The Los Angeles Lakers have a lot of work to do this offseason. After a disappointing 2022 campaign where the 2020 champs and title favorites didn’t even make the playoffs, the front office has a full to-do list to get ready for the next season.  They still need to hire a new coach, but roster construction is probably the biggest …

As the magic dust from the Rams’ first Super Bowl championship in Los Angeles lingers over the city, there have been significant changes to the roster of one of the team’s biggest rivals over the last decade.  In a stroke of good fortune, the Rams actually acquired a longtime standout player from one of their familiar opponents, which instantaneously moved …

The Los Angeles Lakers are officially out of the playoffs and their horrendous season is over. Coming into the season, the Purple & Gold were the favorites to win the title after their marquee offseason acquisitions.  The Lakers started off the season quite slow, but the fans weren’t worried about it as they thought it was just the team finding …

Entering the 2021 MLB season, the Los Angeles Dodgers (+350) were listed as the favorite to win the World Series. They ultimately fell short of their responsibility as title favorites, losing 4-2 to the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. Title-favorite Los Angeles enters the 2022 season with slightly larger odds this time around (+475 on DraftKings), with no team coming …

The Lakers will officially have a losing season. After losing to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Lakers will end the season under .500 with only 9 games remaining. Though it may be a disappointing season, there is still one last chance for the Lakers to make the playoffs and make a stand thanks to the play-in tournament.  Even if the Lakers …

The Los Angeles Lakers have been having a very rough season, and Russell Westbrook has been getting the most criticism for not playing to the level the fans are expecting him to.  The former MVP hasn’t found his groove with the Laker team and he isn’t putting up the MVP caliber numbers everyone was expecting.  It seems like fans and …

The first episode of “Winning Time” on HBO was very promising. The new 10-episode series, which is billed as an insider’s view of the 1980s Lakers dynasty and NBA Finals appearances, already should have viewers looking forward to the second installment. While the series does add in some fictional twists, there are a lot of supposed truths that are featured, …

The Los Angeles Lakers have been having a tough season. Currently 9th in the West the Lakers have not been performing close to their expectations.  Looking for something new to work, Frank Vogel has been trying playing small with LeBron James at the center. The small ball lineup is designed to provide more defensive versatility, giving them the ability to …

Los Angeles is as sports-mad as you can get and certainly takes sports as seriously as other major US locations. This is not a surprise when you think of the rich heritage it has in this arena. When it comes to pro sports, teams such as the LA Rams, who recently won the Superbowl, illustrate what the city has to …

There are some teams in pro sports history where the players and people around them elevate the squad above the normal levels of popularity and become bigger than the game itself. Certain teams become mainstream icons to the point where the players are rock stars just as much as they are athletes. Sure, we have seen individual players rise to …