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 Gets Free Medical Advice: Have Surgery On That Pinkie Now!
sportshubla.com 2/16/2008 — By nature, I am not alarmist. But did anyone else do a double-take when Kobe Bryant declared that, in the tradition of John Wayne and Dirty Harry and other famous tough guys, he would buck up and “play through” his finger injury? I can sum ...

Injured Bryant will play in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game
sports.espn.go.com 2/16/2008 — Despite suffering a torn tendon and broken bone in his pinkie, Kobe Bryant will play in Sunday night's NBA All-Star Game, according to a Lakers spokesperson.

MVP: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
thewestcoastbias.net 2/17/2008 — It's amazing that Kobe Bryant has been in the NBA for ten years but has failed to garner one MVP trophy.

Injured Kobe sits All-Star practice
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 2/17/2008 — 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 sits out All-Star practice, but still expects to start — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 2/16/2008
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Wearing a black brace on his injured right hand, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Ko...

Kobe misses All-Star practice, still expects to start — FOXSports.com News for NBA 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 ...

Kobe sits out practice, expects to start All-Star game — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories 2/16/2008
Wearing a black brace on his injured right hand, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant sat out the Western Conference's ...

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 ...

Bryant Sits Out All-Star Practice but Expects to Play — NBA.com: 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.