Jackson: I wanted Kobe out
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LOS ANGELES Â· The &quot;unavoidable&quot; conflict between coach Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant led Jackson to ask the Los Angeles Lakers to trade Bryant in January and hampered the team&#39;s shot at the 2004 championship, Jackson wrote in a soon-to-be-released diary
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In his new book, Phil Jackson, the former Los Angeles Lakers coach, describes a dysfunctional team hurt by Kobe Bryantâs petulant anger and his pending rape trial, and feuding between Bryant and Shaquille OâNeal, who is now with the Miami Heat.
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Kobe Bryant apologized to Shaquille O&#39;Neal on television Wednesday and would like to do so again in person for telling Eagle County, Colo.
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The Kobe Bryant-Karl Malone feud has turned personal, with Bryant accusing Malone of making a pass at his wife at a game.
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Add Karl Malone to the list of talent leaving the Los Angeles Lakers because of Kobe Bryant.
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It&#39;s a good thing Kobe Bryant gained weight during the offseason, since it&#39;s his job to carry the Los Angeles Lakers. Phil Jackson was told in June he wouldn&#39;t return as coach.
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In the prologue to his just published book, The Last Season, A Team in Search of Its Soul, former Los Angles Lakers coach Phil Jackson tells, very succinctly, why he wrote the tell-all diary of last season&#39;s Lakers demise.
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Kobe Bryant has accused Karl Malone of making a pass at his wife, Vanessa, at a game last month. She told him that Malone made inappropriate comments to her Nov. 23 at Staples Center.
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LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant asked to be traded from the Lakers on Wednesday, a day after calling the team's front office "a mess."
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The Kobe Bryant rape case was dismissed after the prosecution said the woman who had accused Mr. Bryant of sexual assault would no longer cooperate.
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Stephen Jackson was anticipating hearing boos when he took the floor for the Pacers against the Celtics last night at the FleetCenter.
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Lawyers for basketball star Kobe Bryant asked a judge on Monday to order attorneys for a Colorado woman who has sued him for rape not to ask the Los Angeles Laker about his sexual past.
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Description: A Colorado judge dismisses the felony sexual assault case against basketball player Kobe Bryant at the request of prosecutors, who said Bryant&#39;s accuser does not want it to go forward.
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The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge because the NBA star's accuser no longer wanted to participate.
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Kobe Bryant took a moment to ponder the persistent questioning, and the words came tumbling out.
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Beleaguered pop star Michael  Jackson, responding to a recent TV movie about his life and  legal troubles, said in a statement he was tired of being  "vilified" and taunted as "Wacko Jacko" in the public eye.
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Kobe Bryant asked to be traded last spring in part because he wanted to play for a team that could contend for a championship. He just might have gotten his wish by staying put.