CYBERSPORTS GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT, BEFORE THEY'RE OUTDATED.

Byline: - Tom Hoffarth

Acting as if it's something real Lakers fans actually will want, NBA.com is offering Western Conference championship caps and T-shirts on its Web site.

It makes the incredible claim that it's the same gear that Shaq and his teammates were given to wear on the floor after ``the big victory'' over San Antonio.

Hats go for $22. T-shirts for $20. If you can't wait a week for an NBA Championship version of either.

--A Chris Berman-inspired poll on ESPN.com's Page 2 has determined that ``Kobe Wan Kenobi Bryant'' is the best nickname for the Lakers' Kobe Bryant.

From a vote total of nearly 16,000, the ridiculous spinoff of the ``Star Wars'' character took 35.7 percent of the vote, far ahead of runner-up names (in order) ``The Golden Child,'' ``Show-Be,'' ``King Kobe,'' ``KB8,'' ``Italian Stallion,'' ``The Cobra,'' ``Kobe Jolly Green Bryant,'' ``Kobe All You Can Be Bryant'' and ``Kobe Stake Through the Heart Bryant.''

Among those suggestions by site users are ``Kobe Anita Bryant'' because he's the new spokesman for something round and orange, and ``Kobe Or Not Kobe Bryant'' because he suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

--As Tiger Woods and the Disney people work out an endorsement agreement that could have included a site on ESPN.com, the World's Greatest Golfer extended his relationship with SportsLine.com through 2002 to maintain TigerWoods.com, which will include real-time PGA Tour scoring funneled in from the company's PGATour.com site.

--An eBay auction of premier figure-skating tickets to the 2002 Winter Olympics produced $113,702 for the Salt Lake Olympic Committee, which held back the ducats from public sale.