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Team USA defeated Spain 107-100 on Sunday in London, claiming the Olympic Gold medal. It wasn't easy. Pau Gasol and Spain gave the United States all they could handle. However, Kevin Durant...

Team USA pulled away in the second half, dismantling Argentina 109-83. The win sets up an anticipated Gold medal rematch this Sunday against Spain. Kevin Durant was electric for the United States, going...

LeBron James dropped a triple-double for Team USA helping the United States drop Australia out of the 2012 London Olympic Games with a dominating 119-86 victory. New Orleans Hornets rookie Anthony Davis saw...

Drew Brees will earn $40 million between now and the end of next year's Super Bowl. Even that would be topped by last year's highest-earning American athlete. Let's look at the top 50.

This is video of Cleveland Cavaliers' point guard Kyrie Irving challenging Los Angeles Lakers' guard Kobe Bryant to a game of 1-on1 after a Team USA basketball training session.

When the Los Angeles Lakers season ended after getting pummeled by the Thunder in the playoffs, many NBA pundits thought the Lakers title window had slammed shut. Reports of either Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum being traded have littered the headlines. Then the Lakers landed Steve Nash, and suddenly...

Despite 42 points from Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers' season ended Monday night in Oklahoma City. The hometeam Thunder got 70 points from their big three of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden, garnering a raucous ovation from the OKC fans after their 106-90 series sealing victory. Durant finished...

The Oklahoma City Thunder seemed "dead in the water" in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals versus the Los Angeles Lakers. Facing a 7 point deficit with less than 2:00 in regulation, the Lakers turned the ball over and the Thunder ended the game with a 9-0 run to steal the win from L.A. 77-75. Thunder forward Kevin Durant said...

During the NBA All Star game in February, Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat shattered Kobe Bryant’s nose with a hard foul. As a result, the Los Angeles Lakers’ star was forced to wear a clear plastic protective mask over his face for the next 11 games. Thankfully done with the protective device, Bryant decided to auction it off to raise money for Los Angeles area homeless charities. But “Black Mamba”

With loud chants of "Beat L.A.!" pouring out from the soldout crowd at the New Orleans Arena, the Hornets couldn't hold on to their 4th quarter lead. In the end, the Lakers slipped out of New Orleans with a 93-91 win. Key players were out for both teams, including...

At 105 years old, Allene Wynn is most likely the Los Angeles Lakers’ oldest fan. And to celebrate that recent eye-popping birthday, she met Kobe Bryant and the rest of the team.

For the second straight game, the New Orleans Hornets had only 8 healthy players in uniform. It was almost enough Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles, but the Lakers managed to sqeak by the scrappy Hornets 88-85. Kobe Bryant shot a paltry 3-21 from the field, missing his first 15 shots. Jason Smith and Jarrett Jack both had double-doubles in defeat.

The Los Angeles Lakers slipped by the New Orleans Hornets in overtime Wednesday night by the score of 107-101. Hornets point guard Jarrett Jack scored 30 points in a losing effort. Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 33.

Kevin Durant and the Western Conference All-Stars held off a furious rally from their Eastern Conference counterparts to hold on and win the NBA All-Star game 152-149. Durant scored 36 points to lead his team and earn MVP honors.

Things got a little testy between Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul and Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol on Wednesday night

Who Is The Most Disliked Player In The NBA? The answer may surprise you. A survey conducted by Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research that appeared on Forbes.com gave us the answer. And the answer is....

The Los Angeles Clippers, not the Los Angeles Lakers now have former New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul on their roster, and at least one Lakers player thinks it's a conspiracy. Kobe Bryant says he believes the NBA owners lobbied for the proposed trade with the Lakers to be vetoed by the league because they can't stand the idea of the Lakers getting better...

When the New Orleans Hornets traded Chris Paul to the L.A. Clippers Wednesday night, the trade instantly leaped to the top of the sports headlines. While everyone dissects the trade, let's take a look back at the 10 trades that changed NBA history.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant lost teammate Lamar Odom to the Dallas Mavericks yesterday in a trade and he's not too happy about it. "I don’t think Mark Cuban is protesting this trade," explained a frustrated Bryant.

The Shaquille O’Neal-Kobe Bryant rift in Los Angeles is well documented, but now The Big Diesel explains how heated it really got between the two men in a new book ‘Shaq Uncut: My Story.’