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HBO’s pilot about the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers has its Logo. Jason Clarke (First Man, Chappaquiddick) is set to play Hall of Famer Jerry West in Showtime, which is set to begin production next month. Written by Max Borenstein (Godzilla), the true-story project is based on Jeff Pearlman's nonfiction book Showtime: Magic…

Anthony Davis isn’t buying in to the notion that he’s a long-term pillar for the Los Angeles Lakers. Davis, who is signed with the basketball team only through this year, told the Chicago Tribune in an interview Saturday that he’d be interested in exploring something with the city’s Bulls team. "I mean, (this is)…

The Chicago Cubs had a Billy goat. The Boston Red Sox had the Curse of the Bambino. And now the Los Angeles Lakers have media personality LaVar Ball joining the lineup of great sports curses, as the volatile Ball has guaranteed the fabled basketball team will never win another championship because of their treatment…

The Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly agreed to a deal that would see the Lakers get top five player Anthony Davis to team with LeBron James. In return, the Lakers will send Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round draft picks, including this year’s No. 4 selection in next…

Mental illness is starting to come out of the shadows for professional athletes, as more and more well-known players and Olympians have come forward to talk about their struggles. The latest is former Laker Metta World Peace (aka Ron Artest), who famously thanked his psychotherapist during the 2010 Lakers…

LeBron James found out about Magic Johnson’s surprise departure from the Los Angeles Lakers while stretching before a game, and like most of the public, at first did not believe it. Speaking on his HBO show The Shop, James said he had met with Johnson a few days before his April 9 decision to leave his advisory post…

“My bad.” We’re paraphrasing, but that’s basically what LeBron James said last night about an Instagram post in which he wrote, “We been getting that Jewish money. Everything is Kosher.” It wasn’t some kind of slam, King James told ESPN — he was just posting song lyrics. “Apologies, for sure, if I offended anyone,&#8221…

EXCLUSIVE: There’s a big series coming up for the Los Angeles Lakers, and LeBron won’t crack the starting lineup. The Los Angeles Media Fund and the Lakers are teaming up with Haven Entertainment to produce a five-episode docu-series focusing on the ’80s Showtime era of the storied basketball team. That was the period…

LaVar Ball has offered to coach the Los Angeles Lakers, according to an interview, a job he claims he can do with his eyes closed. The voluble and controversial Ball, who stars in his own Facebook series, Ball in the Family, and runs the Big Baller League and shoe brand, is again taking shots at current Lakers coach…

UPDATE:  The NBA has suspended Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram four games, Lakers guard Rajon Rondo three games, and Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul two games without pay after a fight in Saturday’s game. The suspensions begin immediately. Paul will miss Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers. The…

Hollywood did not waste any time to roll out the welcome wagon for LeBron James after he turned in his Cleveland Cavaliers jersey and signed a 4-year $154 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday. Kobe Bryant, Chris Rock, Ava DuVernay, Chrissy Teigen, Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube were just some of the big names…

Basketball talent isn’t the only reason – and maybe not even the main reason – that LeBron James is coming to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now a more permanent resident of the capital of American show business and one of the major media centers of the world, James has a chance to grow the businesses that will provide…