It’s amazing that in 1907 a Harvard-educated African-American man could get thrown out of Washington, D.C.’s Central YMCA for simply wanting to watch a basketball game.
That fact, in itself, gives modern folks a fairly good idea of the territory Americans have covered over the past century.
It’s not like we should consider congratulating ourselves on that [...]
Whoa, that whole LeBron James whispering to the Lakers thing was crazy.
This blogging stuff is all brand new for all of us. And it’s changing every day as more and more websites and blogs come online giving more and more people power and voice, not just to write but to interpret things.
I spend months and [...]
Magic Johnson raised the issue Friday. Asked about the nature of modern competition in the NBA, he pointed to the Lakers and Nuggets.
“It’s obvious that those are two teams that do not like each other,” said Johnson, the former Laker great who owns a minority percentage of the team yet also doubles as a TV [...]
New Lazenby post at hoopshype.com http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/lazenby/2010/01/24/gasol-an-all-star/
Roland Lazenby is the author of “Jerry West, the Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon”, set to be released by Random House/ESPN in February.
Jerry Buss celebrates the remarkable 30th anniversary of his tenure owning the Lakers.
In the wake of the Los Angeles Lakers winning the 2009 NBA title, much has been made of the 10 championships that Phil Jackson’s teams have won in his 18 seasons as a head coach. If you include the two other times Jackson’s teams reached the championship round and lost, that makes 12 times in [...]
Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Cheery Kwanza. All that good stuff. Let’s just wrap it up with a good ole Happy Holidays.
Tex Winter says there’s an easy answer to that question in the headlines. “Phil Jackson is a patient man,” he said appreciatively the other day. “He’s the most patient guy in the whole Lakers organization.”
Jackson’s [...]
