6/17/2013: SPORT: ALL-STAR CALIBRE

Steve Nash isn't going to let his disastrous debut season with the Los Angeles Lakers spoil his summer plans. See more: http://blodic.us/sports/steve-nash-to-host-star-studded-charity-soccer-event-this-summer-75-0.htm He'll be hosting the Steve ...

LOS ANGELES — The virtual worst-case scenario has become the Lakers reality. No Kobe Bryant No Steve Nash (two epidurals, one cortisone shot). No Steve Blake. No Jodie Meeks. Mike DAntoni made it official pregame: Your Lakers starting backcourt is ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Steve Nash needed three injections for pain relief on the Los Angeles Lakers' day off. He's still more likely to play in Game 3 on Friday night than Steve Blake or Jodie Meeks. And just in case anybody forgot, Kobe Bryant is at ...

By Mark Lamport-Stokes, ReutersLOS ANGELES--The ailing Los Angeles Lakers faced an even tougher task against the San Antonio Spurs in Friday's Game 3 when veteran guard Steve Nash was ruled out shortly before the tipoff because of back and hip ...

SAN ANTONIO -- He was the last one to climb off the trainer's table, trudging through the musty high school gym Monday with the pained look of a kid who had just left detention. "It's not great," Steve Nash said, shaking his head. "It's not going to ...

=== === El Segundo, CA (Sports Network) - Already minus one former league MVP for their Western Conference quarterfinal series, the Los Angeles Lakers will likely have to make do without another one for Friday's pivotal Game 3 clash with the San ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Steve Blake had an ultrasound Thursday, confirming what everyone already knew: The Los Angeles Lakers guard suffered a moderate strain of his right hamstring in the latter stages of Game 2. He is out indefinitely. Steve Nash ...

LeBron James, NBA Most Valuable Player. The most gifted player of his generation picked up the MVP award for the fourth time, joining Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russel and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players who have won the award at ...

The NBA Development League has selected Lakers guard Andrew Goudelock as the 2012-13 most valuable player. Goudelock averaged 21.4 points and 5.8 assists for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of Hidalgo, Texas. The 6-foot-3 guard also played for the ...