History of the Buss family drama<\/p>\n
Jerry Buss put together what was then thought to be a wild business deal<\/a> to purchase the Lakers<\/a> and related assets for $67.5 million in 1979.<\/p>\n Buss had a degree in chemistry, but his money came from real estate holdings and loans that moved between third parties to help him obtain the Lakers, Kings and the Forum from Jack Kent Cooke, who was going through a costly divorce.<\/p>\n Buss\u2019 vision was to infuse Hollywood glamour into an NBA team few in Los Angeles seemed to care about, win championships and share that glory with his family.<\/p>\n Buss realized his Hollywood dream in more ways than he ever could have imagined, with his death in 2013 from complications from cancer touching off battles among his six children over control of the Lakers.<\/p>\n At least two siblings have tried to oust another from a leadership role. One sibling reportedly said two others never should have been born. And one sibling managed to fire the five others from jobs with the team.<\/p>\n The rifts mirror the HBO hit show \u201cSuccession.\u201d Buss\u2019 tenure and the family drama has been direct inspiration for two television shows and was chronicled in a docuseries the Lakers produced.<\/p>\n The latest daggers were delivered this week, with attorneys representing Buss\u2019 daughter, Jeanie, admonishing her five siblings \u2014 Janie, Johnny, Jim, Joey and Jesse \u2014 for announcing the Buss Family Trust was selling its 17.8% ownership of the Lakers to new buyers Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Go beyond the scoreboard <\/p>\n Get the latest on L.A.’s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.<\/p>\n By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service<\/a>, which include arbitration and a class action waiver. You agree that we and our third-party vendors may collect and use your information, including through cookies, pixels and similar technologies, for the purposes set forth in our Privacy Policy<\/a> such as personalizing your experience and ads. <\/p>\n Dodgers sweep the Rockies<\/p>\n From Maddie Lee<\/a>: As Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez popped up from his slide across home plate, Mookie Betts retreated to first applauding.<\/p>\n While the long ball had been the key to the Dodgers\u2019<\/a> earlier offensive success Wednesday, keeping it simple unlocked their 10th-inning push. And in the Dodgers\u2019 6-4 victory Wednesday<\/a>, it was Betts\u2019 third hit of the night, a low line drive through the middle of the infield, that widened the Dodgers\u2019 lead to two runs.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was huge,\u201d Betts said of completing the three-game sweep in Colorado. \u201cWinning every ball game is important, especially now with the playoff race. Every game is important.\u201d<\/p>\n The trip to hitter-friendly Mile High City, and a matchup against the last-place team in the NL West, came at the perfect time for the Dodgers, ending a collective slump. They\u2019d just dropped three of four to the Brewers at Dodger Stadium, in what had already been a rough start to August.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, we haven\u2019t played our best baseball lately,\u201d utility player Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cAnd as a good team, as a team that\u2019s leading the division, \u2026 the teams at the bottom of the standings<\/a>, you need to beat those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Dodgers box score<\/a> <\/p>\n MLB standings<\/a> <\/p>\n Angels lose to Astros<\/p>\n Ethan Pecko struck out four in his major-league debut, five Houston relievers pitched shutout ball for five-plus innings and Christian V\u00e1zquez homered as the Astros beat the Angels 3-2 on Wednesday<\/a> night.<\/p>\n Pecko, a 2023 sixth-round selection by Houston, was ranked ninth in the Astros\u2019 system by MLB Pipeline. The 23-year-old right-hander gave up three hits, two runs and two walks in 3 2\/3 innings. He was the 17th starter used by the Astros this season, tying a franchise record set in 1965.<\/p>\n V\u00e1zquez\u2019s solo homer, his seventh of the year, put the Astros ahead in the third inning.<\/p>\n Denzer Guzman put the Angels<\/a> ahead in the fourth with what initially appeared to be a three-run homer. But, the call was changed to a two-run double due to fan interference<\/a>.<\/p>\n Walbert Ure\u00f1a (8-9) worked five innings for the Angels, giving up three runs and three hits with seven strikeouts.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Angels box score<\/a> <\/p>\n MLB standings<\/a> <\/p>\n Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike to retire<\/p>\n From Marisa Ingemi<\/a>: Nneka Ogwumike<\/a>\u2019s return to the Sparks<\/a> this season, it turned out, was a goodbye tour.