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WATCH: Lakers Edge Mavs In Final Seconds

AP | By GREG BEACHAM | Posted 01.17.2012 | Sports

LOS ANGELES -- Derek Fisher hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds to play and the Los Angeles Lakers survived a dismal offensive game by both t...

Brennan Williams

Hattie Winston: 'Please Take The Peace And Go'

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 01.15.2012 | Black Voices

In our weekly "Love Of The Game" series, HuffPost Black Voices talks sports with a person of note. This week we caught up with renown television and B...

CP3 Outshines Kobe As Clippers Win Battle Of LA

AP | By BETH HARRIS | Posted 01.15.2012 | Sports

LOS ANGELES -- Chris Paul scored 33 points, Blake Griffin had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers led all the way in beating the L...

Why Stay-At-Home Spouses DESERVE Half Their Exes’ Millions

Tamara Shayne Kagel | Posted 01.14.2012 | Divorce

Tamara Shayne Kagel

My boyfriend and I haven't even been dating a year and we're already fighting about a divorce settlement. Not our divorce settlement, but everyone else's

Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 01.12.2012 | New York

Len Berman

If you think the world revolves around sports, think again. Lady Gaga has the most followers on Twitter, approaching 18 million. You have to go down to 17th place to find an athlete, Brazilian soccer star Kaka, 7.9 million.

WHO MAKES THE CUT?: Roster For London Olympics Reduced To 19, With 7 More To Be Cut

The Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 01.11.2012 | Sports

Four MVP Awards, all five 2010-11 All-NBA First Team selections and countless All-Star game appearances. This is just a glimpse of the various accompl...

Sports Blitz Now: Tim Tebow and a Giant Upset?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 01.11.2012 | Sports

HuffPost Radio

In the ninth episode of Sports Blitz Now, Jordan Schultz and host Scott Braun break down the Giants chances of beating Green Bay at Lambeau Field, and why Tim Tebow's miraculous season is about to come to an abrupt end.

Kobe's Big Night Keeps Lakers Streak Alive

AP | By BETH HARRIS | Posted 01.11.2012 | Sports

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant scored 48 points – his fifth straight game with 25 or more – and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Phoenix Su...

Los Angeles Lakers And Kobe Bryant Win Again, But Trouble Lurks Around The Corner

Jordan Schultz | Posted 01.04.2012 | Sports

Jordan Schultz

Sooner or later, the Los Angeles Lakers are going to reach a breaking point. In an early season matchup with middling Houston Tuesday night, we saw Kobe Bryant completely take control of a non-functional offense and revert to Black Mamba, circa 2006.

Kobe Lights It Up

AP | By GREG BEACHAM | Posted 01.04.2012 | Sports

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant scored 37 points, Andrew Bynum had 21 points and 22 rebounds in the first 20-20 game of his career, and the Los Angeles Lak...

Best NBA Games Of 2011

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 12.31.2011 | Sports

Remember when it seemed like the "Will He? Won't He?" drama leading up to the "Summer of 2010" was the most divisive, dramatic and distracting thing t...

Kobe Outshines Melo As Lakers Win 2 Straight

AP | By GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.30.2011 | Sports

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant scored 28 points in yet another dynamic performance against the Knicks, and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away in the fourt...

HIGHLIGHTS: Kobe And Pau Lift Lakers Over Jazz For First Win

AP | Posted 12.28.2011 | Sports

LOS ANGELES -- After finishing three games in roughly 56 hours with their best effort yet, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers demonstrated why the...

Michelangelo Signorile

The 11 Gay Media Stories We Were All Talking About In 2011

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 12.28.2011 | Gay Voices

In 2011 it seemed the stories that captivated the media and the rest of us focused on the power of words -- whether used by sports stars and comedians...

Lakers Off To A Rough Start

AP | By JOSH DUBOW | Posted 12.27.2011 | Sports

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Marcus Thornton scored 12 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Sacramento Kings opened the season in grand fashion, be...

Bulls Stun Lakers On Derrick Rose's Game-Winner

AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 12.25.2011 | Sports

LOS ANGELES — Derrick Rose scored 22 points and hit a short go-ahead jumper with 4.8 seconds to play, and the Chicago Bulls rallied from an 11-p...

LIVE: Bulls vs Lakers

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.25.2011 | Sports

The 2010-2011 NBA season certainly didn't end how either of these two teams would have liked. After a bright start to the series, the Bulls were brush...

Best Christmas Day Moments In NBA History

Bleacher Report | Posted 12.25.2011 | Sports

We've had a rich history of Christmas Day matchups that date back to 1947 when the New York Knicks beat the Providence Steamrollers, but even a clash ...

Brennan Williams

Sherri Shepherd Torn Between Lakers Vs. Bulls Season Opener

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 12.25.2011 | Black Voices

In our weekly "Love Of The Game" series, HuffPost Black Voices talks sports with a person of note. This week we caught up with "The View" co-host Sher...

Ron Dicker

Sports Franchises With The Biggest Box Office Comebacks In 2011

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 12.23.2011 | Business

Despite a losing economy, four sports teams have come up big winners in the ticket-resale market. The popular ticket site StubHub on Friday put togeth...

Hazelnut Spread Taste Test: Is Nutella Really The Best?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 12.22.2011 | KitchenDaily

Nutella -- it's the sweeter, smoother cousin of peanut butter that's made with hazelnuts, cocoa and skim milk. As our editors discovered at our recent...

Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 12.22.2011 | New York

Len Berman

University of Oregon economists have determined when the Oregon football team wins, male grades go down. Students are spending more time celebrating.

Blake Griffin Dominates In Clippers' Preseason Finale

AP | Posted 12.22.2011 | Sports

LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin scored nine of his 30 points in the final 5:18, and the Los Angeles Clippers wrapped up their two-game preseason swe...

Wendy Tries To Gossip On 'The Chew'

Posted 12.21.2011 | TV

"The Wendy Williams Show" is on a holiday hiatus, but Wendy couldn't keep herself away from the daytime circuit. The talk show host visited "The Chew"...

Charles Barkley Talks Tebow, Kobe Divorce On Leno

Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 12.21.2011 | Sports

The most quotable man in sports lived up to his reputation Tuesday night, appearing on The "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and touching on a number of to...