Lakers C Bynum has knee drained (AP)
Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum’s troublesome right knee was drained of excess fluid Monday. Bynum hopes the procedure will allow him to play closer to full strength in the NBA finals against the Boston Celtics. Los Angeles hosts Game 1 on Thursday night. “It was getting worse,” Bynum said.
Lakers hope for boost from Artest, Bynum (AP)
Although Andrew Bynum didn’t play in the 2008 NBA finals, he remembers how it all ended. Boston Celtics fans celebrated their clinching victory by throwing rocks and other projectiles at the Los Angeles Lakers’ departing bus, also rocking it back and forth. “I only saw a couple of games, and it was crazy — the energy, the fans,” said Bynum, who was out for the season with an…
Sarah Ferguson on Videotaped Sting: "I Was Drinking"
Sarah Ferguson is finally speaking out about the now infamous videotaped sting in which she purportedly offers to sell access to her former husband, Prince Andrew.
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Original "King Kong" coming to Blu-ray (Reuters)
Reuters – “King Kong,” the master of all movie beasts and one of the more important movies of the 20th century, will make its Blu-ray debut September 28.
Scorsese lends lively narration to art docu (Reuters)
Reuters – The influence of the burgeoning medium of film during the early part of the 20th century on modern art, and Cubism in particular, is the subject of “Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies.” The documentary, directed by art dealer/film producer Arne Glimcher (”The Mambo Kings”) and produced and narrated by Martin Scorsese, features a profusion of provocative ideas and a wealth of vintage film clips but is unable to avoid having the inevitable feel of a college thesis. It opened Thursday in New York.
Angelelli, Taylor win Grand-Am Race at Lime Rock (AP)
Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor won the Memorial Day Classic on Monday at Lime Rock Park, a race highlighted by a first-lap accident involving two of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series premier Daytona Prototype entries. Angelelli and Taylor, co-driving the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Ford/Dallara, finished 4.791 seconds ahead of Ran Dalziel and Mike Forest, driving the No.
Ex-Whalers owner wants team in Hartford (AP)
Former Hartford Whalers hockey team owner Howard Baldwin is trying to get fans behind his efforts to bring an NHL team back to Hartford, Conn. Baldwin’s latest venture is an outdoor skating rink at the Rentschler Field sports and entertainment stadium in East Hartford. A news conference has been scheduled for Wednesday to detail plans for the rink and various events designed to show Hartford is…
Pierce excited to return to finals, LA (AP)
Paul Pierce is excited to return to the NBA finals and his hometown for the next round in the league’s greatest rivalry. Boston’s best player isn’t exactly thrilled that Los Angeles’ welcoming committee includes Ron Artest, a physical, tenacious defender. “He likes to bang you,” Pierce said Monday, “grab you, hold you, pull your shorts down.
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Magic GM says another overhaul unlikely (AP)
Magic general manager Otis Smith wanted to be clear: He’s not looking to overhaul the roster again. Unless he does. One eye on the past and another on the future, the never-afraid-to-take-a-chance general manager doesn’t expect any major moves this offseason. Even after failing to return to the NBA finals, Smith believes Orlando already has the roster to win its first championship.