Few can boast the impressive resume of current Miami Heat team president and former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Pat Riley.

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Starting with a noon tipoff and running until after midnight, there are five games on Christmas Day 2025 over more than 13 consecutive hours of coverage on ABC and ESPN. Four of the past six NBA ...

Today in Sports, December 20 - Brett Favre is 1st NFL player to throw for more than 30 TDs in 5 different seasons ...

Lakers legend Byron Scott called out the "weird" divide in L.A., arguing that fans shouldn't feel disloyal to Kobe Bryant by ...

Kobe Bryant's No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys were retired by the Los Angeles Lakers, making him the only player with two numbers ...

Dec. 23 1933 — Montreal’s Howie Morenz scores his 251st goal to become the NHL’s career goal-scoring leader. Morenz’s goal caps the Canadiens’ 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.

Lakers 2000 and 2001 championship basketballs, signed by Kobe Bryant and other members of the team, sold for $508,000 and ...

The game ball used during Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal first ever NBA championship win was sold in Sotheby's Winter ...

An autographed Upper Deck trading card from Kobe Bryant's 2003-04 season with the Los Angeles Lakers made history when it ...

In 2005, the Lakers missed the NBA playoffs a year after trading Shaquille O'Neal, and they badly needed talent around Kobe ...

Sotheby's latest auction bridged eras of greatness, headlined by Jordan's rookie shoes and memorabilia from Kobe Bryant's ...