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Clips' broadcasters suspended for Haddadi remarks

Clippers broadcasters suspended 1 game for remarks about Iranian Haddadi. Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi.
 

LA pushes to get repaid for $3M Jackson memorial

LA pushes for repayment for $3M Jackson memorial despite no law forcing Staples Center to pay. The Los Angeles city attorney still plans to seek reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial, a spokesman said Monday, despite an audit concluding the event pumped even more dollars into the local economy.
 

LA pushes to get repaid for $3M Jackson memorial

LA pushes for repayment for $3M Jackson memorial despite no law forcing Staples Center to pay. The Los Angeles city attorney still plans to seek reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial, a spokesman said Monday, despite an audit concluding the event pumped even more dollars into the local economy.
 

NBA Lakers' Gasol scores 24 in shining season debut

Pau Gasol made the most of his season debut, scoring 24 points and grabbing 13 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Chicago Bulls 108-93.
 

Klitschko stops Arreola after 10th round

Klitschko dominating against Arreola, who doesn't come out for 11th round. Vitali Klitschko gave Cris Arreola such a beating that his corner finally stepped in to stop the fight. Good thing, because Arreola wasn't about to quit by himself.
 

Klitschko dominates Arreola to retain WBC title

Vitali Klitschko easily defended his World Boxing Council heavyweight title, pummelling previously unbeaten Cristobal Arreola through 10 rounds before the challenger's corner threw in the towel.
 

Klitschko retains WBC heavyweight title

Vitali Klitschko successfully defended his World Boxing Council heavyweight title on Saturday stopping previously unbeaten Cristobal Arreola after 10 rounds of a scheduled 12.
 

Klitschko dominates Arreola to retain WBC title

Vitali Klitschko easily defended his World Boxing Council heavyweight title, pummelling previously unbeaten Cristobal Arreola through 10 rounds before the challenger's corner threw in the towel.
 

Klitschko just can't get any respect

Vitali Klitschko, a heavyweight champion who just can't win outside the ring. Vitali Klitschko was doing most of his talking in English, which made sense because, after all, he had just starred in prime time on American television. Besides, he didn't need a whole lot of words to describe what he had just done to poor Cris Arreola.
 

Griffin ready to show Clippers what he can do

Blake Griffin ready to see what he can do to turn around Clippers. Blake Griffin has battled Los Angeles' famous traffic. He's played Good Samaritan for a woman in a stalled car. He's been photographed by paparazzi.
 

Kuznetsova vaults into lucrative season-ender

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Svetlana Kuznetsova on Monday became the fifth player to qualify for the women's tennis season-ending singles tournament in Qatar later this month.
 

Kings blow 4-goal lead, rally to beat Sharks 6-4

Teddy Purcell nets winning goal as LA Kings blow 4-goal lead, rally to beat Sharks 6-4. Teddy Purcell scored the tiebreaking goal from behind San Jose's goal line with 5:10 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings blew a four-goal lead before holding off the Sharks 6-4 Tuesday night.
 

Ellis' 24 points ruins Lakers return to the Forum

Monta Ellis scores 24 points to lead Warriors to 110-91 win over Lakers at the Forum. Monta Ellis scored 24 points and the Golden State Warriors ruined the Los Angeles Lakers return to the "Fabulous" Forum with a 110-91 preseason victory Friday night.
 

Michael Jackson's new song released

A previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson entitled "This Is It" was unveiled to the world on Monday almost four months after the star's death.
 

Michael Jackson's new song released

A previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson entitled "This Is It" was unveiled to the world on Monday almost four months after the star's death.
 

Michael Jackson's new song released

A previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson entitled "This Is It" was unveiled to the world on Monday almost four months after the star's death.
 

Michael Jackson's new song released

A previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson entitled "This Is It" was unveiled to the world on Monday almost four months after the star's death.
 

Clippers beat Warriors 124-117

Butler scored 27 points, leads Clippers to 124-117 victory over Warriors. Rasual Butler scored 13 of his 27 points in the third quarter, Eric Gordon added 22 and the Los Angeles Clippers erased a 20-point deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors 124-117 on Monday night.
 

Lakers hold off Bobcats 91-87

Andrew Bynum scores 15 points, Lakers hold off Bobcats 91-87. Andrew Bynum scored 15 points and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Charlotte Bobcats 91-87 on Saturday night in their first game back at Staples Center since winning the NBA title.
 

Preseason NBA Standings

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