Bryant on shelf for at least five games
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The NBA's second-leading scorer has played in every game for the Los Angeles Lakers this season despite having soreness in his left foot. He won't play in at least their next five, however. Kobe Bryant suffered a severely sprained right ankle Thursday night and the Lakers said yesterday they won't know exactly how long he'll be out for another 72 ...
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The Los Angeles Lakers launch their  NBA campaign by hosting the Houston Rockets on Tuesday with All  Star guard Kobe Bryant expected to start despite struggling  with a pre-season wrist injury.
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Pacers Coach Rick Carlisle said yesterday that O&#39;Neal probably would miss the remaining five games to rest a strained ligament in his left foot.
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LOS ANGELES -- Andrew Bynum, a big factor in the Los Angeles Lakers' strong start, will be out at least eight weeks because of an injured left knee.
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant  has been suspended one game for striking Minnesota Timberwolves  guard Marko Jaric in the face, the NBA announced on Wednesday.
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Playing in Colorado for the first time since sexual assault charges against him were dropped, Kobe Bryant was expected to have a big night. The Denver Nuggets never gave him much of a chance.
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&quot;This is my team to lead,&quot; Bryant said Monday, a day before the Lakers open training camp in San Diego. &quot;Shaq was the focal point of the team.
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Players to watch | In last 2 games, Vikings&#39; Randy Moss has 8 catches for 206 yards, 2 TDs. Packers&#39; Javon Walker has 81 catches, 10 TDs for season.
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&quot;In the five games Robinson has been absent, Rice has bagged 21 receptions for 332 yards and three touchdowns, including an incredible one-handed TD catch against the Jets last Sunday.
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Kobe Bryant wasn't about to look ahead. Not with a groin injury and a showdown with LeBron James approaching.
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Disgruntled Los Angeles Lakers  guard Kobe Bryant said on Wednesday he wanted to be traded from  the NBA team before dramatically changing his mind a few hours  later.
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The headline-grabbing rivalry between Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant is likely to dominate the opening weeks of the NBA season that begins on Tuesday.
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Wearing a black brace on his injured right hand, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant sat out the Western Conference's light practice on Saturday but still expects to start in Sunday's NBA All-Star game.
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Kobe Bryant has a severely sprained right ankle, but the Los Angeles Lakers said Friday that they would not know until Monday exactly how long he will be out.
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Disgruntled Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant said on Wednesday he wanted to be traded from the NBA team before dramatically changing his mind a few hours later.
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NEW ORLEANS -- The high-ankle sprain that Deuce McAllister suffered in the New Orleans Saints&#39; victory over the 49ers on Sunday is expected to keep him out of action for five to six weeks.
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He has torn apart his team, his life and the world that revolves around him. Now that the latest bullet has whizzed past Kobe Bryant&#39;s head, you have to wonder if he can see the smoldering ruins of what he&#39;s left behind.