TV, not tidings, should be good as Shaq meets Kobe in return to LA
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&quot;It&#39;s going to be very emotional for me, I&#39;m going to have to fight back tears, it&#39;s going to be tough,&quot; Bryant said with a hint of sarcasm.
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Shaq vs. Kobe drew the highest rating in six years for a regular-season NBA game. The overnight rating for the Miami Heat&#39;s 104-102 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on ABC on Christmas Day was 8.0.
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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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There&#39;s going to be a ring ceremony in an NBA city tonight, and by now you probably know it&#39;s not going to be in Los Angeles.
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NEW YORK  - After a standout run in last year's NCAA men's basketball tournament, CBS looks for a repeat this month with its March Madness on Demand package.
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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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The much-heralded Christmas Day matchup between Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers and Shaquille O'Neal's Miami Heat was the highest-rated regular season basketball game on television in nearly seven years, broadcaster ABC said on Monday.
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Heat center Shaquille O'Neal's much hyped matchup with former Laker teammate Kobe Bryant on Christmas gets the highest rating in six years for a regular season game.
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Any San Antonio Spurs-Los Angeles Lakers matchup usually has been a playoff preview between two teams favored to win the NBA championship.
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Nothing stirs the professional basketball soul like Shaq and Kobe playing against each other with playoff implications on the line.
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No LeBron James, no problem for Cleveland. Life without Kobe Bryant wasn't so easy for the Lakers.
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Perhaps if National Basketball Association players ask nicely, the guys from Argentina wearing gold medals will come to the United States and give them a few pointers on how to play the game.
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Los Angeles superstar Kobe Bryant posted a not so subtle suggestion on his website Sunday that a change of scenery might be the best thing for both he and the Lakers.
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You better watch out. The Christmas Day collision between Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant has sent visions dancing in the fans&#39; heads of the former sending the latter into the third row of
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Directly to the south is the Staples Center, the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, a recent superpower. A couple of miles north on the interstate is the Rose Bowl, where college football powers collide every New Year&#39;s Day.
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(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers go for their third straight victory and seventh in nine games this evening, when they battle the listless Chicago Bulls at the United Center.
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After a solid performance on an injured leg in his Heat debut, Shaquille OâNeal will get to play in front of the home crowd when Miami hosts LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at AmericanAirlines Arena.