sportingnews.com - 6/15/2009
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Okay everyone, 'fess up. No matter how much you despise Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, the city of Los Angeles, that movie Kalifornia , or Derek Fisher's eyebrows, you knew this was going to happen at some point. There was just no way that, with this current assemblage of talent, the Lakers were not ...
latimes.com - 6/15/2009
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latimes.com —
From Orlando, Fla. -- The Lakers won. Yippee,
hooray for them and all that stuff. Phil now...
has more rings than Red , like any of us could sleep waiting for this moment, while Jeanie continues searching for her ring, but then that's tweet for another ...
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Idolatry of Lakers is ludicrous - Los Angeles Times
sports.yahoo.com - 6/15/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
Los Angeles Lakers 99, Orlando 86 (Lakers win
championship, 4-1) Apparently the only thing I'm left with,...
after 82 games and two months of playoff basketball, is just to plead with you to appreciate what we have left. That's nothing new. I'm ...
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Behind the Box Score, where we have a champion
ampsportsduo.blogspot.com - 6/15/2009
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ampsportsduo.blogspot.com —
Hello? Is this thing on? The trophy has
barely touched down in LA and already Kobe fans...
are clamoring that this proves Kobe's better than LeBron and even His Airness. Phil Jackson is being discussed as the best coach ever, Trevor Ariza's contract demands are on the rise, and somehow people ...
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The NBA Finals: What We Learned
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The 5000-Year Picnic
freedarko.com —
... was, in fact, a premature tribute to those winnin' Lakers, and longtime FD fave Kobe Bryant. Congrats, weird guy! For those of you wanting a less heavy-handed way to talk about THE TITLE (and yes, it is that), please read my Baseline column on the matter. No joke, this was about to be posted on FD when it seemed like there might be technical difficulties on SN.com's end. It's that heady and weird. So approach without reservations. Other than that, feel free to share your favorite Kobe moments in the comments, and hug one another because finally we can fucking stop talking ...
If I Hear the Word Twitter One More Time
The House That Glanville Built —
... And for all of those people who say Kobe is this and Kobe is that, what he is now is a 4-time champion. As Shoals said, there really isn't any argument any longer against Kobe the player. Sure, he had Pau, but this was Kobe's team and it was Kobe who was the best player. Not Shaq's team with Kobe as sidekick. Not Kobe with a bunch of scrubs. Kobe's championship team. ...
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