Jackson &#39;wanted Bryant out&#39;
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Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson has admitted he tried to trade Kobe Bryant during his time in charge of the team. Jackson, who took the Lakers to three NBA titles, adding to the six he won with Chicago, reveals
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Excerpts from a published transcript of NBA star Kobe Bryant&#39;s interview with Eagle County sheriff&#39;s investigators Doug Winters and Dan Loya the night after a 19-year-old employee of a Vail-area resort told police he had sexually assaulted her.
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DENVER -- Kobe Bryant&#39;s attorneys asked a judge Monday to make sure the Los Angeles Lakers star doesn&#39;t have to answer questions about other &quot;consensual relationships&quot; as he defends himself against a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape.
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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.
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Prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant rape case will ask a judge on Wednesday to drop the rape charge against the basketball player, a source close to the case said.
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Kobe Bryant implied again that he wants to be traded, writing on his Web site that "the Lakers and me just have two different visions for the future." The statement posted Sunday on kb24.com was the latest in a recent series of sometimes inconsistent comments from Bryant about whether he wants to remain in Los Angeles.
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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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Now that Kobe-Shaq I is over, maybe it's time to look at the possibility of more such meetings down the road. We know Kobe Bryant is sticking around; he basically runs the Lakers. We also know that one of the main reasons that Shaquille O'Neal left Los Angeles was because Lakers owner Jerry Buss wasn't going to give him the ...
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Now he is the Big Victim. For so long, we thought of Shaquille O&#39;Neal as the Big Monster. But it turns out the monster was his former sidekick, Kobe Bryant, according to Phil Jackson&#39;s new book.
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In a June 17 story on Kobe Bryant, The Associated Press reported the Los Angeles Lakers star had posted a new statement on his Web site intimating he wants to be traded. The story should have said the statement was issued last month and then reposted to the site with a June 17 date attached.
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Jim Jackson wanted to play for a title contender, and he thinks the Phoenix Suns fit into that category.
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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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Kobe Bryant is shrugging off criticism of him by former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson.
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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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Lawyers for Michael Jackson have asked a judge to dismiss the child molestation charges against him, claiming that prosecutors were improperly trying to &#39;shock and intimidate&#39; the pop star when they raided his Neverland Valley Ranch two weeks ago.
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Attorneys for NBA star Kobe Bryant have asked the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charge against him with opening statements less than a week away, a court official said Wednesday.
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Is Phil Jackson ready to make a return to the NBA? Jackson, who was pushed out as Los Angeles Lakers coach after last season, is being considered for the full-time coaching position of the Denver Nuggets, The Rocky Mountain News reported.