6:44 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel said the nightmare that the franchise has endured since Kobe Bryant’s tragic death will not affect his team’s cohesion amid the dream season the Lakers have enjoyed up to this point. “I don’t think it can break us apart in any way,”
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4:28 PM ET Carmelo Anthony is hoping his stay in Portland lasts longer than this season. The veteran forward, who’s on a one-year, $2.2 million deal with the team, told the Portland Tribune earlier this week that he’s hoping to finish his career with the Trail Blazers. “I would love to stay,” he said as
3:27 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Kobe Bryant will have his No. 8 and 24 jersey numbers up in the rafters when the Los Angeles Lakers play Friday at Staples Center, and there will also be a new number on the court honoring him and his family. 2 Related Lakers guard Quinn Cook is
12:00 PM ET MARK HURLBERT WAS on the chairlift for his last run of the day at Breckenridge Ski Resort on Sunday afternoon when he got a text from a friend. “Google Kobe Bryant,” it read. It had been a while since anyone had asked Hurlbert, now 51, to research anything involving Bryant, but the
1:06 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN MILWAUKEE — The league-leading Milwaukee Bucks will clearly go as far as Giannis Antetokounmpo can take them this season. But there are nights when others steal the show. And Tuesday was one of them. Khris Middleton posted a personal-best 51 points, 10 rebounds and six assists on 16-for-26 shooting, leading
8:34 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday at age 41. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, a source confirmed to ESPN. Bryant entered the NBA straight out of high school in 1996 and won five championships and one regular-season
10:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Before moving forward, the Los Angeles Lakers had to take a look back. The Lakers gathered their players and coaches at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo, California, on Tuesday for the first time since Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others died in a tragic
8:18 PM ET LOS ANGELES — An emotional Shaquille O’Neal broke down in tears Tuesday, knowing that he won’t be able to have another conversation with Kobe Bryant or celebrate his former teammate’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. “I haven’t felt a pain that sharp in a while,” O’Neal said during a TNT
8:51 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN MILWAUKEE — Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry on Tuesday shared a conversation he had with Michael Jordan last week in Paris, where the NBA legend was on site to witness Milwaukee’s historic 40-6 start. “Everybody wants to be recognized for being unique and different. I mean, all these players,” said Lasry,
8:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Two days after the death of Kobe Bryant, emotional tributes to the former Lakers great continued worldwide. In Bryant’s hometown of Philadelphia on Tuesday, the 76ers honored him, along with the other eight victims who died in a helicopter crash Sunday, prior to their 115-104 win against the Golden