3 h. ago Luka Doncic pays to restore defaced mural of Kobe and Gigi Bryant in Los Angeles

Kobe Bryant spent his entire 20-year career with the Lakers, winning five championships and becoming the top scorer in franchise history

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13 h. ago Luka Dončić pays entire cost to restore vandalized Kobe Bryant mural

Lakers star makes $5,000 donation to GoFundMe pageKobe and Gigi Bryant died in January 2020Luka Dončić has stepped up to pay the entire expected cost of restoring a vandalized mural depicting Kobe and Gigi Bryant in downtown Los Angeles.The Los Angeles Lakers’ new guard made a $5,000 donation on Tuesday to cover the entire goal of a GoFundMe page created by artist Louie Palsino. He wants to restore the mural, titled Mambas Forever, at 14th and Main Streets. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Luka Doncic donates entire cost of restoring vandalized Kobe Bryant mural in downtown Los Angeles

Luka Doncic has stepped up to pay the entire expected cost of restoring a vandalized mural depicting Kobe and Gigi Bryant in downtown Los Angeles

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1 week ago LA is betting central with money on the Lakers and Clippers as the NBA playoffs begin

The Lakers often attract large betting interest anyway

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1 week ago Rory McIlroy claims surrounding ‘£3.1million donation' see charity make statement

Rory McIlroy won the Masters on Sunday to complete the career grand slam, and rumours have been rife that he donated his entire prize fund to charity

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1 week ago Burglars tunnel through wall to steal $10m in goods from LA jewelry store

Heist took place at Love Jewels in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday after thieves bore through levels of concreteBurglars tunneled through a concrete wall to gain access to a Los Angeles jewelry store, making off with at least $10m worth of watches, pendants, gold chains and other merchandise, police said.The heist happened around 9.30pm on Sunday at Love Jewels on Broadway in the heart of downtown, according to officer David Cuellar with the LA police department. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mavericks’ Miriam Adelson is the NBA’s most dangerous owner | Lee Escobedo

She helped bankroll Trump, backs Israel’s war in Gaza and traded away Luka Dončić. Dallas fans are furious – and they’re not aloneIn the NBA, villainy rarely looks like chaos. It often arrives in the form of billionaires who believe their power serves a greater good. The NBA’s old guard of terrible owners – Donald Sterling, Glen Taylor and Robert Sarver – have mostly exited the stage, having offloaded their controlling stakes in recent years. Even James Dolan, long regarded as the autocratic overlord of the New York Knicks, has begun to loosen his grip on basketball operations. Yet as the league evolves, the absence of these figures creates a vacuum – one in which a new archetype of villainous owner can emerge. And from where I stand, Miriam Adelson is the No 1 example.Adelson, the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, is worth around $27bn, making her one of the world’s richest women. Her fortune primarily stems from gambling her majority ownership in the Las Vegas Sands casino ...

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2 w. ago ‘It’s time to move on’: Tearful Dončić drops 45 in first game at Dallas since trade

Lakers star scores 31 of 45 points before halftime in winDončić shed tears during lengthy pre-game tribute videoLuka Dončić scored 45 points in his first game in Dallas since being traded to the Los Angeles, helping the Lakers wrap up a playoff spot with a 112-97 victory over the Mavericks on Wednesday night.Dončić’s emotional return came two months after a seismic trade out of nowhere that sent the five-time All-Star to Los Angeles. The 26-year-old star from Slovenia spent his first five and a half seasons with the Mavericks, and still had two seasons left on his contract. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dončić says he was trash talking fan rather than ref before ejection in Lakers loss

Fan backs up guard’s version of eventsDončić returning to Dallas Mavericks on WednesdayLuka Dončić didn’t wait for his much-anticipated return to Dallas to crank up the drama.The night before he faces the franchise with which he spent his first six-and-a-half NBA seasons, he was ejected from the Los Angeles Lakers’ 136-120 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Continue reading...

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