The Los Angeles Lakers are the seventh most valuable sports franchise in the world. And while that didn’t happen overnight, the Lakers have long been an icon in the world of professional sports. Fans ...

From the moment he was drafted to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979, Magic Johnson formed an extremely close relationship with the franchise’s late, great owner Dr. Jerry Buss. The two were so close that ...

In 1979, Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Los Angeles Kings and The Forum, from previous owner Jack Kent Cooke for $67.5 million, thus beginning arguably the greatest ...

Los Angeles Lakers' minority owners Joey and Jesse Buss gave their goodbyes via ESPN's Shams Charania after they were fired from their respective front office positions on Thursday. In their joint ...

—At 95 years old, the longest-tenured employee of the team, and still equipped with one of the sharpest basketball minds, Bill Bertka has agreed to honor the franchise's 75th anniversary season by ...

In the spring of 2022, Lakers president and controlling owner Jeanie Buss turned on HBO’s Winning Time and was transported back to the start of her career. “They really captured my dad,” Buss tells ...

Showtime Lakers starting shooting guard Byron Scott, who spent the first ten seasons of his NBA career in L.A. and won three titles with the club, shared a heartwarming story about his long-lasting ...

I understand the basic premise of basketball – put the big orange ball into the correct hoop – but beyond that elevator pitch, the game is a mystery to me. It’s full of fussy rules and arcane ...

These are turbulent times for the Los Angeles Lakers--both on the floor, where they're suffering through a fourth consecutive dismal season, and in the boardroom, where there is now a fight for ...

Following the conclusion of a 2004 postseason run that could only be disappointing if you were the Los Angeles Lakers, team owner Dr. Jerry Buss was determined to make a roster shake-up. But not ...