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With Knicks out, Spike Lee roots for anyone but Celtics
WatchdogI participated in a conference call last week with film director Spike Lee about his new documentary, "Kobe Doin' Work." It veered off into some non-Kobe directions. Such as . . . What team does Spike believe will win it......Tags: New York Knicks, Basketball, Entertainment, Racism, Social Issues
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Dwight Howard can't hold it all together for Lakers
SAN ANTONIO -- Kobe Bryant wasn't tweeting Wednesday night, so perhaps the most compelling electronic observation came from a text sent to press row from a neighbor who probably spoke for a city. "Dwight ain't Shaq." In three words, that was the...
Tags: Jodie Meeks, Shaquille O'Neal, Public Finance, Politics, Dwight Howard
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Heat, Tiger Woods lead bully domination parade
A painful memo to all mortal souls in the planet: 'Tis the year of the all-mighty bully. Tiger Woods is roaring again. The Miami Heat are soaring to another NBA title. And the Los Angeles Lakers appear to have awakened from their sleepy, dysfunctional...
Tags: Basketball, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant, Miami Heat
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In playoff chase Lakers might be able to catch Rockets or Jazz
Metta World Peace took a break to meditate before he conducted a baffling conversation with reporters in which he said he knew nothing about getting a retroactive flagrant foul from the NBA for a play in Denver on Monday and that he had forgotten he...
Tags: Jodie Meeks, Staples Center, Steve Blake, Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz
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Midseason mayhem no longer Heat way
There was a time when midseason mayhem was the Miami Heat's approach to February. No sooner did Pat Riley arrive in 1995, than he turned his roster upside down at his first NBA trading deadline with the team, on Feb. 22, 1996 maneuvering 11...
Tags: Shaquille O'Neal, Mario Chalmers, Luke Ridnour, Dwight Howard, Jamario Moon
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Metta World Peace is better in Detroit than Ron Artest was
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — When Ron Artest first came to town I ignored him, wanting nothing to do with a wacko. "A lot of people do that," Artest says. I thought he was just a thug. "I tell people who call me a thug you're calling the right person a...
Tags: Indiana Pacers, Family, Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons, National Basketball Association
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Dwight Howard is at center of the Lakers' issue
The words, spoken by a glowing superstar at the end of a giddy tournament, formed an outline of hope. Five months later, into this same blueprint a despairing team buries its head. It was Kobe Bryant talking about Dwight Howard. It was the caretaker of...
Tags: Shaquille O'Neal, Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic, Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant
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Feel the passion, Lakers fans, as the moral victories pile up
I came to Staples Center on Friday night pretty darn excited, the Lakers coming off two incredible moral victories and Magic Johnson and Jim Buss full of good cheer. Happy days are here again. Or, as Buss put it in a radio interview, "How can you not...
Tags: Mike Brown (basketball), Dwight Howard, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder
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Pau Gasol shows his versatility in Laker win over Portland
After he swished the three-point shot that gave the Lakers a 20-point lead over the Portland Trail Blazers late in the second quarter of what would become a 104-87 thrashing, Pau Gasol pumped his fist and floated to the bench on the sound of roars from...
Tags: New York Knicks, Staples Center, Frosting and Icing, Mike Brown (basketball), Dwight Howard
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Lakers' great expectations become two tales of one city
That didn't take long. On Oct. 30, one of the presumably most powerful teams in NBA history opened its season by marching on to a Staples Center floor ringed in blinding belief. On Sunday, one of the potentially most disappointing teams in NBA history...
Tags: Mitch Kupchak, Basketball, Staples Center, Mike Brown (basketball), Dwight Howard
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What was biggest local story of 2012: Dwightmare, UCF, Bobby Bowden or Gators?
Running off at the typewriter. … Since this is the final "Running Off" of the year, let's review the biggest and best, whiniest and worst of 2012. Biggest sports story of local interest: (1) Dwightmare and resulting collateral damage in Magic...
Tags: Dwight Howard, Labor Day, Jacque Vaughn, Indianapolis Colts, Conference USA
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Lakers' All-Stars left seeing stars after Dallas knocks them dizzy
There were so many people standing and taking photos with their phones, I couldn't see the Lakers warming up. There were so many people cheering the procession of All-Stars hopping and dancing on to the floor, I couldn't hear the Lakers introductions....
Tags: Basketball, Darren Collison, Staples Center, Mike Brown (basketball), Dwight Howard
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