Ex-NBA star Lamar Odom is alert and improving, his aunt says (Yahoo Sports)

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Lamar Odom is alert and his condition is improving after the former NBA star was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel a week ago, his family said Monday. Alvina Alston, publicist for Odom's aunt JaNean Mercer, said the former reality-TV personality is undergoing testing, but there is no word yet on when he might be released from the hospital. Odom is overcoming ''insurmountable obstacles'' and defying the odds, Mercer said in a statement.

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