Kurt Rambis

Minnesota conducting coaching search much differently than the Lakers...

Almost three hours of talking in one month. You call that progress? Admittedly, the bar has been set quite low in the labor negotiations between NBA owners and the players’ union. But some talking is better than not talking at......

Kevin Love exchanges playful trash talk with Luke Walton...

--The Times' Bill Plaschke argues the Lakers should've treated Brian Shaw with more respect. --The Times' Chris Dufresne explains how the Lakers' disappointing season served as just one example of a mediocre year for L.A. sports. --ESPN The Magazine's Ric...

Jessica Penner and Zuzana Moravcikova breezed into the Beverly Hills Hotel, hockey sticks in hand. One stick belonged to Jessica's husband, Dustin Penner of the Los Angeles Kings, the other, to his teammate, Zuzana's fiancé, Michal Handzus. Stacia...

Mark Landsberger, apropos of his modest NBA career, makes only a barely noticed cameo in one of the most frequently replayed video highlights in NBA history. That's Landsberger, in his No. 54 Lakers jersey, tracking Julius Erving at the baseline as the...

Lakers 90, Timberwolves 79 (final) It took some time, but the Lakers finally put the Timberwolves away to notch their fifth straight win. The Lakers have defeated the Timberwolves 14 straight times, seven consecutive times at the Target Center. When...

Note: We will have a live chat today at 2:30 p.m. Be sure to also bookmark this website. Sam Amick, who covered the Kings for the Sacramento Kings and the NBA for AOL Fanhouse, runs his own website titled NBA Confidential. It's definitely a must-read. And...

It's a fight: In Game 4 of the 1984 NBA championship series, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Larry Bird exchanged angry words following some rough play. The two had to be seperated not only by the referee, but also by teammates, including......

--The Times' Mike Bresnahan will be hosting a live chat here from 2 to 3 p.m. In between watching March Madness, be sure to fire Brez with some questions. --The Times' Broderick Turner explains how Lakers center Andrew Bynum's playing effective even if he...

Game stories --The Times' Mike Bresnahan argues the Lakers showed their toughness in their 106-98 victory Friday over the Minnesota Timberwolves. --The Orange County Register's Janis Carr notes how the Lakers had to scramble to secure the victory. --The...

There's always plenty of ways Ron Artest makes people laugh. Sometimes he shares unfiltered thoughts, appearing nonchalant about the reaction his comments might cause. Sometimes he just jokes around, knowing the logic behind them don't make any sense...