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By Allen Barra 6/05/09 8:04pm

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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By Steve Kornacki 6/10/08 1:09pm

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

By Ralph Gardner Jr. 7/26/04 12:00am

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