KOBE-LIKE INCONTINENCE EXTENDS ACROSS CONTINENTS: The CHICAGO TRIBUNE reports a perennial NBA superstar is upset with the direction of his team and speaking out in the media in the hope that the club’s front office will quickly upgrade his supporting cast: “If they really want to keep me, then they have to make the necessary effort to get players around me that can compete at the maximum level. I want to be on a winning team that has ambition and fights for everything with stronger players.”