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Trevor Ariza said Tuesday he would love to return to the Los Angeles Lakers next season. The fifth-year forward becomes an unrestricted free agent on July 1, along with teammate Lamar Odom, who made $14.1 million this season and turns 30 in November. The downtrodden economy, however, could play a part in how much other [...]

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday defended the decision to stage a victory parade for the NBA champion Lakers, saying it's important to celebrate even at a time of high unemployment and home foreclosures. Villaraigosa said that some of the city's wealthiest power brokers have kicked in $850,000 of nearly $1 million in city [...]

The White House. A movie premiere in Maryland. A store opening in Harlem. LeBron James is making the rounds this summer. Fully recovered after undergoing surgery two weeks ago to have a benign growth on his jaw removed, the NBA's MVP is keeping a busy schedule. On Monday, Cleveland's All-Star forward and a group of [...]

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is defending the decision to stage a victory parade for the NBA champion Lakers and says it's important to celebrate even at a time of high unemployment and home foreclosures. Villaraigosa said Tuesday that private donors have kicked in $850,000 of nearly $1 million in city costs for Wednesday's parade [...]

Television ratings for the NBA finals are down from last year. The five games on ABC between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic averaged an 8.4 rating. That's down close to 10 percent from last season's 9.3 for the six-game Lakers-Celtics series, which was boosted by Boston's large market and traditional rivalry with LA.

An aide to Los Angeles City Council president Eric Garcetti says private donors have agreed to cover all of the nearly $1 million in city costs for the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers' victory parade. Julie Wong said Tuesday that donors are providing enough money to defray all the expected costs for police and traffic [...]

An aide to Los Angeles City Council president Eric Garcetti says private donors have agreed to cover all of the nearly $1 million in city costs for the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers' victory parade. Julie Wong said Tuesday that donors are providing enough money to defray all the expected costs for police and traffic [...]

Hedo Turkoglu emptied his locker, shook hands with teammates and walked out of the Orlando Magic's practice facility Tuesday. The Magic are optimistic it wasn't the last time. Chief operating officer Alex Martins said the team is prepared to go over the luxury tax for the first time in its history, perhaps giving the Magic [...]