Feburary 06 2010
Sports Bites

Kobe Bryant got the Los Angeles Lakers' franchise scoring record, but the Memphis Grizzlies spoiled the celebration. Bryant scored 44 points, passing Jerry West as the Lakers' career scorer, but it wasn't enough as the Grizzlies got 22 points and 17 rebounds from Zach Randolph to defeat the Lakers 95-93 on Monday night. "It's a great honor to say the least (because) of the great players that have played here and the tradition we have,'' Bryant said of becoming the Lakers' career leading scorer. "

Gilbert Arenas insists he now understands that "guns and violence are serious problems, not joking matters." In an op-ed piece written for The Washington Post and put on the newspaper's Web site Monday, the suspended Washington Wizards guard pledges to be a better role model and says a "message of nonviolence will be front and center as I try to rebuild my relationship with young people in the D.C. area." He continues: "I know that won't happen overnight, and that it will happen only if I show through my actions that I am truly sorry and have learned from my mistakes.

Egypt pulled off a historic football feat by beating Ghana 1-0 on Sunday in the final of the 2010 African Cup of Nations to win the continent's top prize a record three times in a row, and a record seven times overall extending back to the first installment in 1957. After winning the last two African Cup of Nations in 2006 in Egypt and again in 2008 in Ghana, Egypt entered this year's competition facing plenty of skepticism. Many doubted that any team could pull off three championship wins in a row, particularly when missing their best players: Mido, Amr Zaki, Mohamed Barakat, and Mohamed Abou Treika.

Ottis Gibson will take over as West Indies coach in time for the home series against Zimbabwe later this month. The WICB chief executive Ernest Hilaire has confirmed reports that Gibson left his post as England's bowling coach to take up the vacancy created by the sacking of John Dyson last year. "Ottis will begin his appointment from the start of the home series against Zimbabwe," Hilaire said in a CBC Radio interview. "I think we need to take Ottis' appointment in stride. He will be the head coach of the WICB, and not just head coach of the senior team. He will have responsibility for coaching right across all of our representative cricket teams.

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