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Podcasts Take Two
Sports roundup: Lakers, Dodgers and Ronda Rousey
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Nov 18, 2015
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Sports roundup: Lakers, Dodgers and Ronda Rousey
What are the Lakers doing with Kobe Bryant, why the Dodgers probably won't be spending a lot of money on the off-season, Ronda Rousey's loss.
FILE - This July 15, 2015, file photo shows mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey working out at Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale, Calif. Rousey's star power grows with each month, and the UFC's dominant bantamweight champion could have held her next title defense anywhere. She chose to travel to Bethe Correia's native Brazil for UFC 190 on Saturday, Aug. 1, just so she can embarrass the challenger in front of her home fans. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)
FILE - This July 15, 2015, file photo shows mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey working out at Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale, Calif. Rousey's star power grows with each month, and the UFC's dominant bantamweight champion could have held her next title defense anywhere. She chose to travel to Bethe Correia's native Brazil for UFC 190 on Saturday, Aug. 1, just so she can embarrass the challenger in front of her home fans. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)
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What are the Lakers doing with Kobe Bryant, why the Dodgers probably won't be spending a lot of money on the off-season, Ronda Rousey's loss.

In this week's sports roundup with

:

  • What are the Lakers doing with Kobe Bryant and D'Angelo Russell?
  • The baseball off-season is called the hot stove league. Teams with deep pockets start to set their free agent targets knowing they're about to spend a lot of cash. The Dodgers probably will not be one of them. What gives?
  • Ronda Rousey's loss to Holly Holm over the weekend was shocking. She's back in L.A. and is suspended 60 days, to prevent her from coming back too soon. Does her loss make her career way more interesting?

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