Sound Off.Byline: The Register-Guard The Kobe case Here's how I see the Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. matter playing out. Oh, it'll cost him a million - a few million in working out his next contract with the Lakers See Lake poets . So what? He's already hired Pamela Mackey, "a prominent criminal lawyer from Denver," the Lakers will bring in their top legal talents plus Bryant's group of his own formidable lawyers, they'll make a liar out of the poor woman, give old Kobe a slap on the wrist and off we'll go. Bryant will take the heat on the road, the Lakers will protect their investment, Bryant will retire a multi-millionaire and, of course, there will be no jail time. Ah, the great sports fans. They forget and forgive (Kobe!! Kobe!!) and the slop of 2003 sports will continue. His wife was "by his side," but giving him an SOB look in your paper. Pretty, of course. Wouldn't it be great if she staggered in one morning at 5 a.m. and said, "Hey, Kobe, just spent the night on the town, and it was great." TOM BELLAFONTE Eugene Blame the league After a couple of days of deep thought and analyzing, plus 68 years of sports involvement in many capacities, I think I have a key. Pro basketball straight out of high school should be condemned. Maybe advanced education (i.e., the college experience) might have made a difference for Kobe Bryant. He has a huge gap in his education. I feel the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= should shoulder some of the blame for Mr. Bryant's predicament. How about the people we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. about who are the flotsam and jetsam “Ligan” redirects here. For the Swedish basketball league, see Ligan (basketball). Looking at my optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op view, I'm hoping the young lady turns out to be a hero for standing up to the barrage she is facing. We don't have too many heroes nowadays, and some who could be spend thousands on tattoos trying to prove that they are a man. People say how great David Stern
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