Kobe Bryant

Is Kobe Bryant’s ‘Dear Basketball’ a Reimagining of Shakespeare’s Final Soliloquy?

Arts, Culture & Media

Kobe and Prospero, from “The Tempest,” say goodbye to their powers in remarkably similar terms. Coincidence?

Jason Collins makes waves as first active, male major sport athlete to come out as gay

Global Politics

London Olympics may be last hurrah for U.S. basketball Dream Team

Arts, Culture & Media

NBA Star Kobe Bryant Opens an Account on Weibo

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US basketball team preps for world championship

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Takeouts: Obama roasts Washington at White House correspondents dinner, NBA playoffs, listeners respond

Global Politics

WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: Despite sliding approval numbers, a deeply divided Congress and a full plate of national catastrophes, President Obama displayed his lighter side when he roasted Washington, D.C.’s political and journalistic elite at the Washington Correspondent’s Dinner. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich tells us who got hit the hardest by the president’s jibes. SPORTS TAKEOUT: […]

The World

Takeouts: online docs, Kobe, listeners on loans

Sports

Finance Takeout: New York Times business and finance reporter Louise Story tells us about a new program from the United Health Group that lets patients “visit” doctors online for about $45 a pop. Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin previews the Monday Night Football matchup between the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. The Giants need […]

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L.A. Lakers avoid elimination at home, head to Boston for Game 6

Sports

?There can only be one,? reads the tagline of the NBA’s 2008 playoff marketing campaign, splitting the faces of top players to emphasize that no one gets a participation award. Yet, the Los Angeles Lakers Game 5, 103-98 victory over the Boston Celtics, featured a different kind of split ? the split personality of Kobe Bryant.”
-Maggie Haskins

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U.S. vs. China in Olympic basketball

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The U.S. men’s basketball opener vs. China on Sunday will be one of the most-watched Olympic events, and the players on both teams are under pressure to do well during the Games, as The World’s Matthew Bell reports.