The Lakers are now America’s team, for better and worse

It wasn't that long ago — 15 days, to be exact — that Tom Brady sat behind a podium at Atlanta's State Farm Arena on the NFL's Super Bowl Opening Night and smoothly handled all the love, adulation and attempted humor that came his way. Tuesday night in the same arena, just a few feet from where Brady had set up, LeBron James didn't exactly hear songs of praise: Yes, that's Atlanta's let-the-world-burn fan contingent, shouting, "Kobe's better! at James.