Sporting Goods Retailer Sport Chalet Pens Three-Year Deal with Lakers
bizofbasketball.com 6/5/2008 — Sport Chalet, Inc., one of the top sporting good retailers in the country, announced an exclusive sponsorship agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday. The three-year deal will make Sport Chalet the “Official Sporting Goods Retailer of the Los Angels Lakers.” As reported by PRNewswire : "Our customers and our employees have grown up watching the Lakers winning championship ..

Matchups Favor the Lakers
latimes.com 6/4/2008 — In the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Lonnie White writes "matchup decisions made by coaches in the NBA Finals have a long history of determining the league championship. This year, the Lakers' Phil Jackson and Boston's Doc Rivers are the coaches under the ...

Kobe Bryant: Winning, still can't win
sports.yahoo.com 6/4/2008 — I don't often -- if ever -- do this for my own stuff, but I am throwing this out there in case anyone who has Jeff Van Gundy or Mark Jackson's ear might be able to slip them a copy of this.

Sports: Jackson, Bryant learned each other's ways to become winners | bryant, jackson, one, season, lakers
ocregister.com 6/5/2008 — > BOSTON — As if there wasn't enough history in this colonial city and in this classic Lakers-Celtics rivalry, the opportunity to make more has arrived for Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson. Somewhat inaccurately defined by their separate determinations to ...

Phil Jackson can't run rings around Doc Rivers
latimes.com 6/5/2008 —

Jackson coaches the soul, not the player — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories
Phil Jackson's championship resume, nine NBA title pages long, is more than just about four references named Michael, Scottie, ...

Following Doc's orders offered cure to Celtics' ills — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories
With the multitalented big three of Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, the Boston Celtics were destined for the NBA Finals. ...

Sports of The Times: From $15 Per Diem in Albany to N.B.A. Riches — NYT > Pro Basketball
Viewed from its extremes, the Phil Jackson evolution has been a strange, long trip, Albany to Hollywood, Zen and now. >

Bunker Mentality: Tiger, Phil together at Open — chicagotribune.com - Sports

Healthy turn for Tony Allen — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com
On Monday Tony Allen was unable to survive the rigors of a walkthrough, and Doc Rivers was ready to rule the guard out of his NBA Finals rotation. Yesterday, after an...