MYSTERIOUS: Showtime lakers - What They Never Told You

The Heat Are Feeling the Hefty Price of Acquiring Giannis Antetokounmpo. Solutions Aren't Easy.

Eric Spoelstra stresses there has been frustration in the Heat locker room, but no panic during the team’s 1–4 start.

Sports Illustrated · 12h ago

Former Lakers Greats Come Together to Surprise Pat Riley With News He'll Get Statue

Magic Johnson and fellow Showtime Lakers players revealed to Riley he would be getting a statue.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 20, 2024

Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Had Priceless Reaction to Meeting Showtime Lakers

The Dodgers manager suddenly became a young kid again.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 25, 2024

‘Winning Time’ review: Gratuitous nudity, the Showtime Lakers and Magic Johnson get the TV treatment from Adam McKay

Early in the first episode of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” soon-to-be team owner Jerry Buss, played in all his tacky-huckster glory by John C. Reilly, is reclining on a water bed at the Playboy mansion. A female companion is curled up asleep in the crook…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 7, 2022

DeVaughn Nixon suits up as father Norm Nixon in HBO's Lakers series 'Winning Time'

PITTSBURGH — Norm Nixon hasn't lost any of the fire or swag that helped the Duquesne University basketball legend win two championships with the Showtime Lakers of the 1980s. For proof, just ask his son, DeVaughn.

Tribune News Service · Mar 7, 2022