thehowevafiles.blogspot.com - 2/16/2008
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We are pumped for this year's All-Star Game in New Orleans.
Not just pumped as in "it'll be pretty neat to see a bunch of stars on the floor", but PUMPED as in "Holy cow, we may see Kobe be forced to play with a disintegrating pinkie".
2008 NBA All-Star Game to Be Broadcast in 215 Countries
bizofbasketball.com 2/16/2008 — A record 123 television partners will broadcast NBA All-Star 2008 in New Orleans to fans in 215 countries in 44 languages. This breaks the previous record of 110 television partners set last year.
New Orleans Should Host NBA All-Stars Every Year
sportsbybrooks.com 2/16/2008 — We’re in Vegas at the moment, the site of last year’s NBA All-Star game. If you want to get a head-shake or a mean-face, bring that up to a local today. If you don’t know of what we speak, welcome back to earth. We missed you.
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Kobe Bryant will play in All-Star Game, bows out of 3-pt contest
mercextra.com 2/16/2008 — Just to wrap up one loose end on the game I can’t stand but remains of interest to many…
* Kobe Bryant, despite his serious pinky injury, will play in Sunday’s All-Star Game, though he and West Coach Byron Scott intimate that Bryant ...
KOBE TRYING TO 'FINGER' A WAY OUT
nypost.com 2/16/2008 — NEW ORLEANS - Kobe Bryant has said he doesn't want to play in tomorrow's All-Star Game because of a pinkie injury, but likely will be forced to make a cameo, according to a league source. An NBA rule says a player can't skip the All-Star Game if he...
Bryant expects to start All-Star game (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 2/16/2008
Wearing a black brace on his injured right hand, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant sat out the Western Conference's light practice on Saturday but still expects to start in Sunday's NBA All-Star game. Bryant, the MVP in last year's game, has a ...