health concerns, Jackson plans to let assistant coach Kurt Rambis man the sidelines for road games , while Jackson oversees the action from either his home office or via a wi-fi connection at his neighborhood StarBucks. (more…)

Half-Caff Frappuccino Please. That's all this Lakers "fan" cares about.

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) Initial reports of Wednesday’s victory parade celebrating the Los Angeles Lakers’ 15th NBA Championship may have left out one important detail – no one saw it. 

The trendy, detached Lakers faithful were too busy Twittering, texting and chatting away on their cell phones on the parade route. 

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Whether the Lakers can squeak out of Round Three or not, Kobe faces an uphill battle in Round Two with wife Vanessa.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) — After Game 1 at the Staples Center, a triumphant Kobe Bryant left the floor and headed under the stands to the locker room where Vanessa Bryant and the couple’s two children waited, providing viewers at home with a warm Hallmark moment. It was a scene the Bryants have enacted a number of times before, and while scripted down to Vanessa’s bionic smile, it’s been a demonstrable pr asset, seeming to humanize the aloof, self-absorbed, hard-to-like superstar. 

But things took a horrible turn when a fuming Kobe stormed off the court after a gut-wrenching 106-103 loss to the Cavaliers. (more…)

In the Center Ming. Yao VS. Rodan. It may not last long.

HOUSTON (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) With his team now officially out of the playoffs, injured Yao Ming has agreed to help his home country’s longtime rival nation, Japan, in their ongoing battle with supersonic monster, Rodan.

Chinese Interior Minister, Larry Yu feels this step might be one to begin some serious, positive dialogue with the Japanese. 

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