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The Lakers appear set to retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey on Dec. 18, less than two years after he last donned it in a dazzling and dramatic 60-point sendoff. The only question will be which number hangs from the rafters: No. 8? No. 24? TMZ reported early Tuesday moing that the Lakers had informed season-ticket holders to “hold on to tickets” for the Dec. 18 game against Golden State for a “special e...

Kobe Paras was prepared to be wearing Bruin blue during March, but the former UCLA signee is just as happy sporting a different shade now.Paras signed with UCLA before the season and was planning to help the Bruins to the NCAA Touament alongside fellow freshmen Lonzo Ball, TJ Leaf and Ike Anigbogu...

Flanked by his wife and two daughters, Kobe Bryant grinned wide Wednesday as the Los Angeles City Council declared Aug. 24 as Kobe Bryant Day. Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, is pregnant with the couple’s third daughter and the retired Lakers superstar told his other two girls, Natalia and Gianna, they would need to help explain to their sister why Bryant had a day named in his honor. • PHOTOS: City of LA celebrates Kobe Bryant Day in council chambers “She’s going to have no idea that I was actually an ...

Four months after the final buzzer sounded on his playing career, Kobe Bryant rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday and announced a foray into the world of investing. Bryant and entrepreneur Jeff Stibel announced a $100 million fund that will support companies at the “convergence of technology, media and data,” Stibel said on CNBC Monday moing. The Bryant Stibel Investment Portfolio has already invested in 13 ventures, including The Players’ Tribune, video game company S...

LOS ANGELES >> Two large action photos of Yasiel Puig awaited visitors in the official merchandise store at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. Facing inward from opposite sides of the room, Puig was hard to miss. Much easier to miss Tuesday: actual Yasiel Puig merchandise. Other than the photos, the Dodgers removed all traces of number 66 from their official team store this week. Any merchandise bearing his name, jersey number or likeness has been placed in storage. This wasn’t the most awkward si...

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant will be keeping busy with daddy duties in retirement. The former Lakers superstar has announced on Instagram that he and his wife, Vanessa, are expecting their third child, another daughter. Bryant, also known by his self-given nickname “Black Mamba,” posted a picture Tuesday of a onesie with “Baby Mamba” written on it alongside a baby pair of his signature Nike shoes. In the caption he writes, “Beyond blessed and excited to share that we are expecting our third baby gi...

See the sweet Lakers-themed car that Snoop Dogg gave Kobe Bryant Snoop Dogg gave basketball great Kobe Bryant this purple-and-gold Lakers-themed car as a retirement gift. Bryant released this picture on Twitter. By Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant has received a one-of-a-kind retirement gift from rapper Snoop Dogg: a Los Angeles Lakers-themed convertible. Bryant retired from the Lakers in April after 20 seasons in L.A. He posted a picture on Twitter of him and Snoop ...

Andy Etchebarren dribbled a grounder to third base. Jim Gilliam started a 5-2-3 double play. Sandy Koufax walked into the dugout, never to retu. He trailed Game 2 of the 1966 World Series, 4-0, after six innings, thanks to two blown fly balls by center-fielder Willie Davis. The home crowd had no idea that it had seen its last Dodger run of the season the previous day, in Game 1. The Dodgers flew to Baltimore, lost twice and were swept. On Nov. 18 Koufax retired. “The party was over,” outfielder ...

Incoming freshman guard Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA after academic conditions of his admission were not met, according to the school. Paras, a 6-foot-6 guard who was admitted to the school upon condition, was a three-star recruit. He grew up in the Philippines, but spent his final two years of high school in L.A. He played his junior season at Cathedral High before playing his senior year for Middlebrooks Academy. According to the Los Angeles Times, a conflict between academic calendars i...

Incoming freshman guard Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA after academic conditions of his admission were not met, according to the school. Paras, a 6-foot-6 guard who was admitted to the school upon condition, was a three-star recruit. He grew up in the Philippines, but spent his final two years of high school in L.A. He played his junior season at Cathedral High before playing his senior year for Middlebrooks Academy. The Bruins are still bringing in a highly rated class featuring 6-foot-5 fi...

