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Your Los Angeles Lakers have enjoyed a quietly bountiful offseason, retaining almost all of their critical free agent pieces from the 2023-24 NBA season (aside from now-Toronto Raptors starting point guard Dennis Schroder), and making several smart signings.
The NFL world at large (and this very website) started speculating when your Los Angeles Chargers opted to bench cornerback J.C. Jackson ahead of the club's Game 3 win over the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, despite Jackson being fully healthy.
Former UCLA Bruins star tennis player Franklin Johnson sadly passed away on September 15th, per a UCLA press statement. Johnson suited up for the Bruins' tennis program from 1956-58 under head coach J.D.
By: Alex Kirschenbaum
USC Trojans star quarterback Caleb Williams has been so good during his junior NCAA season that he is considered a frontrunner to earn his second consecutive Heisman Trophy.
Los Angeles Lakers power forward Jarred Vanderbilt appreciated that the Lakers would have their work cut out for them against the 2022 NBA champions during the 2023 playoffs.
Your Los Angeles Lakers entered free agency in 2023 with a ton of flexibility, and some big decisions to make on some critical incumbent roster pieces.
Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Austin Reaves has enjoyed quite the ascent since going unselected in the 2021 NBA draft. He showed flashes of two-way promise during his rookie season in 2021-22, and was one of the few bright spots during an otherwise forgettable, lottery-bound year. Things were sunnier still in 2022-23, for Reaves and LA.
By: Alex Kirschenbaum
Hall of Fame Los Angeles Lakers point guard Magic Johnson has held many roles with the franchise since hanging up his sneakers for good. Actually he served, briefly, as the club's head coach before un-retiring, briefly, during the 1995-96 season to return as a veteran reserve.
By: Alex Kirschenbaum
Green Bay Packers defensive end Kenny Clark, a two-time Pro Bowler, remains an impressive opponent for rival offenses well into his NFL career. The 6'3", 314-pound star out of San Bernadino recorded an epic sack against New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr within the first minute of the Packers' eventual 18-17 loss to NOLA on Sunday.
Your Los Angeles Lakers may have snuck into the Western Conference Finals as a 43-39 seventh seed last spring, but they were no ordinary seventh seed.
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