Lamar Odom is sticking with the NBA champs. After a rocky free-agent courtship, Odom agreed on a multiyear contract yesterday to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers, keeping intact most of the roster that won the club's 15th NBA title

The only problems that got Tom Brady off the field were thunder and lightning. The Patriots quarterback even kept playing through a torrential downpour yesterday at Foxborough, Mass., leading the offense through its paces.

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Sunset Beach's James J. Kress, 39, has qualified for the largest amateur motocross race in the world — the 28th annual Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross championships.

Kacie Komoto doesn't get rattled very easily. That was evident yesterday as the 14-year-old, who led by two strokes after Wednesday's second round, shot a 4-over-par 76 to win the Hawai'i State Women's Stroke Play Championship at Mid-Pacific Country Club.

Hilo's Ciera Min finished fourth yesterday at the 41st annual Trusted Choice Big "I" National Championship at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla.

Honolulu's Michelle Wie shot a 1-over-par 73 yesterday and was in a four-way tie for seventh after the first round of the Women's British Open. Wie, who shot 34-39, trails leader Sandra Gal of Germany by four strokes.

Boxer Arturo Gatti's death was ruled a suicide by police yesterday and his wife, once suspected of killing the former champion, was released from jail. Lead investigator Paulo Alberes told The Associated Press authorities decided Gatti killed himself July 11

The Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl is expected to shortly announce a four-year extension of an agreement for a Conference USA team to play opposite a Western Athletic Conference team in its game.

David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, the sluggers who led Boston to a pair of World Series championships, were among the more than 100 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to a report in

The economy is finally showing signs of stabilizing in some regions of the country — especially in parts of the Northeast and Midwest — bolstering hopes of a broader-based recovery this year.

Ward Centers is offering local nonprofit organizations an opportunity to raise money for their causes by selling tickets for Festival of Giving, a three-day shopping event scheduled for Nov. 6-8.

China's Hainan Airlines has applied to begin the first nonstop scheduled service from China to Hawai'i — a move that could significantly boost the long-anticipated increase in visitors from there.

Hawai'i's Duane DeSoto placed second in the Oxbow WLT at Tahara longboard surfing contest yesterday. The two-day event was completed in 2- to 3-foot waves at Tahara, Japan.

For three games, the Los Angeles Dodgers piled up hits and had nothing to show for it. To end a season-worst four-game losing streak, they made a few count. Matt Kemp and Casey Blake combined for seven hits and Kemp's

Hoku Scientific Inc. continued to struggle financially during the April-to-June period, reporting its 10th loss in the past 11 quarters. The Honolulu-based clean-energies technology company reported a $904,000 loss during the quarter, far outstripping its $74,000 in revenue.

Yesterday in Salt Lake City, the University of Hawai'i found the national spotlight in a hurry, but as the Chicago Tribune put it in an online posting, "this was one WAC media day that Hawai'i coach Greg McMackin might wish

The selling of distressed commercial real estate is expected to increase in Hawai'i over the next few years, but so far this year buyers and sellers of property from hotels to shopping centers aren't making many deals, according to a

At 5 feet 6 and 106 pounds, Connor Baxter is a little below average size for a 14-year-old. But when it comes to ocean sports, he is way above average. Baxter, a sophomore-to-be at King Kekaulike High on Maui, already