How many more years will Kobe play in the NBA?  That is the million dollar question these days as while Kobe continues to dominate the league, it is obvious that he is no longer the clear top dog in the league and his age (and knees) appear to be showing a glimpse of catching up to him.  It wasn’t long …

Every year the Lakers go on a seven to eight game road trip that has them living out of a suitcase for the better part of two weeks.  While most would expect such a long road trip to bring an aging team back down to earth, the Lakers have had a penchant of late to use the trip as a …

The battle for internet readership is what dictates most of the content you read online today.  Writers, bloggers and forum junkies alike, post as much controversy as they can dream up in hopes that their writing will start a debate that brings the eyeballs to their post (which is how most bloggers and online sports columnists validate their meaningless existence).  …

With the type of numbers that Kevin Durant and Lebron James were putting up this season, it is not hard to understand why the world seemed to so quickly forget about just how darn good Kobe Bryant is.

The former star closer, who was turned into one of the league’s top setup man after a deadline trade to the Dodgers late in the 2009 season (Jonathan Broxton has the closer role locked up for the Dodgers), struggled all spring and that has carried into the season thus far.  Sherrill, who posted an unreal 0.65 ERA in 30 games …