... lawsuits filed by NBA employees claiming gender-based discrimination. My punishments far accede any that have ever been implicated in the past. For example in 2011, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was fined a measly $100,000 for directing a gay slur at a referee (The Christian Science.) Similarly Orlando Magic owner Richard DeVos got off with virtually nothing after he made highly controversial ... ...

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... great message board feedback from Californian as well as visitors from other states who visited the arena. All I thought that the Staples center provided was a chance to see Shaq and Kobe Bryant and the cheerleaders. The more I read about the Staples center the more intrigued I got and plus the more confident I got that this sports venue surpasses any other. The Los Angeles ... ...

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... greedier each year. More and more high school athletes want to sign a professional contract straight out of high school just so they can say they are making millions. In 1997, Kobe Bryant, an NBA Star, signed straight out of high school. The amazing thing was is the Los Angeles Lakers offered him a contract for six years, where he would make around 60 ... ...

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