Posted on 29 November 2011.
MANILA, Philippines – Los Angeles Lakers’ All-Star power forward Pau Gasol has canceled his trip to the Philippines. Gasol was scheduled to visit the country on December 1 to do mission work with the Starkey Hearing Foundation , which seeks to bring “understanding among people through hearing care,” according to the foundation’s website. The Spanish player was supposed to do charity work and distribute hearing aids.
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Posted on 28 November 2011.
We don’t yet know the full details of the agreement between the NBA owners and players, but we do know the tentative plan is to start the season on Christmas Day, presumably with the previously scheduled contest at Staples Center between the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls as one of the games, a great showcase between Kobe Bryant and reigning league MVP Derrick Rose. The NBA on Sunday night released a basic outline of the proposed 66-game schedule, which is understandably a little more compacted than normal. For instance, the original Lakers schedule had 56 games scheduled from Christmas Day through the end of the season on April 18, a span of 116 days
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Posted on 17 November 2011.
SAGINAW – Former Saginaw High Trojan and Detroit Piston Darvin Ham joined the Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff this season. NBA.com reporter Mike Trudell interviewed Ham, going back to his upbringing in Saginaw. Ham talks about his earliest exposure to basketball, playing in the parks around Saginaw with his brother DeRonnie Turner
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Posted on 17 November 2011.
Heidi Watney is leaving Red Sox Nation for Hollywood. Multiple media sources reported Wednesday that the popular in-game reporter for NESN is returning to her native California. The University of San Diego graduate will become a sideline reporter for the Los Angeles Lakers for Time Warner
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Posted on 15 November 2011.
Los Angeles Lakers center Pau Gasol is thinking about playing overseas if the NBA season is canceled due to the ongoing labor dispute, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gasol, initially had dismissed any talk of playing overseas, but reportedly told Spanish media today that he and his brother Marc would play for FC Barcelona if there was no NBA season. ‘If they cancel the season we would like to play here,” Gasol said, according to Slam.
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