Jason Kapono

The Cleveland Cavaliers are midway through a difficult 21-42 season. The team has one of the brightest young players in the league in point guard Kyrie Irving, but a shoulder injury may keep him out for the rest of the year. Last season, the Lakers...

The Lakers held pat at the trade deadline, sticking with their 14-man roster. With the deadline passing, the team will lose a pair of trade exceptions. The Lakers lose one for $854,000, gained when they traded Jason Kapono to the Cleveland Cavaliers for...

It's unclear how long the Lakers' Pau Gasol will be out with what the team said Wednesday was a "tear of the plantar fascia." The forward/center is still being evaluated, but it seems a foregone conclusion that he's going to be out for a significant...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The Lakers got younger and shed more than $9 million in player costs Thursday, saying goodbye to two longtime franchise standards but getting quicker in the process. The Lakers acquired point guard Ramon Sessions and seldom-used...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball--NCAA Division I Tournament, Cincinnati vs. Texas, 11 a.m. (CBS); North Carolina State vs. San Diego State, 11:30 a.m. (TRUTV); Alabama vs. Creighton, 12:30 p.m. (TBS); Virginia vs. Florida, 1 p.m. (TNT); Florida State...

Some things to keep an eye on when the Lakers (18-13) host the Portland Trail Blazers (17-15) on Feb. 20, 2012, at Staples Center...

1. The Lakers' second-half effort was a waste. Credit the Lakers for a near-comeback in their 102-90 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. They cut a 27-point deficit to 11. Kobe Bryant scored nine of his team-leading 32 points to spark aggression. The team...

At first, the Lakers' bench remained nothing more than a liability. In the Lakers' 111-99 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night, they built a second double-digit lead. Earlier this season, Lakers Coach Mike Brown shuffled his rotations as...

Just before he spoke, Lakers forward Pau Gasol turned his head. He had just rambled a bit on why the Lakers don't need to make a roster change before letting out the Freudian slip that "we need something." So when I pressed him on that question, Gasol...

The Lakers play at Denver on Friday evening in their first game of six-game trip. While Kobe Bryant has to worry about improving his team's dismal 2-7 road record over an arduous 10-day stretch, he does not have to think twice about packing. That's...

Five things to take from Lakers' () over Charlotte Bobcats...

Lakers 106, Bobcats 73 (final) Kobe Bryant took a rare fourth-quarter breather, sitting out the entire final 12 minutes as the Lakers let a contingent of mostly reserves help the team reach triple digits for a second consecutive game and only the third...