Josh Spector

As we all continue to bask in Kobe Bryant's latest amazing accomplishment (81 points? Are you kidding me?), LAist can't help but contemplate the bigger question that hasn't been asked about this season's Lakers. With the team currently very much in the playoff race as we approach the halfway mark of the season, which of the Lakers stars deserves more credit — Kobe Bryant or Phil Jackson? The argument for Kobe is a simple...

Comedian Chelsea Handler is one funny chick. That's why LAist thought it was a good idea to fire a few questions at her and get her take on the perks of LA's comedy scene, the best spot in LA to have sex, and to find out what she's doing sharing the stage with a couple porn stars at tonight's debut XXX Comedy Night show at the Hollywood Improv. You're a regular on the LA...

With just over 24 hours remaining until the kickoff of this year's "Game of the Century" (there seems to be one every year) between USC and Texas in the Rose Bowl, LAist is loving the feeding frenzy for tickets that is raging on popular swap-everything site Craigslist. Last year you were able to buy a pair of tickets the day before the game off Craigslist at below face value and have them delivered to...

Kobe went off last night. There's simply no other way to say it. To drop 62 points in only three quarters is truly an amazing feat and has appropriately set the NBA world abuzz. The LA Times Lakers Blog jokingly points out that Kobe didn't quite do it all last night, the Daily News quotes disgruntled and ejected Mavs coach Avery Johnson as saying "It was like he was in a gym all by...

Maybe the Clippers aren't ready to make a championship run quite yet. Back to back losses this week to a pair of former champs - the Spurs and the Pistons - revealed that the Clip show is a long way from truly challenging for anything in the post season. However, these games also proved that while the Clippers may not be true NBA championship contenders, they are definitely on the right track. Against Detroit,...

Wow. Talk about winning a game you deserve to lose. The Lakers had no business winning last night against the lowly Charlotte Bobcats (who were 1-9 on the road and 5-12 overall coming into the game), but thanks to a pair of clanged free throws by career 78% free throw shooter Brevin Knight down the stretch, the Lakers escaped with a 99-98 win. As the Charlotte players walked off the court in a stunned...

LAist's look at this week's must-read LA sports stories from around the web. 1. LA Weekly discovers USC's secret weapon -- a lawyer. Trojan fans take heart; UCLA Bruins fans get ready for a showdown on December 3. Odds are Long Beach attorney Carmen Trutanich will make the potential misdemeanor assault charges against linebacker Rey Maualuga go away without lifting a finger. 2. J.A. Adande hopes Kim Ng doesn't get the Dodgers GM job....

If there are two things that Randy and Jason Sklar know -- it's sports and comedy. The hosts of ESPN's Cheap Seats seemed like the perfect people to size up the LA sports scene so we decided to fire a few questions at them. You can catch them live in person tonight along with Zach Galifianakis, Todd Glass, Greg Fitzsimmons and a special *surprise* guest at the Hollywood Improv's HIGH TIMES COMEDY NIGHT. Since...

The biggest story in the NFL this year has been the ongoing soap opera that continues to play out between Terrell Owens and the Philadelphia Eagles. Things hit rock bottom this week with the team suspending the Pro Bowler after he pissed off just about everyone and anyone that has anything to do with the organization. But LAist would like to take this opportunity to intervene and suggest the perfect solution to his dilemma...

Trying to make it through a slow Friday afternoon at the office? LAist is here to help with a serving of some of the best Los Angeles-related sports reads we found on the web this week. 1. ESPN's Sports Guy weighs in on Kobe Bryant, Shaun Livingston and Sam Cassell in his annual NBA preview. "(Sam Cassell) is a guy who makes 3-pointers in the playoffs, then hops around the court mimicking a giant...