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Shaquille O'Neal to be elevated to level of great Lakers centers
If Shaquille O'Neal needed a nickname on his first day as a Laker, it could have been the Big Worrywart. As dominant as he was, the best big man in the NBA recognized he represented just a fraction of the Lakers centers who had come before him. George...
Tags: Sports, Staples Center, Dwight Howard, Milwaukee Bucks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Sacramento mayor directs offense in fight to retain NBA's Kings
SACRAMENTO — The most effective politician in Sacramento? There's no question. It's the mayor. Kevin Johnson — K.J. as he became known during his pro basketball playing days — is indisputably the right mayor at the right time. It's...Tags: Phoenix Suns, Sports, Qualcomm Inc., Kevin Johnson, Pittsburgh Penguins
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Lakers owner Jerry Buss brought 'Showtime' success to L.A.
The frozen fields of Wyoming came first. Long before the championship trophies. Before the glitz and glamour. Jerry Buss was still a teenager, digging ditches beside his stepfather, when he dreamed of bigger things. It was youthful ambition — a...
Tags: Dyan Cannon, Los Angeles D-Fenders, Denzel Washington, Vlade Divac, NBA Finals
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Jerry Buss' everlasting purple and bold effect
Jerry Buss may be gone, but Jerry Buss hasn't gone anywhere. Jerry Buss may have died on Feb. 18 at age 80, but Jerry Buss lives. When watching the Lakers makes you howl, when watching the NBA makes you smile, when watching anything in professional...
Tags: Entertainment, Academy Awards, Celine Dion, Staples Center, Jack Nicholson
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Lakers traveling to China in October for preseason
The Lakers will travel overseas to China in October for a pair of preseason games against the Golden State Warriors. On Oct. 15, the Pacific Division rivals will play in Beijing at the MasterCard Center. On Oct. 18, they'll visit Shanghai at the...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Global Expansion, Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder, National Basketball Association
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Lakers' melodrama tops midseason review
It's always amazing and amusing when players on bad teams are holding team meetings to air out their differences – at midseason. Amazing that nobody picked up on the problems the first 41 games, especially as much as they all huddle. Amusing...Tags: Entertainment, Staples Center, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant
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Do other NBA teams need new nicknames?
A return for the Sonics Barry Stavro Los Angeles Times David Stern is ready to give whoever buys the Kings a get-out-of-jail-free card and bless a move to Seattle. With an inevitable change in zip codes coming, it's also time to ditch the Kings as a...Tags: Kansas City Royals, National Basketball Association, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Karl Malone
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Jerry Buss dies at 80; Lakers owner brought 'Showtime' success to L.A.
When Jerry Buss bought the Lakers in 1979, he wanted to build a championship team. He also wanted to put on a show. The new owner gave courtside seats to movie stars. He hired pretty women to dance during timeouts. He spent freely on big stars and...
Tags: Dyan Cannon, Los Angeles D-Fenders, Denzel Washington, Sports, Vlade Divac
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Chris Paul has Clippers thinking big, despite thumping by Spurs
I'm thinking the best place for Dwight Howard's statue outside Staples is right beside Oscar De La Hoya's 7-foot likeness. That way they can keep the guys together who have been beaten up the most in the building. De La Hoya was 0-1 in Staples and so...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, NBA Finals, Dwight Howard, T.J. Simers, Oscar De La Hoya
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A memorial service perfectly suited to Jerry Buss: glitz, grace and some goofiness
The stage was filled with flowers and gold. The audience was filled with short skirts and diamonds. Davis Gaines elegantly sang "Music of the Night," while, on the screen behind him, there appeared a photo of Jerry and Jimmy Buss crooning karaoke....Tags: Toy Story (movie), Jerry West, National Basketball Association, Los Angeles Lakers, Shaquille O'Neal
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Jerry Buss memorial: Lakers greats recall a man of the people
Phil Jackson won five championships and advanced to two other NBA Finals while coaching the Lakers for owner Jerry Buss. His words were as anticipated as anybody’s Thursday at Buss’ memorial service at Nokia Theatre. Jackson said he...
Tags: Entertainment, NBA Finals, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Walt Hazzard, Jerry Buss
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NBA TV to televise Jerry Buss memorial service live
This post has been updated. See below for details.NBA TV will join the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and TWC Deportes in offering live coverage of the services for former Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss at 3 p.m. PST on Thursday. An NBA TV spokesman said his network will use the Time Warner feed...Tags: Television Industry, Entertainment, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, AEG, Randy Newman
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