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			<title><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant announces August event to help eradicate homelessness]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-19 21:14:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On Sunday night, Kobe Bryant announced "Kobe up Close," an Aug. 15 charity event to be held at Nokia Theatre. 

"I'd like to officially announce that I'm partnering with the Sports Spectacular to help eradicate homelessness," said Bryant in a pre-recorded...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lakers paid $129.5 million in salary, luxury taxes for early exit]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-18 18:25:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Lakers spent $99.9 million in salary this season for a roster that went 45-37. Additionally, the team will pay $29.6 million in luxury taxes -- a total of $129.5 million to get into the playoffs and suffer a first-round sweep by the San Antonio Spurs....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dwyane Wade surprises Miami teen as her prom date]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-18 10:01:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dwyane Wade, the Heat superstar who is trying to help Miami win a second consecutive NBA championship this spring, surprised a Miami teenager when he showed up unexpectedly at her senior prom on Friday night. 

Nicole Muxo made a YouTube video last...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kevin Durant: 'I don't have to be Kobe Bryant']]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 10:02:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[When the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs in 2011, Kobe Bryant said any season that didn't end in an NBA title was "a wasted year of my life." 

A day after the Oklahoma City Thunder were knocked out of the second round by the Memphis Grizzlies,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Letters: A lot of errors going around]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 17:44:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Obviously the owners of the Angels and Dodgers have never heard of team chemistry. Arte Moreno and the Guggenheim Guy thought they could build better teams just by adding more expensive elements. 

Here's a lesson from Chemistry 101: You won't improve...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ken Venturi, 1964 U.S. Open champion, dies at 82]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 17:05:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native and the 1964 U.S. Open golf champion, has died. He was 82. 

Matt Venturi says his father died Friday afternoon at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a two-month battle with a spinal infection, pneumonia and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sale of Sacramento Kings to California investors is a done deal]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 13:34:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Calling it one of the great comebacks in sports, Mayor Kevin Johnson announced on Friday at City Hall that the sale of the Sacramento Kings to a local group of investors has been finalized. 

The Maloof family is reportedly selling a 65% controlling...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tony Schumacher, Antron Brown take NHRA title chase to Kansas]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 12:04:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The championship fight in drag racing's premier class, top fuel, has tightened up considerably as the National Hot Rod Assn. moves to Kansas this weekend. 

Tony Schumacher, the record seven-time top-fuel champion, held a slim five-point lead over his...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Steve Alford, New Mexico come to buyout agreement]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 15:22:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[UCLA basketball Coach Steve Alford and the University of New Mexico have reached an agreement on a buyout, New Mexico officials announced. 

New Mexico will receive a "net benefit of $625,000 buyout," according to a statement released by university...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[MLB considering a huge expansion of instant-replay reviews]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 11:10:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On the heels of two controversial calls that angered fans in two cities, Major League Baseball appears to have decided on an expansion of instant-replay review by umpires in time for the 2014 season. 

Commissioner Bud Selig has gone on record in past...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Phil Jackson recalls his non-hiring by the Lakers on 'Tonight Show']]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 12:41:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson visited Jay Leno on the "Tonight Show" on Thursday night to promote his upcoming book "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success." 

Jackson described his brief flirtation with returning to the Lakers early in the season....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Metta World Peace does the weather, talks Lakers season]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-18 08:26:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Metta World Peace joined Liz Habib on the KTTV-TV (Channel 11) news broadcast Friday night to talk sports and do the weather with meteorologist Pablo Pereira. 

"I came to L.A. because of Phil Jackson, Kobe [Bryant] reminded me of [Michael] Jordan,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Former Lakers Coach Phil Jackson calls superstar Kobe Bryant a "hard-headed learner" in his new book.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>2013-05-15 15:22:33</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lakers guard Kobe Bryant's mother, Pamela Bryant, is seeking to auction off memorabilia from Kobe's high school days and early NBA career.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>2013-05-03 16:43:52</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant]]></title>
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			<pubDate>2013-05-03 10:19:12</pubDate>
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