The Birth Of Showtime
In the early 1980s, Pat Riley and Magic Johnson began a transformation that put the Lakers on the leading edge of sports culture. In June 1979, as Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the Lakers, was working out the final details of the franchise's sale to Jerry Buss, the two moguls worked together to fin...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Sports illustrated 2014-03, Vol.120 (10), p.1 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In the early 1980s, Pat Riley and Magic Johnson began a transformation that put the Lakers on the leading edge of sports culture. In June 1979, as Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the Lakers, was working out the final details of the franchise's sale to Jerry Buss, the two moguls worked together to find a replacement for coach Jerry West, who had decided to step down after three seasons on the bench. Their top choice was an unconventional one: Jerry Tarkanian, the slick UNLV coach who was known for both revitalizing the Runnin' Rebels program and allegedly playing fast and loose with NCAA rules. |
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| ISSN: | 0038-822X 2169-1649 |