Kobe Bryant on jersey retirement: 'I'd probably force Shaq to do it'

Sam Amick, USA TODAY Sports6:27p.m. EST December 28, 2012. CommentsShare. 122512 kobe and nash. Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant, left, and point guard Steve Nash are starting to mesh well after just two games. (Photo: Gary A. Vasquez, USA

They will forever be in the debate regarding which NBA player is truly the greatest of all time. I'm not going to take a stab at that one. Instead, I want to break down why two of them have a step up on the other. The one word that separates LeBron and

The official's made some interesting calls in the Knicks vs. Lakers game on Christmas Day. Some of them were particularly shocking to Kobe Bryant.

When someone can make a joke about a painful past, it's generally considered a step forward. We're not sure if that's the case with Kobe Bryant here, but we hope he's found some measure of healing.

After a year featuring plenty of divorce rumors, Kobe Bryant and his wife and kids posed for a Christmas card that featured a rather expensive gown.

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Jessica Simpson Shows Off Weight Loss On Weight Watchers Magazine

Now pregnant with her second child, the singer reveals how she stayed fit while shooting Fashion Star.

Even though she's expecting again, Jessica revealed her impressive 50-pound weight loss on the cover of the January/February issue of Weight Watchers Magazine — and the secret to her success! Read on to find out what

By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Entertainment Editor Jessica Simpson dropped a whopping 50 pounds after she gave birth to her daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson and she's showing off her hard work on the cover of Weight

It's not goodbye to Jessica Simpson's Weight Watchers program ñ it's simply until they eat again. In light of the news that she is indeed pregnant, Simpson will suspend use of the food point system that helped her shed a reported 60 pounds after the

Weight Watchers confirmed last week that while Maxwell's mom is a valued spokeswoman, she won't be following the diet plan during her second pregnancy. That said, she will consult with her doctor after giving birth to decide when to resume the program.

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Kobe Bryant on jersey retirement: 'I'd probably force Shaq to do it'

When someone can make a joke about a painful past, it's generally considered a step forward. We're not sure if that's the case with Kobe Bryant here, but we hope he's found some measure of healing.

NBA All Star voting has been released for this week and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James of the Miami Heat have received the most votes. Voter's guide to NBA All Star game: Info on how to vote as well. EASTERN CONFERENCE

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant inched past Heat forward LeBron James as overall leading vote-getter, but the second round of NBA All-Star returns didn't offer many other major developments. Bryant tallied 977,444 votes to

It was a special night in L.A. as the Lakers rolled and some people were left wondering how a jersey retirement of the current great Laker, Kobe Bryant, might look. Serena Winters asked Kobe if he had imagined his own jersey

When someone can make a joke about a painful past, it's generally considered a step forward. We're not sure if that's the case with Kobe Bryant here, but we hope he's found some measure of healing.

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Case McCoy: Realistic Expectations for Texas Longhorns QB in 2013

ST LOUIS (LALATE) - Case McCoy, Colt McCoy's brother, and Jordan Hicks were listed in two Alamo Bowl suspensions Friday. Alamo Bowl suspensions.

Multiple reports on Friday afternoon revealed the names of the two Texas players who have been sent home after being accused of sexual assault.

UT suspends Case McCoy, Jordan Hicks for Alamo Bowl. Mike Finge, Express-News Copyright 2012 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Things can't get much worse for Texas quarterback Case McCoy, on the field or off of it. Four weeks after throwing two interceptions against Kansas State in a losing effort in his only start of 2012, the junior signal-caller was sent home one day

Texas quarterback Case McCoy and linebacker Jordan Hicks were suspended and sent home a day before the Valero Alamo Bowl for breaking team rules, a source within the school's administration told ESPN.com on Friday. A person with knowledge of the

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Tricky Android malware fools users with Google Play icon

Android Central Stocking Stuffers So we're kind of starting to wind down this contest a little bit. We say "kind of" because we're actually a week or so behind, and we're going to make up for that before the end of the year.

I think I found my new favorite game. Recently launched onto Google Play, the game is called Ant Raid. It pits a colony of cute little ants (who have awesome little catchphrases), against mutated bugs and creatures in your garden. It gives off a

A new Android threat uses a Google Play icon to trick users into believing it is legitimate. It can be used to conduct DDoS attacks and send spam.

Android Central Stocking Stuffers Now some of you may think that we forgot about today's $10 Google Play Gift Card giveaway. And that's not entirely true. We remembered it. About 6 hours ago. And then we forgot about it.

Android Central Stocking Stuffers So we're kind of starting to wind down this contest a little bit. We say "kind of" because we're actually a week or so behind, and we're going to make up for that before the end of the year.

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Epic 'Les Misérables' runs out of steam

Caption Anne Hathaway poses at the'Les Miserables' New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on December 10, 2012 in New York CityThere has been much talk about Anne Hathaway's weight loss to play the prostitute Fantine in “Les Miserables,” including

“Les Miserables” should have feminists like me up in arms. The musical takes the female characters from a 150-year-old novel about a French rebellion and makes them bit players — even though they figure prominently in the book (and in the marketing

Anne Hathaway has received some of the best reviews of her career for "Les Miserables," just not necessarily from herself. In Tom Hooper's new film, Hathaway stars as Fantine, a doomed single mother-turned-prostitute who

/news/les-miserables-bows-at-no-1-on-soundtracks-1008062642.story. 'Les Miserables' Bows at No. 1 on Soundtracks Chart. It's "Les Miserables" mania on the Billboard charts this week. "Les Miserables: Highlights From the Motion Picture Soundtrack"

It's no surprise that “Les Misérables” can still hold an audience. Hugo believed in, relished, luxuriated in, contradiction—he thought that we show ourselves most truly when we are seemingly most opposed to our double

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Former President George HW Bush improving, out of intensive care

After spending nearly a week in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston, former President George H. W. Bush has been moved out of the ICU. "President Bush's condition has improved, so he has been moved today from the intensive care

After spending nearly a week in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston, former President George H. W. Bush has been moved out of the ICU. "President Bush's condition has improved, so he has been moved today from the intensive care

The Bush family let everyone know that George H.W. Bush has finally been moved out of intensive care and into a regular patient's room. We were a little worried about the former President for a brief minute. Bush was secretly checked in to a Houston

George H.W. Bush was moved out of the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital on Saturday, as his condition improves following what had been described as a “stubborn fever.” The 41st President of the United States, who

HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush's condition continued to improve Saturday, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care, a spokesman said. “President Bush's condition has improved, so he has been moved today from the intensive

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