After his junior year at Kansas, basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain was ready to leave college to make some money. The NBA didn’t take players who left school early, so instead of playing competitively, Wilt joined the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters on a lengthy tour of Europe. Seeing Wilt, one of the …
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It’s springtime in America. The flowers are blooming, the sunsets are stunning, the air is filled with the scent of amour. It is now when a young man’s thoughts turn away from the grindset and toward the finer things in life: professional basketball, specifically. “The Playoffs,” you say? Now, of …
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Jack Nicholson made a surprise return to his Lakers courtside seats Friday as the actor was on hand for the team’s Game Six playoff matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies. For Nicholson, the return to his seat alongside the Crypto.com Arena court — where he and his trademark sunglasses were a …
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He appears behind tinted glasses, sporting a distressed wool jacket, no undershirt, and a massive gold chain sporting his initials, DB. He has a goatee, manicured to jut out at the chin. A reporter questions him about a heated exchange he had with LeBron James, the best basketball player of …
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On Feb. 18, Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone will be a judge during the Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. On the surface, an all-time great participating in All-Star festivities in their former team’s home city makes sense; the league is banking on most fans …
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LeBron James — by his own admission, and against all logic — was convinced that his Los Angeles Lakers could recreate the magic of The Heatles with the acquisition of Russell Westbrook, an aging $47 million-a-year slasher, when the team appeared to be in dire need of perimeter shooter/defenders. And, …
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Magic Johnson’s teammates recall the harrowing day the NBA legend announced he’d tested positive for HIV and would have to retire from basketball in a new clip from an upcoming episode of the docuseries Legacy: The True Story of the L.A. Lakers. Johnson revealed his diagnosis and decision on Nov. …
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A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Acceptable Loss,” coming up just as soon as I wear some pants with my suit… The season finale is called “Promised Land,” and its penultimate episode this week takes the Lakers all the way to the brink of such a place. They are …
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A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Invisible Man,” coming up just as soon as I blame the dramatist in me… “Invisible Man” takes its title from a conversation Magic and Kareem have prior to the Lakers’ season-defining road game against their arch-rivals, the Boston Celtics. Magic has spent much …
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A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Memento Mori,” coming up just as soon as I ask not to be buzzard fucked… Two of the three main stories of “Memento Mori” involve making the best of a bad situation in the moment, while the third seems to involve someone taking …
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