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The Television Academy today named broadcaster Stu Lantz as the recipient of the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, recognizing his 36-year career as a broadcast analyst for the Los Angeles Lakers. The award is presented to an individual, company or organization, selected by the Los Angeles…

Before Legendary Entertainment Godzilla franchise scribe Max Borenstein became attached as showrunner to Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty series, it took co-creator Jim Hecht some years after optioning Jeff Pearlman’s 2014 book, Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s…

The reeling Los Angeles Lakers received a blast from the past on Saturday night. Lakers legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson blistered the team in a Twitter post following a 37-point loss to the Denver Nuggets. "We as Lakers fans can accept being outplayed, but we deserve more than a lack of effort and no sense of urgency," J…

Fireworks can be heard as the city of Los Angeles celebrated the L.A. Lakers’ win over the Miami during game six of the NBA finals. The Lakers extinguished the heat 106-90, to nab their 17th championship and their first with NBA superstar LeBron James, who was also named NBA Finals MVP. The Lakers’ 17th championship…

As the purple and gold confetti fell, LeBron James sat emotionless on the hardwood during the Western Conference Finals trophy ceremony. James seemed unbothered by the fact the Lakers had made their first finals berth since Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to their last championship in 2010. “Right now, it don’t mean sh*t…

Los Angeles Lakers’ 127-101 victory over the Golden State Warriors scored a 2.1 demo rating and 6.39 million viewers Christmas night – a 17% gain over early stats for last year’s Xmas night NBA game. The matchup, between the Golden State Warriors, who've won 3 of the last 4 league titles, and the L.A. Lakers, who this…

The long time L.A. Lakers legend is hanging up his hoops – in verse. With a poem posted today on the Player’s Tribune website Kobe Bryant announced that he is retiring from the Lakers and the NBA at the end of this season – his 20th in the league. Dear Basketball: https://t.co/KDecft6BO2 #KB20 — Kobe Bryant…

A longtime Los Angeles Lakers Spanish-language radio announcer today sued the team and Time Warner Cable for "no less than" $1 million in a discrimination and harassment complaint. "The Lakers have treated Plaintiff differently and less favorably than his Anglo-American counterparts in terms of wages, hours and…