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Tony Parker scored 23 points and the San Antonio Spurs, backing up their NBA-best record against the defending champions, beat Kobe Bryant and the reeling Los Angeles Lakers 97-82 on Tuesday night.
For a team with just one true road game during its entire non-conference schedule, Washington is beginning its quest as the preseason favorite in the Pac-10 with arguably its toughest road trip.
UCLA's leading scorer and rebounder, Tyler Honeycutt, practiced in full on Monday and is expected to play in the Bruins' Pac-10 opener Wednesday night against Washington State.
The New York Mets have acquired shortstop Chin-lung Hu from the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league left-hander Michael Antonini.
San Diego Chargers president Dean Spanos said that head coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith will return to the team next year, according to ESPN.com.
As soon as the Los Angeles Kings found a way to get one puck past Antti Niemi, they kept knocking more into the net.
The final two seconds were hectic but not costly for the Los Angeles Clippers, who started their season miserably but are now finding ways to win games even when they don't play well.
The Los Angeles Lakers assigned rookie Devin Ebanks to the NBA Development League's Bakersfield Jam on Monday.
As unhappy as Kobe Bryant sounded on Christmas, he might have a tough time feeling much better after this game.
What do the San Diego Chargers and Christmas bells have in common? They'll both be put away by early January.
The highly anticipated first matchup between the new-look Miami Heat and the defending-champion Los Angeles Lakers drew the highest television rating for an NBA regular-season game on ABC since 2004.
The Los Angeles Kings' No. 1 line became considerably stronger with the addition of Marco Sturm.
Bud Greenspan, the filmmaker whose documentaries often soared as triumphantly as the Olympic athletes he chronicled for more than six decades, died at his home in New York City. He was 84.
Carson Palmer threw four touchdown passes during a near-perfect performance in the swirling snow, and the Cincinnati Bengals beat San Diego 34-20 on Sunday, ending the Chargers' run of four straight AFC West titles.
Rookie Blake Griffin posted his 18th straight double-double with 28 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out with 2:52 remaining, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Phoenix 108-103 on Sunday to end a streak of nine straight losses to the Suns.
