Benjamin Royer is a Los Angeles Lakers Beat Reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He specializes in covering major league and team sports, with a keen focus on competitive and professional sports, as well as the intersection of sports with arts and entertainment. His work has been featured in prominent outlets including Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, and Yahoo Sports.
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Benjamin Royer's coverage is predominantly focused on local sports events, particularly college sports at UCLA. Given the emphasis on event coverage and press releases, he would likely respond well to pitches providing exclusive access to athletes or coaches for interviews before or after key games.
Pitches with angles related to behind-the-scenes insights into game preparation, athlete profiles, or human interest stories about the players are likely to resonate with Benjamin. Additionally, offering unique data analysis related to team performance could also capture his interest.
Given Benjamin's focus on local sports in California and specifically UCLA teams, sources with first-hand knowledge of these teams' activities and strong ties within these communities may be especially effective when reaching out to him.
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General manger cites OKC guard Ajay Mitchell as an example of the identification and growth the Lakers desire
By: Benjamin Royer
The NBA scoring champion averaged 33.5 points before a hamstring injury ended his season. He won his appeal to become eligible for the honor.
By: Benjamin Royer
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Luka Doncic was named to the All-NBA First Team for the sixth time in his eight-year career, the league announced Sunday afternoon.
By: Benjamin Royer
The Lakers hired Rohan Ramadas, the former New Orleans Pelicans vice president of strategy and basketball operations, in the first of two expected assistant general manager positions
By: Benjamin Royer
Team employees in communications, content, partnerships, and other departments suffered from Wednesday's staff reductions, totaling more than a dozen people
By: Benjamin Royer
Doncic, who began his career in Europe as a teenager with Real Madrid, joined an investor group alongside a former Dallas Mavericks executive that plans on moving Vanoli Cremona to Rome
By: Benjamin Royer
Tanter has been the courtside voice at Laker home games since 1982. The 76-year-old missed the end of last season with an undisclosed health matter.
By: Benjamin Royer
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After not making a selection in the first round of the NBA draft a year ago, the Lakers are set to do so on Tuesday night for the first time since selecting Dalton Knecht in 2024
By: Benjamin Royer
When the Lakers select 25th in the 2026 NBA draft, new voices in the organization could play a factor into who becomes the latest first-round pick for the purple and gold.
By: Benjamin Royer
When the Lakers select 25th in the 2026 NBA draft, new voices in the organization could play a factor in who becomes the latest first-round pick for the purple and gold
