Lakers Eye Jackson as Coach
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A team official said that Phil Jackson, whom Rudy Tomjanovich replaced last June, was the organization's sole focus in the hunt for a coach for next season.
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Derek Fisher is coming back to Los Angeles and will rejoin Kobe Bryant in the Lakers' backcourt.
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Believing he had been insulted and misled, Kobe Bryant asked the Los Angles Lakers for a trade Wednesday and insisted nothing could change his mind. Then something did. He spoke with coach Phil Jackson and backed off his request.
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For several weeks, the St. Louis Rams' slide was enough to silence even their unofficial spokesman. Virtually every week, reporters crowd Tyoka Jackson's locker. Jackson, a captain and defensive end who's been with the Rams four seasons, is adept at breaking down the game to its essentials and analyzing an opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
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Phil Jackson called his relationship with Kobe Bryant at times a &quot;psychological war&quot; and sought to trade his star guard in January, according to a diary of the former Lakers coach.
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In his new book, former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson blames many of the team&#39;s problems on Kobe Bryant. In &quot;The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul,&quot; set to be
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Intentional or not, Kobe Bryant seems to be doing everything he can to pressure the Los Angeles Lakers into trading him. So far, it doesn't appear to be working. The latest twist in the Bryant saga involves an amateur video of the nine-time All-Star denouncing general manager Mitch Kupchak and teammate Andrew Bynum.
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The Clippers may be enjoying a strong start and keeping pace with the other Staples Center denizens, but no team does drama better than the Lakers. From the Shaquille O'Neal trade last summer to recent accusations from Kobe Bryant that Karl Malone hit on his wife Vanessa, the Lakers always find a way of landing on the ...
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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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Tim Floyd and Southern California want to talk about the former New Orleans Hornets coach taking over the Trojans' basketball program.
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Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson was fined $25,000 by the National Basketball Association on Wednesday for criticising officials.
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Phil Johnson was a candidate for the Nuggets&#39; coaching job in 2002, when it went to Jeff Bzdelik. Now that Bzdelik is gone, maybe the Nuggets are having second thoughts.
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LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - Rick Majerus has reportedly  accepted an offer to be the new head basketball coach at  Southern California.
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The Los Angeles Lakers began  official training for the 2006-07 season on Tuesday without the  full impact of two familiar faces in head coach Phil Jackson  and top player Kobe Bryant.
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The Los Angeles Lakers began official training for the 2006-07 season on Tuesday without the full impact of two familiar faces in head coach Phil Jackson and top player Kobe Bryant.
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The Los Angeles Lakers have become an even more dangerous team with Pau Gasol. Just ask Kobe Bryant.
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Matt Doherty is waiting for his moment. The former North Carolina basketball coach is enjoying work as a broadcaster and spending time with small business ventures, but he admits it's getting harder to ignore the pull of the sidelines. Nearly two years after he went from one of the nation's hottest young coaches to a castoff, Doherty wants to coach ...