Penguins forward Sidney Crosby prepares to take a faceoff against Kings forward Anze Kopitar during the third period of the Kings' 5-2 win at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night.LOS ANGELES -- This was such foreign territory that it stung just that much more.The Penguins had not given up more than four goals in a game before last night. Then they lost, 5-2, to the Los Angeles Kings at Staples...
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official negotiating over Jackson memorial cost < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateA Los Angeles official says she's negotiating with the company that owns Staples Center about reimbursing at least some of the $3.2 million taxpayers spent on the Michael Jackson memorial.A City Council panel postponed Monday's cost review for a week after Councilwoman Jan Perry said she had positive discussions with AEG...
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months, it's been unclear how much Michael Jackson's memorial at Staples Center in July cost the city for the thousands of police officers working to provide public safety. Depending on who was doing the calculating, the city incurred somewhere between $1.4 million or $6 million.To many Angelenos, it didn't matter where in that range the true costs fell; any million spent was one too many for a city...
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Clips' broadcasters suspended for Haddadi remarks < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateClippers 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.Lawler and Smith made their off-the-cuff comments about the Iranian-born center during Wednesday night's telecast...
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Kobe Bryant poured in 41 points with eight rebounds on Sunday as the Los Angeles Lakers bounced back from an ugly NBA loss with a 118-110 victory over Atlanta. Andrew Bynum added 21 points for the Lakers and Lamar Odom chipped in 11 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists for the defending NBA champions.The Lakers were coming off their worst home loss in two seasons, which saw them fall 94-80 to the...
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Taylor Swift has given clear hints that she and Taylor Lautner are an item, after she introduced the 'Twilight' hunk to her mum during an intimate dinner date.The pair fuelled rumours of romance when they were spotted embracing during a night out at a hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the Columbus Blue Jackets at the city's Staples Center on Sunday.While the couple claims that they are...
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Kobe Bryant scored 33 points and Andrew Bynum added 26 on his 22nd birthday as the reigning NBA champions opened defense of their title Tuesday night with a 99-92 victory over the Clippers, their Staples Center co-tenants who played without injured No. 1 overall draft pick Blake Griffin.The Lakers began the evening with a ceremony unveiling the franchise's 15th gold-and-purple championship banner,...
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actor Taylor Lautner has sparked off rumours that he is romancing country singer Taylor Swift after the two of them were seen together in Los Angeles.Both the Taylors were snapped sitting side-by-side as they enjoyed a game of hockey between the Los Angeles Kings and the Columbus Blue Jackets at the city's Staples Center last weekend, reports the Daily Express.Speculations of a relationship between...
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King of Pop Michael Jackson used golf cart to whisk him to and from his car during This Is It tour rehearsals, because he was so drugged and exhausted he could barely walk, it has been revealed.In the new movie This Is It, the late singer is shown as a master at work as he leaps around the stage at Los Angeles Staples Center.However, aides have revealed behind the scenes he was a wreck who could hardly...
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actor Taylor Lautner has sparked off rumours that he is romancing country singer Taylor Swift after the two of them were seen together in Los Angeles.Taylor Lautner has sparked off rumours that he is romancing country singer Taylor Swift after the two of them were seen together in Los Angeles.Both the Taylors were snapped sitting side-by-side as they enjoyed a game of hockey between the Los Angeles...
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