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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?

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

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

Global Politics
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Kobe! Kobe! Lakers Beat the Magic for the NBA Title

Sports

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic to take their 15th NBA championship title. The Takeaway Sports Blogger Ibrahim Abdul-Matin says Kobe has escaped Shaq’s shadow and predicts whether the Magic will be contenders again next year.

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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

Sports

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.

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