<\/p>\n The 15-year WNBA veteran announced on Wednesday morning that this would be her last WNBA season.<\/p>\n She made the announcement in an interview with Taylor Rooks at Boardroom Talks.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel very fulfilled with the 15 years that I\u2019ve been able to play and compete at such a high level and I am proud to say that I\u2019m retiring from the WNBA,\u201d Ogwumike said.<\/p>\n Drafted first overall in 2012, Ogwumike was the WNBA rookie of the year and went on to have one of the best careers in. league history. She was the league\u2019s MVP in 2016, when she led the Sparks to their most recent WNBA title<\/a>. She is also a four-time first-team All-Defensive player.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Chargers-49ers: Five things to watch for<\/p>\n From Joaquin Ruiz<\/a>: The Chargers<\/a> had a pleasant start to preseason play with a 27-7 road win over the Houston Texans<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n Now, after a physical joint practice with the 49ers on Tuesday<\/a> in El Segundo, the Chargers will host San Francisco on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n Here are five things to watch for during the Chargers\u2019 second preseason game.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Galaxy defeat the Earthquake<\/p>\n Joseph Paintsil scored a short-handed goal in the 79th minute to lead the Galaxy to a 1-0 victory<\/a> over the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n Paintsil used assists<\/a> from rookie defender Harbor Miller and Marco Reus to find the net for the fifth time this season. Miller\u2019s helper was his second, while Reus collected his seventh.<\/p>\n The Galaxy (6-8-7<\/a>) were forced to play a man down from the 45th minute on after midfielder Lucas Sanabria was tagged with a pair of yellow cards in the final nine minutes of the first half.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Galaxy summary<\/a> <\/p>\n MLS standings<\/a> <\/p>\n LAFC falls to Colorado<\/p>\n Nico Hansen finished with one save and had his third consecutive shutout to help the Colorado Rapids beat LAFC 1-0 Wednesday<\/a> night.<\/p>\n The Rapids (9-10-1) have won three consecutive games, all by shutout, and four of five since the World Cup break.<\/p>\n LAFC (10-7-4<\/a>) is winless in three straight for the first time this season.<\/p>\n The Rapids took a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute on an own goal by Jeremy Ebobisse. Youssef Maziz played a free kick from the right side into the area that was redirected by Ebobisse off the back post and into the net.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n LAFC summary<\/a> <\/p>\n MLS standings<\/a> <\/p>\n This day in sports history<\/p>\n 1921 \u2014 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women\u2019s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n 1931 \u2014 Helen Wills Moody beats Eileen Bennett Whitingstall 6-4, 6-1 to capture the women\u2019s title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship.<\/p>\n 1944 \u2014 Robert Hamilton upsets Byron Nelson in the final round 1-up to win the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n 1960 \u2014 Holland\u2019s Hairos II, driven by Willem Geersen, wins the second International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway before a record crowd of 54,861.<\/p>\n 1995 \u2014 Monica Seles completes a remarkable first week back in tournament tennis, routing Amanda Coetzer 6-0, 6-1 to capture the Canadian Open. Her 74 games sets a tournament record for the fewest played by a champion.<\/p>\n 1999 \u2014 Seventh Athletics World Championships open at Seville, Spain.<\/p>\n 2000 \u2014 Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship in a playoff over Bob May, becoming the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in one year. He\u2019s the first player to repeat as PGA champion since Denny Shute in 1937.<\/p>\n 2003 \u2014 The U.S. wins the women\u2019s overall team gold medal at the gymnastics world championships. It is the first gold for the Americans \u2014 men or women \u2014 at the biggest international event outside the Olympics.<\/p>\n 2004 \u2014 Michael Phelps matches Mark Spitz\u2019s record of four individual gold medals in Olympic swimming by winning the 100-meter butterfly. He edges teammate Ian Crocker to win his fifth gold medal. Shortly after winning his seventh medal of these Olympics, Phelps gives up his spot in the medley relay to Crocker.<\/p>\n 2006 \u2014 Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship for a five-shot victory over Shaun Micheel and his 12th career major. He becomes the first player to win the PGA twice on the same course, having done so at Medinah in 1999.<\/p>\n 2008 \u2014 Usain Bolt of Jamaica breaks the 200-meter world record, winning in 19.30 seconds at the Beijing Games. He is the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 at an Olympics.