Broderick Turner of the RIVERSIDE (CA) PRESS-ENTERPRISE hits the couch, as Phil Jackson tries to deal with a head case not named Kobe Bryant.

(Vlad auditioning for the L.A. Ballet’s next production of “Swan Lake”)

Vladimir Radmanovic is the Lakers player the zen master has gleefully referred to as “my favorite Martian” and “space cadet”. Apparently, Vlad Rad can make Phil mad at times. The head coach had heard from assistant Brian Shaw that sometimes “you got to slap him up alongside the face to get him to play hard.”

As a result, Jackson has tried to get the Serbian slammer to see the team’s psychiatrist.

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So, Charles Barkley, Stuart Scott & Mr. Belding walk into a bar…

• Drunken Jaguars DB Brian Williams rants & raves & threatens arresting officers - then offers them to have sex with his date.

• A pair of Portland State basketball players were accused of brutally beating a tour worker in Mexico.

• When out on the course nowadays, John Daly needs to have his nipples kneaded.

• Diners get medieval in trying to obtain Rashard Lewis’ autograph.

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We all have a show or two we don’t want to admit we watch - when we get the chance. National Geographic Channel’s “Dog Whisperer” is that show for us. We really, really love it, mainly for the unintentional comedic content (which is why we’re also obsessed with late night infomercials).

True Hoop’s Henry Abbott comes through with a classic clip of Jeanie Buss and Phil Jackson on the show, doting over their dogs (Princess Cujo?) in the eternal quest for “dominance.” Read more…

Good luck to JT tonight - but we do have a soft spot for Priscilla Presley.

(SbB Girl Cecilia’s brush with a former NBA great - Vinny, Keystone Light?)

• Taking a fond look back at last weekend’s Panama City excursion.

• Phil Jackson puts the moves on Michele Tafoya.

• The owners of the Indiana Pacers supposedly want to give Larry the Bird.

• Reggie Jackson is going, going, gone from the Yanks’ spring training dugout.

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It was a rough Sunday for the Lakers, who became the 22nd-straight victim of the Houston Rockets, and lost their lead atop the NBA’s Western Conference. But, as Ryne Nelson of ODENIZED reports, Phil Jackson was able to find a little ray of sunshine, as cameras caught the coach committing a cutesy conversation with an ESPN sideline reporter. Surprisingly, it wasn’t Erin Andrews.

FAN IQ comes across Michele Tafoya, who was recently removed from “Monday Night Football“, at Sunday’s game, trying to track down Jackson for a quick soundbite. As Michele asked the coach about game adjustments, Phil quickly adjusted his reply into some sweet talk (video after the jump): Read more…

INSIDE THE LAKERS gets an earful from Kobe, as the L.A. hoop star tees off about getting tossed from Sunday night’s win over Seattle - Bryant’s first ejection of his season:

With about 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Bryant was given a technical by official Brian Forte after complaining about a non-call. When Kobe wouldn’t keep his mouth quiet, Forte slapped on a 2nd ‘T’ and bid Kobe a fond farewell.

But Bryant says he’s innocent. However, Phil Jackson warns his star player about igniting family feuds.

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WIOD-AM of Miami reports that former NBA player Glen Rice has been arrested for battery, after pummeling a guy at his estranged wife’s house.

Investigators say Rice entered the home of his wife, Christina, and confronted her about having other men in the house. He soon found 47-year-old Alberto Perez hiding in a bedroom closet. Rice then reportedly hit Perez in the face, grabbed him by the neck, and threw him out of the bedroom. Perez then fled the house & called police.

Shocking that Glen would be so distrusting of his wife, since she’s been so supportive of him in the past.

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