The Story Of The Los Angeles Lakers

Author : Nate LeBoutillier
Publisher : The Creative Company
ISBN 13 : 9781583414118
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Los Angeles Lakers written by Nate LeBoutillier and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, presenting color photos and highlighting important games, players, and coaches.

Author : Jeff Pearlman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698148614
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Showtime written by Jeff Pearlman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness delivers the first all-encompassing account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of professional sports’ most-revered—and dominant—dynasties. The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade over which they reigned. Beginning with the arrival of Earvin “Magic” Johnson as the number-one overall pick of the 1979 draft, the Lakers played basketball with gusto and pizzazz, unleashing their famed “Showtime” run-and-gun style on a league unprepared for their speed and ferocity—and became the most captivating show in sports and, arguably, in all-around American entertainment. The Lakers’ roster overflowed with exciting all-star-caliber players, including center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and they were led by the incomparable Pat Riley, known for his slicked-back hair, his Armani suits, and his arrogant strut. Hollywood’s biggest celebrities lined the court and gorgeous women flocked to the arena. Best of all, the team was a winner. Between 1980 and 1991, the Lakers played in an unmatched nine NBA championship series, capturing five of them. Bestselling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost three hundred interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic end—marked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIV—Showtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.

Author : Los Angeles Times Sports Staff
Publisher : Time Capsule Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780982324219
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Los Angeles Lakers written by Los Angeles Times Sports Staff and published by Time Capsule Press, LLC. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Includes 2010 championship season."--Jacket.

Author : Roland Lazenby
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071483233
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Show written by Roland Lazenby and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005-12-23 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first definitive oral history of the ever popular L.A. Lakers The L.A. Lakers have long been one of the NBA's most exciting teams. In The Show, critically acclaimed sportswriter Roland Lazenby brings the story of this charismatic team to life in an unprecedented oral history, featuring such legendary players as Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Kareem Abdul- Jabbar, and Magic Johnson, along with current stars like Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. Through in-depth interviews with players, coaches, and many other key figures, Lazenby follows the Lakers from their birthplace in 1946 Minneapolis to their eventual successes and failures in Los Angeles, using his flair for storytelling and eye for detail to show you exactly why the 14-time NBA champion Lakers are a celebrated favorite for sports fans all over America.

Author : Mark Heisler
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1617499064
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Madmen's Ball written by Mark Heisler and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised and expanded edition, Los Angeles Times writer Mark Heisler investigates the 45-year history of the Los Angeles Lakers and unveils a pattern of pampered and/or misguided players, megalomaniacal executives, and owners whose obsessive drives for championships and attention combined to create an atmosphere of conflict for decades Throughout the entire 2003–04 season, fans and the media called the L.A. Lakers the biggest reality show in the country. But the laundry list of conflicts—the ongoing Kobe-Shaq bickering, Kobe's sexual assault trial, Phil Jackson's final season, Gary Payton's refusal to admit his physical decline, and the loss to Detroit in the championship—was just another year in the history of the Lakers. Madmen's Ball goes back to the Lakers' unceremonious arrival in Los Angeles in 1960 to show that the franchise has been embroiled in controversy, in-house battles and personality clashes for generations.

Author : Brendan Flynn
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1634941829
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Los Angeles Lakers All-Time Greats written by Brendan Flynn and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were dominant in their early days in Minneapolis, but after they moved to Southern California, the Los Angeles Lakers became legendary champions. From the pioneers of the 1950s to the global superstars of today, get to know the players who made the Lakers one of the NBA’s top teams through the years.

Author : Jeanie Buss
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1600788688
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laker Girl written by Jeanie Buss and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The never-before-told story of the Buss family and of one woman's rise to the top in a man's world, Laker Girl is an unprecedented glimpse into the glamorous world of the Los Angeles Lakers. It is also a behind-the-scenes journal of the 2009–10 Lakers season, a year in which the franchise captured its 16th world championship. By the time Jeanie was 19, she was already a high-ranking executive with World Team Tennis. Today, she is the Lakers' executive vice president of business operations and one of the most influential women in professional sports. Along the way, she's rubbed elbows with everyone from Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, and Shaquille O'Neal to Ryan Seacrest, Khloe Kardashian, Hugh Hefner, and Jack Nicholson. And she's done it all in her own unique, inimitable style. In this updated edition, Buss discusses her recent engagement to Phil Jackson and looks back on the Lakers' eventful past three seasons—an era that has included multiple coaching changes, changes in the front office, a new TV deal, and much more.

Author : Scott Ostler
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winnin' Times written by Scott Ostler and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeff Pearlman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 1328530000
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three-Ring Circus written by Jeff Pearlman and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2020 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1996 through 2004, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal combined-- and collided-- to help bring the Lakers three straight championships and restore the franchise as a powerhouse. From public sniping and sparring, to physical altercations and the repeated threats of trade, it was warfare. The eight years of infighting and hostility were by turns mediated and encouraged by coach Phil Jackson. Pearlman shows how the Shaq-Kobe duo resulted in one of the most enduring, and ever-evolving, teams in NBA history. -- adapted from jacket

Author : John Nichols
Publisher : Creative Education
ISBN 13 : 9781583411025
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Los Angeles Lakers written by John Nichols and published by Creative Education. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the history, players, and coaches of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team.