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The stage was filled with flowers and gold. The audience was filled with short skirts and diamonds.
Davis Gaines elegantly sang "Music of the Night," while, on the screen behind him, there appeared a photo of Jerry and Jimmy Buss crooning karaoke.
Several members of the USC marching band played "Amazing Grace," but they did so while wearing their sunglasses.
When Jerry Buss bought the Lakers in 1979, he wanted to build a championship team. But that wasn't all. The new owner gave courtside seats to movie stars. He hired pretty women to dance during timeouts. He spent freely on big... more »
Jerry Buss was one of the greatest owners in the history of professional sports, the creator of the most entertaining championship teams ever, a fearless pioneer who bonded a giant and disparate city under a brilliant blanket ... more »
Jerry Buss navigated his way through life and business much as Magic Johnson navigated through a tight NBA defense. He had moves, a quick learning curve and a confidence. In the wake of Buss' death Monday, all sides of him... more »
After all the anger and angst and fury of the immediate post-Shaq era had inspired Kobe Bryant to make a trade demand, Jerry Buss finally called his superstar guard to the owner's home in the Los Angeles hills on an autumn... more »
My first encounter with Jerry Buss occurred in his private box high atop the Fabulous Forum during a Lakers game in 1983. I was a high school senior at the time, and somehow, someway I'd convinced then-Lakers public relations... more »
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