The team announced the move in a two-paragraph press release. MORE: Bulls reportedly still a player for Anthony Knicks president Phil Jackson brought in Odom, a key part of Jackson’s championship run as Lakers coach, just before the end of the regular season last April. The deal included a non-guaranteed second year worth about $1.3 million. The New York Post’s Marc Berman reported that Odom had not been working out at the team’s facility....
Bryant, who averages 26.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists thus far, attempted 142 shots, missed 86 and made 56 over six games. That’s astronomical. MORE: Kobe does karate leap | Bryant last player from ‘96 draft | Stars then and now Because of his aggressive approach, Bryant needs only 13 missed shots in order to take the record. That’s the exact number of shots Bryant missed in the Lakers’ last game on Sunday against the Charlotte Hornets, when he was 7-of-20 from the field in Los Angeles’ first win of the season....
In classic Bryant fashion, it came on a turnaround on the baseline as the Lakers battled the Grizzlies in Memphis. Bryant had already set the combined record for field-goal misses between playoffs and regular season last year, but this gave him the solitary regular-season record. The Lakers announcers tried to play it off, saying it was merely because Bryant had been in the league a long time and had the ball in his hands a lot....
It comes as no surprise that Kobe Bryant won't play for Team USA at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. He will, however, spectate and watch Lakers teammate Pau Gasol "win another silver," he told reporters Monday. Bryant, 35, recently signed a contract extension that will keep him in purple and gold through the 2015-16 season. His basketball future in the NBA, let alone the Olympics, is questionable beyond that. The veteran guard's role on the 2012 London squad was reduced from that of 2008 in Beijing, where he scored 20 points in Team USA's 118-107 win over Spain in the gold metal game....
Shaq’s son, Shareef O’Neal, is a 6-9 prospect set to graduate from high school in 2018. And in an attempt to hone his guard skills, Shareef will train with Bryant this summer. MORE: Best NBA teams that failed to win a title “I’m going to start training with Kobe soon, probably during the summer,” Sharif told TMZ, adding Bryant started a conversation about the possibility during the All-Star break in Toronto....
MORE: What does Kobe’s future hold? | Photos of Kobe’s final season That one just might make it onto the family fridge. Maybe Kobe is auditioning to shoot photos for the Players’ Tribune. Kevin Durant was a credentialed photographer for the site during the Super Bowl. Kobe’s going to have a lot of time on his hands, and he’ll need something to do.
Everton were soundly beaten by a side returning to European competition for the first time in 26 years as the home team’s dominant first half set up a comfortable 3-0 victory. Everton 17/2 to beat United The Toffees conceded all three goals in a ragged first 45 minutes and never threatened a comeback, instead limping to a third straight defeat in all competitions. Koeman, who presided over an expensive influx of new faces over the close-season, shouldered the responsibility for the performance despite suggesting his team needed to display more fight....
Kolarov missed City’s high-scoring triumphs against Monaco in the Champions League and Huddersfield Town in an FA Cup replay due to a hamstring complaint. Europe’s Team of the Season so far Centre-back Kompany, who was initially expected to play a part in the fifth-round tie against the Championship side, remained on the sidelines after an unspecified leg injury proved to be the latest frustrating setback of a nightmare couple of years on the fitness front....
KPL CEO Jack Oguda has revealed to Goal that the league’s top scorer will be required to appear before the committee after being adversely mentioned in the report presented to the body by the match referee. “We have summoned Waruru to appear before the disciplinary committee. Gor Mahia accuse Waruru for chaos in Kisumu match “This is because the referee has mentioned him in the report that we received today (Tuesday)....
However, she may want to rethink that costume choice — Halloween will be the day Cutler returns to the Bears to take on the Vikings. MORE: Week 8 NFL Power Rankings “I’m going to be a black cat, just ‘cause it’s easy, (daughter) Saylor’s going to be a white cat, (oldest son) Camden’s going to be a pilot, like one in ‘Top Gun,’ and (youngest son) Jaxon’s a fire truck,” Cavallari told the Chicago Tribune....
Usmanov owns 30 per cent of Arsenal’s shares, but is not part of the board or involved in decision-making at Emirates Stadium. Real Madrid and co. will be coming for Kane The Uzbek-born Russian was reportedly willing to pay £1 billion to acquire Kroenke’s 67 per cent stake in the Premier League club, but the latter’s company KSE UK has now seemingly ended Usmanov hopes of a takeover. “KSE UK, Inc notes the recent media speculation concerning its shareholding in Arsenal Holdings PLC and confirms that its shares are not, and never have been, for sale,” an official statement reads....
Yes, the Tigers were trounced by the Wildcats, 91-61. Sure, Kentucky was bigger and taller (and stronger at times) but uhh… MORE: Kentucky’s season in photos | Bruce Pearl’s real talk | Does the No. 1 overall seed matter? Good try. Good effort.
Busch, the 2004 Sprint Cup champion, has never competed in an IndyCar race but went through rookie orientation last year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Andretti Autosport, which will field the car for him in the 2014 Indianapolis 500. MORE: Bob Pockrass’ Monday Teardown | Phoenix winners & losers Driving for Stewart-Haas Racing in Sprint Cup, Busch will have two major days were he will have to juggle the two series competing in Indianapolis and Concord, N....
Le Parisiens 4/1 to win CL Hosts PSG were already two goals up when former Monaco man Kurzawa took centre stage with the first hat-trick of his professional career on Tuesday. The 25-year-old’s first goal came when he hooked into an empty net after Neymar’s free-kick had bounced back off the post in the 52nd minute and then turned home Dani Alves’ cross at the back post for his second with 18 minutes remaining....
At the XVIII Winter Games in Nagano, Kwan was still a child, at 17 very much a product of her strong-willed coach, very much just another sweet kid in sequins who could skate circles around all but one of the other figure skaters (she scored silver to Tara Lipinski’s gold). That’s not the Kwan who’ll compete in Salt Lake City next week. When they announce her name, look for a 21-year-old L....
The 24-year-old has been in top form for both club and country, having been a peripheral figure for both sides in years past. Impressively, the former Almeria enforcer, who missed Ghana’s last match against Egypt due to suspension, has netted five goals in his last four outings for the Black Stars. “Every coach would love him in a team,” Appiah told KweseESPN. “He is perfect in the defensive role and his confidence level is really high....
Both did just that — Chase Elliott by virtue of maintaining a points position inside the top 16, and Chris Buescher by staying in the top 30 in the driver standings. MORE: Ryan Newman blasts Tony Stewart | Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants back in They’ll be the first rookies contending for the title since Denny Hamlin, who won Saturday at Richmond, did so in 2006. Twelve drivers entered Saturday night’s race knowing they were locked into the Chase....
Busch finished second in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth finished fourth on the 1.5-mile oval, the type of track the organization has struggled on throughout the season. MORE: Keselowski wins | Earnhardt salvages top 5 | Danica’s videobomb In recent races at intermediate tracks, Busch had finished 41st at Michigan, ninth at Charlotte and 15th at Kansas. So just running second and leading 31 laps before Brad Keselowski passed him with 20 laps remaining was a good day for Busch....
Having led 161 of the 300 laps, Busch lost the lead on a restart to Ryan Blaney with seven laps remaining and couldn’t catch him as Blaney captured the checkered flag in the Food City 300. MORE: Food City 300 results | Blaney’s victory | Irwin Tools Night Race preview “My rear tires weren’t on the racetrack and I couldn’t accelerate forward,” Busch said in a blunt assessment of the restart....
