Kobe Bryant News

Saying he would be the first to make a switch, LeBron James would like to see any NBA player who wears No.

He admires friend Chad Ochocinco and receiver Terrell Owens as football entertainers, lunches with the likes of country singer Faith Hill, and mentions NBA stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James when he talks about making plays.

Ten seconds into the game and Kobe Bryant is off like a Top Fuel dragster. He steals the ball, as New Orleans' unsuspecting guard Devin Brown nonchalantly dribbles toward the Lakers side of the court for the first time, and streaks in for a two-hand dunk.

Yet another Professional Bowlers Association season is upon us -- I know, I know, where does the time go? -- and it is stuffed with more story lines than Don Draper's secret lives. Here are three that keep me dreaming of converting 7-10 splits:

-- There is a left-hander, the irrepressible Rhino Page, who remains my Bowler of Destiny.

-- There is a right-hander, the incomparable Walter Ray Williams Jr., who remains the best bowler of our time.

-- And there is a two-hander, the inconceivable Jason Belmonte, who, yes, delivers the ball two-handed.

When you think of the great duos of sports and entertainment history, you have Batman and Robin, Abbott and Costello, Arnie and Jack, etc.

Of all the places LeBron James might land when he's a free agent next summer, this one seems the most far-fetched, though NBA.com's reliable Sam Smith wrote about it last week.

LeBron James couldn't make it to the Yankees ' victory parade Friday, so the Bombers brought the parade to him.

In this Aug. 23, 1999 file photo, Detroit Shock coach Nancy Lieberman-Cline, center, gives some instructions to the team in Auburn Hills, Mich.

From the opposite end of the court, it looks as though the years have simply melted away.

This Weeks Sign That The Fantasy Apocalypse Is Upon Us: The GMTR Player Rater is back for 2009, and in it's Season Premier, guess who takes home the #1 spot? None other than Danilo Gallinari! Line of the Night: OJ Mayo can fill it up all right.

You have gone on record as saying that American basketball will get worse before it gets better.

Lebron is years away from consideration. He is no where near the greatness of Kobe and nobody will ever come close to Jordan!! More from Jim Souhan Target Center on Friday offered that classic sports matchup: The Unstoppable Force and the Wafer-Thin Object.

The National Basketball Association, to quote those old-time radio announcers, is ON THE AIR! And with that news comes the news that it isn't really time yet for the NBA.

We've now established that Rush Limbaugh cannot own an NFL team given his "unacceptable" political comments.

You know how some people think the NBA is in a state of decline? If you're watching, you know that's laughable.

Magic Johnson's relationship with Larry Bird, like so much else about Johnson, was one of the best things the NBA ever saw.

I've never really given much thought to the athletes that grace the cover of sports video games -- unless you count not drafting the "Madden" coverboy for my fantasy football team, that is.

Chad Hedrick starred for the U.S. at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning three medals a ' a gold, a silver and a bronze.

NBA and Olympic icon Jerry Colangelo's childhood town Chicago is the setting for a press conference introducing the U.S. Olympic gold medal basketball team builder's new book about the Beijing Olympics, "Return of the Gold: The Journey of Jerry Colangelo and the Redeem Team" and his new role as national spokesperson for Merchants Information ...

Autographed Michael Jordan cards are among the most sought after basketball cards ever produced.