General | MAN ABOUT SPORTS Mar 7, 2017

Peripatetic Magic in for a real challenge with Lakers

by Dave Wiggins

Reading or watching the sports news in recent years has been like playing that arcade game Whack-A-Mole. But in place of mole-pounding, it's been Whack-a-Magic. Earvin "Magic" Johnson, the former Los Angeles Laker superstar, keeps popping up all over the place. Whether you wish to see him ...

Basketball / NBA | NBA REPORT Feb 28, 2017

Magic will need luck, guile to help drama-filled Lakers return to glory

by Sam Smith

Magic Johnson learned a painful lesson as an NBA coach for 16 games, his Lakers went 5-11 at the end of the 1993-94 season. It was once most eloquently stated by Johnny Kerr, a star center from the 1950s and 1960s who coached the ...