Nance Jr. arrived to the NBA as an incredibly athletic leaper that threw down plenty of posterizing dunks over the course of ...

On Wednesday, April 9, Luka Doncic returns to the American Airlines Center in Dallas for the first time since being traded by the hometown Dallas Mavericks, who are hosting his new team, the Los ...

1983 — Walter Johnson’s record of 3,508 career strikeouts was eclipsed by Houston’s Nolan Ryan — a record that stood for 56 years. Ryan fanned Montreal pinch-hitter Brad Mills in the eighth inning as ...

Former Dodgers player and long-time coach Manny Mota suffered a stroke Monday night and is in recovery, the team said in a ...

1970 — Los Angeles Lakers guard Jerry West hits a 60-foot desperation shot at the buzzer to tie Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. The Knicks outscore the Lakers 9-6 in the overtime ...

The Los Angeles Lakers are the most storied franchise in ... He was the first overall pick in the 1982 draft and made seven All-Star appearances in his 12-year career. When most people think ...

From May 1982 until September 1998 ... by going 72-10 — and delivered the Lakers their first title since they had relocated from Minneapolis to Los Angeles in 1960. The only group to come ...

The recently departed Jerry West was one of the greatest Lakers of all time ... have to pay the price to “even” things out. The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views.

Magic Johnson is another NBA star who won a total of six NCAA championship victories, one with Michigan State in 1979 and five with the Los Angeles Lakers (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988).

Mobley would join an exclusive list by accomplishing the feat and he would hypothetically be the youngest to do so at 23 ...