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Recommended: Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers on Hulu
In 1979, with the National Basketball Association hanging by a thread, the Los Angeles Lakers were purchased by real estate...
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The Ten Biggest Fails in Late-Night TV History
We are rapidly approaching the day when young people will hear their oldies make a reference to late-night TV and...
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How Winning Time wrestles with Blackness is more important than its portrayal of basketball
"Much of the reaction to HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty has focused on Jerry West’s threat...
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Posted Monday 4/25/22 at 11:45PM EDT
Could Jerry West successfully sue Winning Time for defamation even with its "This series is a dramatization" disclaimer?
Every episode of HBO's Showtime Lakers series features the following disclaimer: “This series is a dramatization of certain facts and...
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Posted Saturday 4/23/22 at 2:05AM EDT
Apple TV+'s They Call Me Magic has a Magic Johnson problem
Rick Famuyiwa’s four-part docuseries on the L.
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TV Today: They Call Me Magic, Barry, and Gaslit Headline a Weekend of Premieres
Television delivers the hits all weekend long, as Magic Johnson tells his story on Apple TV+, Barry makes its long-awaited...
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Recommended: They Call Me Magic on Apple TV+
Earvin "Magic" Johnson changed the face of the NBA with his flashy play and magnetic personality.
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Posted Wednesday 4/06/22 at 2:25AM EDT
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar admits he checked out Winning Time: “I watched half the first episode and it’s ridiculous"
"I don’t want to talk about it," the NBA legend said Monday on SiriusXM NBA Radio's NBA Today.
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Posted Tuesday 4/05/22 at 1:49PM EDT
Magic Johnson says he wanted to hit Howard Stern during the shock jock's racist 1998 The Magic Hour appearance
Stern was a guest on the NBA legend's short-lived The Magic Hour, which lasted from June through September of 1998, after repeatedly...
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Posted Sunday 3/13/22 at 8:35PM EDT
Apple TV+ releases the official trailer for Magic Johnson docuseries They Call Me Magic
The former Lakers star's authorized four-part docuseries, which Apple won after a bidding war, premieres April 22.
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Posted Saturday 2/05/22 at 4:05AM EST
Magic Johnson: My Apple TV+ docuseries is not my version of The Last Dance
“It’s totally different,” the NBA icon said while promoting They Call Me Magic at the TV press tour.
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Posted Friday 2/04/22 at 1:40PM EST
Apple TV+'s Magic Johnson docuseries gets an April premiere date
The four-part They Call Me Magic, Apple's answer to The Last Dance, debuts April 22.
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Posted Tuesday 1/11/22 at 1:33PM EST
Black-ish's final season books Simone Biles, Magic Johnson, Daveed Diggs, Stephen A. Smith and more
Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Andrew Bachelor, Jeanie Buss, Isaiah Mustafa and Reid Scott are also visiting the ABC sitcom for its...
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Posted Thursday 11/04/21 at 1:08PM EDT
Magic Johnson docuseries lands on Apple TV+
Apple has picked up a four-part docuseries on the NBA icon, revealed a year ago, from Dope director Rick Famuyiwa.
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Posted Thursday 8/26/21 at 5:21PM EDT
Stephen. A. Smith reportedly wants to team with Magic Johnson to form an ESPN "Dream Team"
Smith has proposed having him and the NBA icon appear on NBA Countdown before the NBA Finals.