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'World Peace' Suspended for Brutal Elbow

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:18:22 CDT

Lakers forward Metta World Peace is making a mockery of his own name . He was suspended for seven games by the NBA today for a vicious elbow on Oklahoma City's James Harden, meaning the Los Angeles starter likely will miss six playoff games. World Peace was ejected from Sunday's game...

Jeremy Lin Jersey Nets $42K for Charity

Matt Cantor — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:15:00 CST

The jersey Jeremy Lin wore while scoring 38 points against Kobe Bryan's Los Angeles Lakers has been auctioned off online—for $42,388, USA Today reports. The money from the Knicks jersey, worn Feb. 10, will go to the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a charity linked to Madison Square Garden....

Introducing 'Metta World Peace'

John Johnson — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:36:05 CDT

If the world felt a little calmer and gentler this morning, it must be because World Peace has officially arrived. A judge yesterday approved the bid of Los Angeles Lakers player Ron Artest to change his name to Metta World Peace, notes AP . It's been in the works awhile, but...

Lakers' Ron Artest: Call Me 'Metta World Peace'

Kate Schwartz — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:32:05 CDT

Ron Artest may soon be Ron Artest no more. The Lakers forward wants to legally change his name to Metta World Peace, according to papers filed in LA County Superior Court yesterday. Why? Who knows. The attorney who filed the paperwork didn't say, though the Los Angeles Times notes that...

Shaq Announces Retirement

Kevin Spak — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:56:04 CDT

Shaquille O’Neal is ending his Hall of Fame NBA career—not that he’s told the Celtics. The Big Diesel/Shamrock announced his retirement in a brief video posted online today. “We did it. Nineteen years, baby,” he said. “I want to thank you very much, that’s why I’m telling you first,...

NBA Fines Kobe Bryant $100K for Gay Slur

John Johnson — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:51:27 CDT

Kobe Bryant not only unleashed a gay slur against an NBA ref last night, he did so in view of TNT's cameras. After outrage mounted today, the league fined him $100,000 and called his actions "offensive and inexcusable." Bryant got ticked off at referee Bennie Adams when he got...

Bristol-Myers Allegations: Push Our Drugs, Meet the Lakers!

John Johnson — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:13:05 CDT

It's a good day for bribery allegations: In California, Bristol-Meyers Squibb is accused of bribing doctors to push its drugs in exchange for swanky gifts and "happy hours" with Los Angeles Lakers players. Players also participated in "dream camps" for doctors and their families. Ex-player Lucius Allen, who worked for...

Tot's Parents Distracted by Photos During Deadly Fall

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:29:00 CST

The parents of a toddler who fell to his death from a luxury suite at a Los Angeles Lakers game were taking or looking at digital photos when "somehow the child went over the edge of the section," said a police spokesman . Lucas Anthony Tang, 2, plunged some 30 feet...

Boy Falls to His Death at Lakers Game

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:19:06 CST

A toddler who fell from a luxury suite at the Staples Center last night has died, and the LAPD’s abused-child unit has stepped in to investigate the crime. A 2-year-old who has not been identified by name plunged from the box right after the end of the LA Lakers game....