When you change your name to something as associative as "Metta World Peace" and then you go and elbow a rival on the basketball floor, well, people might have some suggestions for what you should have changed your name to instead. more ›

There was nothing pretty about the Lakers’ 86-78 win against the Atlanta Hawks as the Lakers came back home from the irrelevant award show road trip. But the ugliness got started over the weekend with some words by Ron Artest. more ›

He may have been born Ronald William Artest, Jr., but basketball star Ron Artest is going to be Metta World Peace as of today, when his anticipated name change goes into effect. more ›

Oh, you didn't think we meant actual world peace, did you? We're talking about L.A. Lakers star Ron Artest, who is petitioning the court to change his name to the more mellifluous Metta World Peace. Alas, the big change has been postponed by at least three weeks. more ›

Sometimes the Dodgers can kill fans with their one-run nail biters. Sometimes the Dodgers can do what they did Monday night against the Colorado Rockies. Going into the top of the ninth with the 8-1 lead, Javy Guerra wound up with his team-leading eighth save in the Dodgers’ 8-5 victory. more ›

It's looking like Ron Artest will not be a Laker next season. Assuming the 12-year veteran forward has his way, he'll don the purple and gold with a new identity: Metta World Peace. Ronald William Artest, Jr., 31, filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday to legally change his name. more ›

DJ, jewelry auctioneer, amateur psychologist and Lakers forward Ron Artest stepped in front of a TMZ camera over the weekend to break up a fight between a man and a woman on Hollywood Blvd. more ›

LA Lakers defeat Phoenix Suns 139-137 (3OT). Who would have thought NBA players really care about a regular season game? I suppose if you’re the Suns, then you would want to make a dent in the 2 ½ games between you and the Memphis Grizzlies for the eighth spot in the West. And if you’re the Lakers, you’d want to keep hold of the second seed. Put all of it together and you get some March Madness, NBA style. more ›

LA Lakers player Ron Artest auctioned off his one and only NBA championship ring in the name of charity on Saturday night. Raymond Mikkael, a father of four from Hawthorne, walked away with the prized prize, while proceeds from the raffle -- estimated at over $500,000 -- went to benefit mental health awareness and treatment for children, a cause important to the athlete, reports KTLA. more ›

This afternoon LA Laker Ron Artest is appearing at Millions of Milkshakes at Westfield Culver City to perform his new single “Champion.” Additional performances to include: New Boyz with special guest Myles Brown performing “Break My Bank”  and “Tie Me Down” and OMG Girlz performing their single “Haterz” featuring New Boyz. The music starts at 5:30 pm and Ron Ron takes the stage at 6 pm to perform and make custom milkshakes. Prizes and giveaways. more ›

Last night, new Laker Ron Artest had both the game of his life and the post-game press conference of his life. Watch and be entertained. more ›

Atlanta Hawks defeat LA Lakers 109-92. No defense, no Lamar Odom, no bench, no win. The Hawks dominated the paint outscoring the Lakers 44-26 and double teamed Pau Gasol daring the Lakers to settle for perimeter shots. The Lakers bit on it unable to dictate much of anything for a second consecutive game. While Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 28 points and Pau Gasol despite being mugged getting a double-double with 16 points... more ›

LA Lakers defeat Golden State Warriors 124-118. Yet again the Lakers defense was helpless against an uptempo offense, however thanks to another superhuman effort by Kobe Bryant with 44 points and a season high 11 assists the Lakers offense saved the day. The Warriors held the edge on fast break points at 30-9 while the Lakers barely outscored the Warriors in the paint 46-44. While this game goes in the win column, these last four games have been nothing to write home about. Not to sound the alarm or anything. more ›

Things have been very quiet on the Ron Artest front so far. A strange appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, his sister getting caught up allegedly committing welfare fraud and unique tweets aside, the shitstorm that was supposed to be Artest really hasn’t manifested itself. Until now that is. more ›

With the World Series upon us, college football reaching it's half-way point and an exciting NFL season heating up, you may not have realized that NBA is tipping off tonight. One guy who's definitely aware of this is J.E. Skeets, Yahoo! Sports NBA Blogger. more ›

I’ll admit it. I’ve been pretty down since the final out of the NLCS. I simply could not shake my visions of Joe Torre sadly sipping his Bigelow green tea, Matt Kemp listening to sad early 90s R&B love ballads (in my mind it's Toni Braxton) and Andre Ethier staring dejectedly out the window of his plane back to Arizona. more ›

Sorry for being so neglectful recently. It seems like everything exploded in the sports world in the last week or so. So here's a round up rather than reading about how the Dodgers and Angels lost Wednesday night. more ›

Laker's guard Derek Fisher has been suspended by the NBA for Friday's game 3 against the Houston Rockets at Houston. He bodychecked Rockets forward Luis Scola in the waning minutes of the third quarter that was a ruled a flagrant-two foul resulting in an ejection. Kobe Bryant's elbow to Ron Artest in the fourth quarter was upgraded to a flagrant-one foul and will not result in any suspension. more ›

Bobcats 133, Lakers 124, 3OT - Kobe Bryant proved that there's no "i" in team, and there was no victory in Charlotte. Despite pouring in 58 points (third highest total in his career), Kobe blew the game in the final 1:14 of triple overtime. First, he fouled Derek Anderson on a three point attempt, allowing Anderson to hit all three free-throws and put the Bobcats up by five. On the ensuing drive, he missed a jumper. The next possession, he was whistled for charging and fouled out of the game. Kobe wasn't happy with the foul calls after the game, but maybe he was just tired and cranky after playing so much extra time. more ›

Jazz 102, Clippers 92 - Something about Utah just doesn't sit well with the Clippers. They fell to 1-30 in games at EnergySolutions Arena (yes, it's really called that), and have lost 7 of their last 8 overall. Mike Dunleavy was T-eed up, but if he's fined we're sure he can afford it. The Clippers were on the road the last three games, and will close out the calendar year with three at home against... more ›

Happy holidays to Clipper Nation. more ›

Lyrics Born - Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live! (Quannum) more ›

- Handicapable Pacific Palisades Boy Scout is told that in order to go camping he's got to have one of his parents accompany him. Parents say they would rather accompany the lad to court where they will sue the Scouts. - NBC4 - La Cañada woman falls for the old Illegal Immigrant Wins Lotto and Will Split It With You Trick - La Cañada Valley Sun - Ventura dodged the Wal*Mart-Starbucks urban sprawl of... more ›

This LAist contributor doesn't normally write about sports so we won't focus much on the game itself. After a 54 point first half, Pacers defense (mostly manifesting in Ron Artest's activity and muscle) and a horrible third quarter left Da Clips 5 points short of their 10th victory. We don't think our soon-to-be-all-star Elton Brand will be getting player of the week honors again after the squad doubled their loss total. That said, their record still smokes the woeful Lakers. Speaking of which, hi Samaki Walker! Did the Staples center victory bring fond memories and hope that you could jump on the coattails of another team and collect one more NBA championship ring? more ›

It doesn't matter if fans are throwing plastic cups at you. If there's one rule in the NBA that everyone understands, it's that you always stay on your side. Players should never ever go into the stands. Fans shouldn't come onto the court during the game. Watching Artest punch viciously go after a fan (the wrong one, no less), followed by events like Jermaine O'Neal outright punching a fan on the court was simply chilling. more ›