Basketball legend Magic Johnson is considering putting his immense fortune behind a different local sport: baseball. KTLA reports that Johnson has put in a bid to buy the Dodgers. The bid was announced today to the LA Times, and because he's so damn rich, Johnson has his money ready to go and is therefore ahead in the line-up of bidders. more ›

It was November 7, 1991 when Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced to sports fans worldwide that he had been diagnosed with HIV and was retiring immediately from the Los Angeles Lakers. more ›

It's actually not as outrageous as it may sound: Former L.A. Lakers star Magic Johnson could be among those interested in the Dodgers, if the team goes up for sale, suggests the CBS Sports blog Eye on Baseball. During a recent L.A. Times forum event, Johnson admitted he wouldn't rule out taking the helm, but says now isn't the time for such talk. more ›

Tonight local indie folk collective Family of the Year will be warming up the stage at the Troubadour for Orange County-bred indie rock quintet Young the Giant, who will be concluding their month-long residency. Local indie rockers West Indian Girl are poised to grace the Hotel Café. And, lastly, Portland-by-way-of-Los Angeles boy/girl duo Magic Johnson will be taking on the Smell in Downtown. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the Hollywood Bowl to catch British electronic duo the Chemical Brothers. LAist favorites, Québécois electro-funk duo Chromeo and Portland's own experimental electronic duo YACHT are slated to kick things off. more ›

Roland Lazenby is a writer who's authored or contributed to 60 books, mostly about sports. Lazenby has written two books about the Lakers franchise, as well as books about Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant. Additionally, the Virginia Tech professor also runs Laker Noise, a blog about, well, the Lakers. more ›

After a 21 month layoff from the sport, one of boxing's biggest names (and mouths) made a triumphant return to the ring Saturday night in Las Vegas as Floyd "Money" Mayweather easily defeated Juan Manuel Marquez in a one-sided welterweight bout by unanimous decision. more ›

Earlier this week conservative talk show hosts Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of Minneapolis' KTLK remarked during their broadcast that they felt Lakers' legend Magic Johnson was "faking" having AIDS in order to gain attention. more ›

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There's only one place hardcore enough to host a night bands tonight and that's The Smell in downtown. After all, it is their 10-Year Anniversary Series. more ›

How apropos; today on LAist it's Sex Saturday, but today also happens to be World AIDS Day. Several events took place yesterday and will happen today in order to remind the world community that HIV/AIDS remains a global threat. The LA Times reports today on President Bush's public appearance yesterday at a church in northern Maryland, and that his speeches did not propose new plans or funding, but rather focused on humanitarianism. According to the... more ›

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On a mid-summer night every year for two decades, some of the biggest names in basketball and Hollywood were summoned to the hardwood by Magic Johnson and a good cause. Last year, Magic stepped down and handed over the torch to Baron Davis and Paul Pierce, two NBA All-Stars and native Angelenos. Sunday night at USC's Galen Center, the Davis/Pierce administration carried on the tradition of sloppy yet utterly entertaining basketball for charity for the... more ›

Galaxy 2, Pachua 1 - The Galaxy was without its biggest star (Beckham wasn't on the bench, much less the field), but 19,317 people still showed up to watch the struggling squad knock off one of Mexico's best club teams. Landon Donovan scored go-ahead goal in the 81st minute. Next up, the Galaxy will host Chivas -- the real Chivas of Guadalajara -- in more SuperLiga action on Saturday. Astros 7, Dodgers 4 - When... more ›

For the first 10 or 15 seconds you think this video will be a waste of time, and then he drops the beat, and gets all jiggy with it. It's like he's the son of Weird Al and Magic Johnson. Without any further ramblings, we present Paul Brogan!

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Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and over 16,000 others watched Floyd Mayweather land 207 punches on East LA's own Oscar De La Hoya, earning a controversial split decision from the judges at the MGM in Las Vegas. more ›

Suns 113, Lakers 100 - The Laker's season could be down to one game. The Suns outshone Los Angeles and took a 3-1 series lead thanks to huge performances from Steve Nash (23 assists, 17 points) and Amare Stoudemire (27 points, 21 rebounds). Nash's assist total was one shy off the all time playoff record, held by Magic Johnson (who was in the stands) and John Stockton. Not bad company. On the other side of... more ›

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In early December, the Indiana Pacers were in town to face the Los Angeles Lakers. As NBA teams do, they stayed in a posh hotel -- this one in the Bel Air area. But as we Angelenos could have told them, that’s a lot of time in the car (or bus, in this case) if you want to drive out to Staples Center for a morning shoot-around, go back to the hotel for the afternoon, then back to Staples for the game that night. more ›

- That loveable racist Kramer, aka Michael Richards, is not a Jew, not that there's anything wrong with that - Jewish Journal more ›

Rarely do we present a 4:20 Video at 4:20am, but tonight we were just re-watching Lost and while searching for "los angeles" on YouTube, we stumbled across this nicely shot, perfectly edited video of Laker owner Dr. Jerry Buss produced, apparently by laphoto2006. laphoto2006, we don't know who you are but we love ya. more ›

In 1985 Prince played there and they bathed the place in purple lights. Nirvana played there with the Butthole Surfers and someone threw a shoe at Kurt that almost hit him. Eminem played there with Mix Master Mike opening as snowboarders had an indoor exhibition. more ›

We just started reading LA Sports Columnist and one-time LAist interview subject J.A. Adande's blog this week. Actually, just yesterday when he posted some of the mail he's been getting regarding his NBA MVP column in which he had the gall to not choose Employee #8 (and not to get sidetracked but this LAist contributor agrees. Steve Nash made every player on his team look like an MVP candidate and LeBron James played like Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson had a baby the second half of the season. Kobe might be the greatest show on earth but, last we checked, basketball is a team game and you can tout all the 50 point/1 assist games you like, we'll always argue that that's spectacular but compared to filling up the rest of the stat sheet and getting your team to 50 wins or better is better). more ›

Did you go to South LA yesterday and try to get your All-Star Celebrity game tickets in exchange for an HIV test? Magic Johnson sponsored a day of free testing as part of National HIV Testing Day activities. While there's no shot of those nice prizes, it still is testing week and HIV LA has a directory of all the locations providing free testing around Los Angeles for the rest of the week. more ›

Carl Bean is the very last of LA's AIDS Hospice Care Centers. more ›

Candidates are going to need full coffers in order to pay for the heavy TV advertising necessary to compete in this spring's election. more ›

The Clippers drafted arguably the best player in the NBA Draft yesterday, by selecting high school phenom Shaun Livingston. The 6-6 point guard has exceptional passing skills and could wind up being a mini-Magic Johnson. more ›