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Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers Are Basketball

Even before Thursday night’s 25-point whipping of the Orlando Magic in Los Angeles, the Lakers were heavy favorites in this season’s NBA finals – as big a favorite, in fact, as they were underdogs last year to the Boston Celtics (roughly 2 to 2 ½ to one in Las Vegas).

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The Year of the Celtics and Obama

On a Sunday afternoon 21 Junes ago, James Worthy dove for an impossible loose ball and somehow swatted it to a streaking Magic Johnson, whose early third quarter lay-up ignited the crowd and signaled a decisive shift in momentum. From there, the home-standing Lakers, who had trailed the Celtics by five at halftime, breezed to Read More

Crime Blotter

Lakers' Bling Stolen

From Carlyle Hotel Room No matter how classy the accommodations or stratospheric the room rates, it's never a smart move to leave your bling-bling lying around your hotel room, as Kareem Rush, a 23-year-old player with the Los Angeles Lakers, discovered on a visit to the Carlyle hotel on June 23. The Lakers' Read More