Sacramento's NBA Hopes Dim; Rick Santorum, Fantasy Baseball Savant
The NBA in Sacramento looks unlikely, Rick Santorum talks up his fantasy baseball team, and Londoners worry long airport lines will ruin the Olympics.
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The major sports leagues don't have the best reputation when it comes to gay issues these days, but Kobe Bryant, in a sudden reversal for himself and perhaps a growing trend for the notoriously conservative NBA, may have single-handedly changed that.
The NBA in Sacramento looks unlikely, Rick Santorum talks up his fantasy baseball team, and Londoners worry long airport lines will ruin the Olympics.
Also: Kobe Bryant responds to his benching.
Also: Former Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian finds a home at ESPN, the NFL accommodates Barack Obama's acceptance speech, and Kobe Bryant may also have a concussion.
Today in sports: Kobe Bryan's injury explains why there's so little defense in the NBA All-Star Game, Nike begins selling a $130 Jeremy Lin-themed shoe, and Mets owner Fred Wilpon speaks.
Ryan Braun became the first player ever to successfully appeal a positive drug test, President Obama's NBA-heavy fundraiser generated $2.1 million, and Jeremy Lin is now stimulating the American economy, one eBay auction at a time.
Also: Bobby Brown had a brief stay at the blackjack table following Whitney Houston's funeral, Reese Witherspoon remains a charmer, and Oliver Stone's son converts to Islam.
Today in sports: Kobe Bryant proves immune to Linsanity, the San Francisco 49ers are demolishing their 2,500 ton fake hill, and another report that Peyton Manning's arm is shot.
Also: Kobe Bryant's soon-to-be-ex-wife Vanessa is poised to collect a whopping $75 million payout, the cops in Los Angeles have been talking Brad Pitt's bodyguard about that severed head they found, Cameron Diaz and P. Diddy are canoodling in public.
Plus: Plasma replacement therapy is a miracle cure, except for the blinding pain
Plus: NBA stars party as lockout grinds on; Big East thinks expansion
Plus: The Nebraska Huskers are getting set to invade Wisconsin
Plus: An Italian basketball club wants Kobe Bryant, if only for a night
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