http://www.yourstreet.com/news/los-angeles-lakers YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us LOS ANGELES — More than two decades ago, after Larry Bird made a shot from behind the backboard that didn't count in a preseason game, the NBA changed the rule on plays like that. Kobe Bryant was glad they did. Bryant duplicated Bird's memorable shot and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756019/lakers-beat-thunder-for-11th-straight-time Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:18:08 -0800 Mercyhurst's Billy Colton was named the PSAC men's soccer athlete of the week, marking the third time that a Lakers player has earned the honor. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745682/mercyhurst-soccer-player-colton-wins-psac-honor Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:08 -0700 Mercyhurst's Billy Colton was named the PSAC men's soccer athlete of the week, marking the third time that a Lakers player has earned the honor. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745599/mercyhurst-soccer-player-colton-wins-psac-honor Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:08 -0700 Christoph Hampel and Nicholas Thompson each scored Wednesday to give the Lakers a 2-0 non-conference win over Ohio Valley at the Mercyhurst Soccer Field. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705203/college-soccer-mercyhurst-men-move-to-4-1-with-win-over-ohio-valley Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:00:08 -0700 Christoph Hampel and Nicholas Thompson each scored Wednesday to give the Lakers a 2-0 non-conference win over Ohio Valley at the Mercyhurst Soccer Field. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705270/college-soccer-mercyhurst-men-move-to-4-1-with-win-over-ohio-valley Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:00:08 -0700 BASKETBALL Ex-Razorback to play in Greece Former Arkansas Razorbacks guard Patrick Beverley, the second-round NBA Draft pick the Miami Heat acquired in June from the Los Angeles Lakers at the cost of a $1.5 million payment and a future secondround pick, has signed to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6631903/off-the-wire Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:54:08 -0700 Kings rookie Omri Casspi makes a no-look pass in an NBA Summer League game July 12 in Las Vegas against the Golden State Warriors. TEL AVIV, Israel – Omri Casspi knew better than everyone else, or certainly, before everyone else. At age 15 – before he went... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6596344/a-nation-holds-its-breath-as-21-year-old-israeli-forward-omri-casspi- Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 Kings rookie Omri Casspi makes a no-look pass in an NBA Summer League game July 12 in Las Vegas against the Golden State Warriors. TEL AVIV, Israel – Omri Casspi knew better than everyone else, or certainly, before everyone else. At age 15 – before he went... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6596351/a-nation-holds-its-breath-as-21-year-old-israeli-forward-omri-casspi- Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 The Bobcats won't wait long to match up with Emeka Okafor - the ex-Charlotte center's new team, the New Orleans Hornets, will face the Bobcats in a preseason exhibition at Greensboro Coliseum Oct. 8. That will be the second of seven exhibitions for the Bobcats in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6538194/bobcats-will-face-okafor-in-exhibition Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:40:08 -0700 Longtime Lakers assistant coach and player agrees to a three-year deal. Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis has agreed to become coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, accepting at least a three-year... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6514371/kurt-rambis-will-become-coach-of-timberwolves Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:53:08 -0700 All signs Thursday pointed toward the Timberwolves hiring Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis as their new head coach soon, if not today then by early next week. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6499682/wolves-zeroing-in-on-rambis-as-next-coach Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:57:38 -0700 Lakers assistant has already had a second interview with the team and was headed to Minnesota on Wednesday morning. Kurt Rambis was seen boarding a plane Wednesday morning to meet again with Minnesota Timberwolves officials, a strong sign that the Lakers assistant... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6496479/kurt-rambis-likely-to-become-coach-of-timberwolves Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 Kurt Rambis was seen boarding a plane Wednesday morning to meet again with Minnesota Timberwolves officials, a strong sign that the Los Angeles Lakers' assistant coach will be hired to coach the Timberwolves. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6490410/sports-digest-rambis-the-next-coach-of-timberwolves- Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:21:08 -0700 Kurt Rambis was seen boarding a plane Wednesday morning to meet again with Minnesota Timberwolves officials, a strong sign that the Los Angeles Lakers' assistant coach will be hired to coach the Timberwolves. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6490467/sports-digest-rambis-the-next-coach-of-timberwolves- Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:21:08 -0700 If the rest of the country is looking to catch the Kings on television, it better be ready to do so early in the 2009-10 NBA season. The Kings, coming off a 17-win season, appear on national television once – when they host Golden State in their seventh game of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6496417/nation-will-see-little-of-kings-on-tv Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:47:08 -0700 Many of the Thunder’s marquee home games will be played the first five weeks of the season, although the Spurs, Hornets, Nuggets, Lakers and Heat play a combined eight games in the Ford Center after the calendar turns to 2010. Listed below are 12 of the best... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6492339/top-12-thunder-games-2009-10 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:27:08 -0700 NEW YORK — The NBA is bringing Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal together again for Christmas — this time joined by LeBron James. Bryant and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers will host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Dec. Read more on NewsOK.com http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6492349/nba-sets-up-tv-dream-duel Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:56:08 -0700 The NBA is bringing Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal together again for Christmas — this time joined by LeBron James. Bryantand the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers will host the ClevelandCavaliers on Dec. 25, one of the highlights of the http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6487741/lebron,shaq-to-face-lakers-on-christmas Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:04:08 -0700 Kobe Bryant and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers will host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Dec. 25, one of the highlights of the 2009-10 NBA schedule released Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6484611/nba-schedule-it-s-lebron,-kobe-and-shaq-on-christmas Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:31:08 -0700 CLEVELAND -- LeBron and Shaq will visit Kobe on Christmas Day. The Cleveland Cavaliers will visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 25, one of the marquee matchups announced by the NBA, which released its 2009-10 schedule on Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6485467/lebron,-shaq-to-pay-christmas-visit-to-lakers-click-for-full-schedule Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:42:08 -0700