mvn.com - 2/16/2008
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Like Kobe Bryant, I am going to pass on the NBA All-Star Game. While I admittedly do not follow the NBA with the passion that I did a few years ago, the league still interests me a great deal. The All-Star Game, however, does not…not even a little. And the same is true for the all-star games in the other three major professional sports leagues.
L.A. Lakers Want Kobe Bryant Out of NBA All-Star Game
svpstyle.blogspot.com 2/15/2008 — X-rays have revealed that Bryant has a torn ligament in the hand, and are lobbying the league to allow him to skip the all-star game.
The NBA has responded with it's best Amy Winehouse impersonation - No, no, no.
Kobe Will Play in All Star Game
sports.aol.com 2/15/2008 — The Kobe Bryant shredded finger storyline took another bizarre twist a little later Thursday evening, when the league (and Kobe of course) announced that he would play in the All Star Game on Sunday for the Western Conference. Yes, that's right. He ...
NBA to Kobe: play in All-Star Game or else
msnbc.msn.com 2/16/2008 — Kobe Bryant will start for the Western Conference in the All-Star game, and Jason Kidd will be in the lineup for the East.
Probably.
But with Bryant’s right pinkie in a splint and Kidd stuck somewhere between New Jersey and Dallas in the midst of a trade on hold, nothing was a guarantee for either player Friday.
Aligning The Stars —
SI.com - NBA 2/15/2008
Which player in the All-Star Game is producing the best season of all? SI.com's Marty Burns makes the call between Kobe and LeBron and ranks the rest of the stars you'll see Sunday.
All-Stars Bryant and Kidd in limbo (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 2/15/2008
Kobe Bryant will start for the Western Conference in the All-Star game, and Jason Kidd will be in the lineup for the East. Probably. But with Bryant's right pinkie in a splint and Kidd stuck somewhere between New Jersey and Dallas in the midst of a ...