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Wednesday, December 2, 2009 When your game face features Hennessy breath By Henry Abbott Ron Artest has always brought a certain devil-may-care attitude to the court.

What ways -- if any -- will Tiger Woods be damaged by this incident? Four Corners Four views on today's issues December 1, 2009 A temporary setback Barry Stavro , Los Angeles Times Short answer: very little.

Friday opens the holiday shopping season. Here are a few books for the basketball fan on your list: Magic Johnson had trouble understanding Larry Bird's introverted demeanor.

Albert Pujols ' third National League MVP award put him in select company. Only Barry Bonds has more.

LOS ANGELES a ' Kobe Bryant has avoided discussion of free agency in 2010, saying he will not discuss scenarios hypothetically.

LeBron James watched the Cleveland Browns get shut out by Baltimore on Monday night and came to one simple conclusion: He could help.

This a quick one: When I heard all of the hype about the Lakers potentially breaking the Chicago Bulls ' single season record of 72-10, I was quite confused as to what everyone was seeing that made them think such a feat could ever be accomplished again and that the band of makeshift players supporting Kobe Bryant would be sufficient to do it ...

Whether you like him or not, Kobe Bryant is the epitome of the modern celebrity.

Kobe Bryant scored 40 points for the 100th time in his career, and the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a three-game losing streak with a 106-93 home win over Detroit last night.

There are so many activities, games, and competitions in our world today that it can be difficult to decipher what is a sport and what is not.

Memo to LeBron: With all due respect, you're taking this "King James" thing too far.

At her best, guard Alexis Gray-Lawson elevated the Cal women's basketball team to lofty places last season.

Not exactly a person who has spent time over the years enhancing himself culturally at Rotary gatherings - officially I had missed 4,405 Long Beach ones - I decided to show up at No.

With all the talk of LeBron James leaving the Cavs next season, little attention has been paid to the other free agency saga going on between Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Saying he would be the first to make a switch, LeBron James would like to see any NBA player who wears No.

He admires friend Chad Ochocinco and receiver Terrell Owens as football entertainers, lunches with the likes of country singer Faith Hill, and mentions NBA stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James when he talks about making plays.

Ten seconds into the game and Kobe Bryant is off like a Top Fuel dragster. He steals the ball, as New Orleans' unsuspecting guard Devin Brown nonchalantly dribbles toward the Lakers side of the court for the first time, and streaks in for a two-hand dunk.

Yet another Professional Bowlers Association season is upon us -- I know, I know, where does the time go? -- and it is stuffed with more story lines than Don Draper's secret lives. Here are three that keep me dreaming of converting 7-10 splits:

-- There is a left-hander, the irrepressible Rhino Page, who remains my Bowler of Destiny.

-- There is a right-hander, the incomparable Walter Ray Williams Jr., who remains the best bowler of our time.

-- And there is a two-hander, the inconceivable Jason Belmonte, who, yes, delivers the ball two-handed.

When you think of the great duos of sports and entertainment history, you have Batman and Robin, Abbott and Costello, Arnie and Jack, etc.

Of all the places LeBron James might land when he's a free agent next summer, this one seems the most far-fetched, though NBA.com's reliable Sam Smith wrote about it last week.