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Retirement will test if Beckham built a lasting brand in path few have traveled successfully
Associated PressPARIS (AP) — David Beckham's pecs are at least as much a part of his brand as his kick; his brand of shoes ultimately more lucrative than the game he's giving up. Listed as the world's highest-earning athlete for 2013, Beckham's retirement from play...Tags: Basketball, David Beckham, Paulina Gretzky, Chicago Bulls, Adidas AG
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On The Fly
Local horse racing expert Bob Clancy (a former Courant copy editor) says that Orb, the 3-year-old bay colt who won a sloppy Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, is a lock to win the Preakness Saturday, and many racing enthusiasts agree. "Orb, he's a freak,"...Tags: St. Louis Blues, Kobe Bryant, Preakness Stakes, Jason Collins, NASCAR
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Phil Jackson has interest in a front-office NBA job
Phil Jackson apparently would like to have another stint in the NBA. The 11-time champion coach said Thursday evening on "The Tonight Show" that he was interested in a front-office job with the Seattle group that failed in an attempt to relocate the...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Sacramento Kings, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Christopher Hansen
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Rosenbloom: 'Phil, what's it like to be engaged to a woman who posed nude for Playboy?'
Phil Jackson pulled off the greatest sales job in sports history: He convinced Michael Jordan to share the ball. Championships to follow. Ask him how he did that. Ask him how long that process took at a time when Jordan was the most talented...
Tags: Jeff Van Gundy, National Basketball Association, Scottie Pippen, Dwayne Johnson, Chicago Bulls
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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Roger Clemens, Peter Bourjos, Henderson Alvarez, Shane Victorino, Kauffman Stadium
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Kevin Durant: 'I don't have to be Kobe Bryant'
When the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs in 2011, Kobe Bryant said any season that didn't end in an NBA title was "a wasted year of my life." A day after the Oklahoma City Thunder were knocked out of the second round by the Memphis Grizzlies,...
Tags: Magic Johnson, National Basketball Association, Oklahoma City Thunder, Basketball, Kobe Bryant
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Basketball, Phil Jackson style
It's not often you get to share the stage with a Hall of Fame coach. Rarer, still, is the opportunity to do so with one who has won so often in a championship-crossed town like Chicago. Phil Jackson represents success to Bulls fans. He represents a...
Tags: Horace Grant, Scottie Pippen, John Paxson, Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson throws the book at Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson never liked to compare Kobe Bryant to Michael Jordan. Believe me, I tried everything. Sometimes I'd ask him after random Lakers practices or before games against Charlotte, the team Jordan owned. Or after games in Chicago, where nostalgia...
Tags: Andrew Bynum, National Basketball Association, Kobe Bryant, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers
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Klay Thompson is impressing people, even his dad, Mychal
OAKLAND — Klay Thompson had just outdone himself and nearly everyone else in recent NBA playoffs. The shooting guard scored 29 points for the Golden State Warriors in the first half of a Western Conference semifinal game against San Antonio...
Tags: Mychal Thompson, Roy Hibbert, Klay Thompson, Manu Ginobili, Kobe Bryant
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A history of celebrity-owned restaurants in the Chicago area
The week before The Squared Circle opened in mid-March, owner and pro wrestler Lisa Marie Varon — better known as Victoria during her WWE days and Tara currently with TNA wrestling — sat in a corner booth of her Lincoln Park restaurant,...
Tags: Walter Payton, Advertising, Steaks, Bars and Clubs, Arts and Culture
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Phil Jackson's new book focuses a lot on (who else?) Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson was just messing with us, once again. The wily former coach of the Lakers and Chicago Bulls wrote a book in 2004 that was called "The Last Season." It seemed true at the time, but the legendary leader came back for a six-year run with the...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Book, Fiction, Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls
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Lakers season wrap: Coach Mike D'Antoni worthy of blame or credit?
In a year defined by injury, Coach Mike D'Antoni became a lightning rod for criticism, despite leading the Lakers (45-37) team to a 28-12, seventh-place finish. In the closing moments of the Lakers' sweep by the San Antonio Spurs, the familiar chant...
Tags: Mitch Kupchak, Jodie Meeks, Darius Morris (basketball), Kobe Bryant, San Antonio Spurs
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