Roland Lazenby, a Salem native and NBA writer, published Bryant’s biography, Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant," in 2016.

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Tracing Doug Christie’s path from Seattle high school star to Pepperdine, the NBA, TV, radio and interim coach of the ...

On Thursday, the starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game were announced. The reserves will be announced next Thursday. Once a ...

From the "Showtime" era to the dominant Shaq and Kobe dynasty, and now to the LeBron James-led resurgence, the Lakers have redefined the NBA.

and help them toward the NBA Finals. In short ... they haven't clinched an Eastern Conference Finals berth since 2000. Although the lack of prolonged playoff significance doesn't fall on ...

Pat Riley led the Miami Heat from a 0-2 deficit against the Dallas Mavericks to the franchise’s first championship with ...

Bryant was 6 feet, 6 inches tall. His parents named him after a type of steak. The beef is from a species of cattle, Wagyu, raised in the Kobe region of Japan. Bryant lived in Italy for eight years ...

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LeBron James is the NBA's all-time scoring leader, but which high school players in the state of Ohio outscored him?

Luckily, Nowitzki and the Mavericks would redeem themselves four years later by winning their first NBA championship, with Nowitzki effectively silencing his critics. The 1999-2000 Western ...

It was one of many teams befuddled by the greatness of Michael Jordan in the 1990s but finally broke through and reached the NBA Finals in 2000. They ran into the buzzsaw that was the dynastic ...