<\/p>\n 2012 \u2014 Augusta National invites former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become the first female members since the club was founded in 1932.<\/p>\n 2016 \u2014 Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt anchor the 4×400 relay teams, and the U.S. exits the final night of action at Olympic Stadium with 31 medals \u2014 its most in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1956. The U.S. women\u2019s basketball team beats Spain 101-72 for a sixth straight title.<\/p>\n 2018 \u2014 Alabama becomes the second team to be ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll for three straight seasons. The preseason AP poll started in 1950 and since then only Oklahoma from 1985-87 had started No. 1 in three straight years.<\/p>\n 2023 \u2014 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup Final, Stadium Australia, Sydney: Spanish captain Olga Carmona scores the only goal of the game as La Furia Roja score a 1-0 win over England.<\/p>\n Compiled by the Associated Press<\/p>\n This day in baseball history<\/p>\n 1912 \u2014 Walter Johnson won his American League-record 15th straight game, downing Cleveland 4-2 in the opener of a doubleheader. Washington\u2019s Carl Cashion pitched a six-inning no-hitter to give the Senators a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians in the second game, which was called to allow Cleveland to catch a train to Boston.<\/p>\n 1938 \u2014 New York\u2019s Lou Gehrig hit his 23rd and the final grand slam of his career and drove in six runs to lead the Yankees to an 11-3 win over the Philadelphia Athletics.<\/p>\n 1945 \u2014 Tommy Brown, 17 years, 8 months, 14 days, of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the youngest major league player to hit a home run when he connected in Ebbets Field against Preacher Roe of the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n 1957 \u2014 Bob Keegan of the Chicago White Sox pitched a 6-0 no-hit victory over the Washington Senators in the second game of a doubleheader.<\/p>\n 1958 \u2014 Detroit\u2019s Jim Bunning pitched a no-hitter to lead the Tigers to a 3-0 win over the Boston Red Sox in the opening game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park.<\/p>\n 1961 \u2014 The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Braves 7-4 in the second game of a doubleheader to end a 23-game losing streak, a modern record.<\/p>\n 1965 \u2014 Milwaukee\u2019s Eddie Mathews hit his 28th home run, and the Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. With the homer, the duo of Mathews and Hank Aaron passed the Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig total of 772 home runs to become the top home-run tandem in major league history.<\/p>\n 1974 \u2014 Nolan Ryan of the Angels struck out 19 Tigers in a 1-0, 11-inning loss to Detroit. It was the third time this season that Ryan struck out 19 batters in a game.<\/p>\n 1980 \u2014 Pittsburgh\u2019s Omar Moreno stole his 70th base of the season in a 5-1 loss to Houston, to become the first player this century with three consecutive 70-steal seasons. The fleet outfielder swiped 71 in 1978, 77 in 1979.<\/p>\n 1989 \u2014 New York\u2019s Howard Johnson hit his 30th home run of the season in the Mets\u2019 5-4 loss to the Dodgers and joined Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays as the only players to achieve 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in two different seasons.<\/p>\n 1995 \u2014 Jose Mesa of the Cleveland Indians picked up his 37th save in 37 opportunities to set a major league record, and the Indians beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5.<\/p>\n 2005 \u2014 The Kansas City Royals ended baseball\u2019s longest losing streak in 17 years, defeating the Oakland Athletics 2-1 to end a club-record 19-game skid.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2014 The San Francisco Giants became the first team since 1986 to win a protest. Rain caused a delay during an Aug. 19 game after the grounds crew couldn\u2019t put the tarp down quickly, and the umpires deemed the field unplayable. The Cubs were declared the winners by a 2-0 score after 4 1\/2 innings. MLB ruled to resume the rain-shortened game with the Cubs batting in the bottom of the fifth.<\/p>\n 2019 \u2014 By defeating the Blue Jays, 16-3, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers notches win No. 166 to pass Sandy Koufax for most by a left-hander in franchise history.<\/p>\n Compiled by the Associated Press<\/p>\n Until next time…<\/p>\n That concludes today\u2019s newsletter. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you\u2019d like to see, email me at houston.mitchell@latimes.com<\/a>. 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