Kobe Bryant Article: Focus on Team USA Not Me

Here is a link to a Washington Post Article about Kobe. It talks about Kobe’s mention that he wants the focus this summer to be on Team USA, not him. The article points out how without Kobe last year Team USA finished third in Japan last year.
The article is a nice precursor to tonights game, [...]

Jim Hill Gives Insights on Kobe Bryants Current Situation

Local Los Angeles sportscaster and frequent am570 guest Jim Hill was on the Loose Cannons radio show today. He was in Las Vegas during the Team USA camp this past weekend and got a quick conversation with Kobe Bryant.
He gave some key insights on his discussion with Kobe Bryant and his current situation with the [...]

TJ Simers Explains His Attack On Kobe Bryant

TJ Simers was on his Roggins & Simers Squared radio show in Los Angeles this morning reacting to the feedback to the article he had in the LA Times where he was attacking Kobe Bryant and pressuring him like the paparazzi to answer the same old questions.
Here is the podcast, you can forward to the [...]

TJ Simers makes Kobe Bryant Simmer

Sports commentator T.J. Simers had an interesting quick interview with Kobe Bryant on Wednesday that appeared in the LA Times today. Kobe was at practice in Las Vegas for Team USA, where he was affectionately referred to as the ‘Kobster’ in his LA Times article. It seemed more like the paparazzi hounding Paris Hilton [...]

Happy Birthday Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson born August 14, 1959 in Lansing Michigan, turns 48 years old today.
Ervin ‘Magic’ Johnson was drafted by the Lakers 1st overall in the 1979 NBA draft.
The 12-time MVP participated in 5 Lakers NBA championship runs (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988), where he was NBA Finals MVP 3 times.
In his spectacular basketball career [...]

Kobe Bryant on Jimmy Kimmel Show Wedesday.

Kobe will be on the Jimmy Kimmel show tonight. It will be his first appearance on the show.
I am sure Jimmy Kimmel will poke some fun at the recent Kobe drama that has been going on the last couple of months. I would love to see him blatantly ask him what the situation is [...]

Lakers 2007-2008 Schedule

The Lakers 2007-2008 regular season schedule was released today along with the rest of the NBA teams.
Well now the guys don’t have to be out of town on Christmas, they play the Phoenix Suns on Jesus’s bday.
We have about 7 road games a month up until February where we have a 15 day 9 games [...]

Lakers Press Release about Kobe’s Trade Request

EL SEGUNDO – In response to inquiries regarding Kobe Bryant’s comments in the media today requesting a trade, Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss has issued the following statement:
“We are aware of the media reports. However, Kobe has not told us directly that he wants to be traded. We have made it very clear that we [...]