BEVERLY HILLS — Kobe Bryant is getting advice from Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Jerry Bruckheimer as he redirects his competitive drive from professional basketball to his publishing and production company. One month after retiring from the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers star has a new daily routine. “I get up early and I train and I work out. Then I go to the office,” Bryant said in an interview. He spends much of his day “kicking around ideas” with his staff of 10 full-time employees at Newp...

BEVERLY HILLS — Kobe Bryant is getting advice from Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Jerry Bruckheimer as he redirects his competitive drive from professional basketball to his publishing and production company. One month after retiring from the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers star has a new daily routine. “I get up early and I train and I work out. Then I go to the office,” Bryant said in an interview. He spends much of his day “kicking around ideas” with his staff of 10 full-time employees at Newp...

After nearly six hours, the gates finally opened. Jeff and Lori Naylor were first in line for the Rams’ NFL draft party, one of the roughly 3,600 who soon packed themselves into an open-air plaza at L.A. Live on Thursday afteoon. They were dressed demurely, considering the time they had dedicated: Jeff in a blue button-up, Lori in a Todd Gurley jersey. The painted faces and hoed helmets were a few spots behind them, having perhaps opted for a sit-down breakfast. The Naylors, on the other hand, d...

It’s NFL Draft Day and for the first time in a long time, that means something for Los Angeles. The Rams are back in L.A. and they have the number one pick in the draft. They’re celebrating with a giant party at LA Live and they invited former Rams players, executives and, of course, the Rams cheerleaders. Multimedia joualist Abbey Mastracco will be at the draft party too, getting the whole thing on the ladailynews Snapchat. Join us by opening the app and searching for ladailynews or by pointing...

It’s NFL Draft Day and for the first time in a long time, that means something for Los Angeles. The Rams are back in L.A. and they have the number one pick in the draft. They’re celebrating with a giant party at LA Live and they invited former Rams players, executives and, of course, the Rams cheerleaders. Multimedia joualist Abbey Mastracco will be at the draft party too, getting the whole thing on the ladailynews Snapchat. Join us by opening the app and searching for ladailynews or by pointing...

Kobe Bryant appeared ready to speak, so his teammates gathered around to soak in every word he said. Yet, Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. did not huddle up with his teammates because of a backdrop that uniquely defined the Lakers’ 2015-16 season. “There’s a camera guy moving me out of the way to get to Kobe,” Nance Jr. recalled, laughing. “It’s been an adjustment. But I just try to have fun with it.” As the Lakers finished with a franchise-worst 17-65 record, their challenges went beyond the 37-y...

There is a white board inside the office of Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, on which the Lakers’ current roster is written in custom marker. In the natural course of sports business, players come and players go. And when they leave the Lakers, Kupchak takes out an eraser and wipes their names away. For the last 20 years, the one constant on Kupchak’s board was Kobe Bryant. He was the foundation piece the Lakers constructed two separate championship eras around that yielded five championshi...

This was going to be about the Clippers’ playoff opener rather than the Lakers who haven’t made the playoffs in three seasons and don’t figure to be back soon. I thought I had said everything I had to say about Kobe Bryant in 20 years from his first game to his last, which figured to be exciting, if only in a ceremonial way, giving fans a chance to say goodbye. Who thought we were in for one of the great moments in Los Angeles sports history? Add Kobe gets 60 in his farewell to Kirk Gibson’s hom...

Once the buzzer sounded, Kobe Bryant hugged D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson at center court with the same emotion as if he had just won another NBA championship. In the locker room, Bryant’s teammates soon showered him with a champagne bath suggesting the same thing. Eventually, the euphoria died surrounding Bryant’s 60-point performance in his final game against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday at Staples Center. Then, Bryant offered one parting message after drilling countless ot...

Kobe Bryant waves to fans after scoring 60 points in the final game of his career against the against the Utah Jazz. April 13, 2016. Los Angeles, CA.xa0 (Photo by David Crane/Southe Califoia News Group) Kobe Bryant gave plenty to talk about on the way out. After taking part in a touching pregame ceremony that was hosted by Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant scored 60 points, including the game-winner, to lead the Lakers to victory one final time Wednesday night. With many of LA’s elite and a lot of his...