Shaq-Kobe proves ratings bonanza
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NBA Shaq vs. Kobe drew the highest rating in six years for a regular-season NBA game. The overnight rating for the Miami Heat's 104-102 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on ABC Christmas Day was 8.0. That was the highest since February 1998, when Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls against the Lakers on NBC. The game featured Shaquille ...
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA game that pitted former teammates Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant against each other.
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LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant won the scoring battle, but Shaquille O&#39;Neal won the game - even if he was sitting on the bench. The Miami Heat came into Los Angeles and beat the Lakers, 104-102 in overtime.
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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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Before their bigger-than-life Christmas Day battle at the Staples Center, former teammates Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant finally agreed on something.
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MIAMI Â· Monday night&#39;s 92-82 victory over the Atlanta Hawks provided Heat fans at AmericanAirlines Arena their first opportunity to offer thanks for the arrival Shaquille O&#39;Neal.
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Sunday's Ravens-Patriots game, which was seen in 75 percent of the country, highlighted CBS's late-afternoon NFL coverage (other games in that window were Jets-Cardinals, Dolphins-49ers, and Bills-Seahawks). Nationally, those games generated a 15.4 overnight rating (27 share) in the 56 metered markets. It was the best rating for a CBS window in 2004 and a 14 percent increase over the ...
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It's difficult to discern whether ABC and its corporate brother ESPN want Kobe and Shaq to kiss at midcourt or rumble in the lane when they play on Saturday.
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Kobe Bryant thinks Chris Bosh is an MVP candidate. Bosh had 29 points and 11 rebounds, Bryant missed a potential tying 3-pointer in the final seconds, and the Raptors won their season-high fifth straight, 96-92, over the Los Angeles Lakers last night in Toronto.
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Lamar Odom poured in 21 points and  Kobe Bryant chipped in with 19 to power the Los Angeles Lakers  to a 99-93 win over the New Jersey Nets on Sunday.
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The brick wall came down Saturday, but the Miami Heat still defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in Shaq vs. Kobe I. With Shaquille O&#39;Neal on the bench after fouling out late in the
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Kobe Bryant knew there were going to be games like this. No longer surrounded by fellow future Hall of Famers Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Gary Payton, Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers couldn't rally. Tim Duncan had a double-double, and San Antonio won 105-96 Friday night in the teams' first meeting since the Lakers eliminated the Spurs from the Western Conference semifinals last season.
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Los Angeles - In a city known worldwide for its television shows and movies, a soap opera-like reality show Saturday at the Staples Center definitely lived up to all the hype.
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The Shaq-Kobe split is a good example of why no-fault divorces caught on so quickly. They were never going to stay together, no matter how good the winning was.
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The Shaq-Kobe split is a good example of why no-fault divorces caught on so quickly.
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Helped by a pair of Game 7s on Monday night, TNT&#039;s ratings for its second-round playoff games rose 22 percent over last year.
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Kobe Bryant delivered a Christmas treat but Shaquille O&#39;Neal collected the win over his former team mates as the Miami Heat notched a 104-102 overtime victory over the Lakers in Los Angeles Saturday.