No matter what’s ailed the Lakers this season, no matter how many losses they have suffered to lackluster teams (Good night, Cleveland!), something actually went right for them in the All-Star game. Kobe Bryant won his fourth All-Star MVP award, scoring 37 points and pushing the Western Conference past the East, 148-143, on Sunday at Staples Center. It could have easily been a weekend for the young ones, a chance [Read the rest...]

Ronaldinho has been recalled to the Brazil squad for the forthcoming friendly against Argentina and there are some who might think the call has come six months too late. When it all went wrong in the second half of that World Cup semi-final against the Netherlands, and coach Dunga looked along his substitutes bench in search of a saviour, was he really more pleased to see the likes of Julio [Read the rest...]

Paul the Octopus, the eight-armed oracle that correctly predicted the outcome of eight World Cup matches this year, has died. Devastated staff at his aquarium in Germany say they will build a memorial to him, and they have a comforting message for a world in mourning — Paul II is waiting in the wings. Paul the Octopus, who gained worldwide fame this year by correctly forecasting the outcome of eight [Read the rest...]