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    El sur de Florida, con todo su glamour y eclecticismo, recibió un duro golpe esta semana cuando los dueños de equipos de la NFL hicieron pedazos el sueño de Miami de convertirse nuevamente en sede de un Super Bowl. En una votación que resultó en...

    OK, we survived 12-12-12 without an apocalypse and, with all due respect to the Mayans, we likely will get past Dec. 21, as well.     So let's instead move on to the catastrophe some are forecasting for the Miami Heat for 2014-15, when the most...

The Lakers seemingly hit rock bottom with a four-game losing streak but pulled out with two consecutive  wins on the road to finish Week 7.  With help on the way (Pau Gasol and Steve Nash), are the Lakers through the worst of it? Despite the record,...

NEW YORK -- Dwight Howard has a message for anybody criticizing him. Settle down. The Lakers center wanted to remind everybody he was still not 100%. "I wasn't even supposed to be playing until January and I'm playing now. What do you expect?" he...

On Thursday, the NBA released the first set of ballot results for the 2013 All-Star Game. Fourteen-time All-Star Kobe Bryant led the Western Conference in votes with 639,419 votes, second overall to just the Miami Heat's LeBron James with 641,348....

The Lakers (9-13) visit the New York Knicks (16-5) on Thursday night, hoping to shake a three-game losing streak as they face the first-place team in the Eastern Conference. New York has been a revelation this season, despite playing without Amare...

Kobe Bryant recently spoke with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith about the Lakers and his team's struggles this season. "Our transition defense has been our Achilles' heel. It was our Achilles' heel last year and it's certainly been that way this year," Bryant...

  In the second part of Kobe Bryant's conversation with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, the Lakers guard talks about frustration at the team's recent misfortune. "When you get to a stretch where you kind of have that cloud hanging over your head, you...

The Lakers are in a form of free-fall, losing their third straight game Tuesday night to the Cleveland Cavaliers.  As they wait for Pau Gasol (knees) and Steve Nash (leg), is there anything to be done to staunch the bleeding? According to the Twitter...

    In the third part of Kobe Bryant's conversation with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, the Lakers guard talks about winning championships and supporting Pau Gasol. "I'm probably the fastest guy or one of the fastest guys on the team, and I'm 50,"  Bryant...

An updated look at NBA free agents. Who has signed, who is still available, who has become available: Best of who is left: Kenyon Martin, Josh Howard, Derek Fisher, Chris Andersen, Mickael Pietrus, Mehmet Okur (retired), Maurice Evans, Ryan Gomes,...

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