A.C. Green

If the Lakers had their own Hall of Fame, which players would you select for induction? That is the basis for our next series of polls, in which we ask our readers to vote on who is most worthy of this honor. We will break down the history of the team...

Most high: Lakers forward A.C. Green goes up for a dunk in a game against the Clippers on Nov. 15, 1985. Green is known as NBA’s iron man for playing in a record 1,192 straight games, a span of nearly......

The headline says it all. Former Laker A.C. Green and I will be part of the judging panel overseeing the NBA/Sprite Los Angeles Amateur Dunk Contest at the Universal City Walk today at 4 p.m. The event is free, you can get directions here and it should be...

In between rounds, there was no point marveling at the dunks A.C. Green and I just witnessed. We were part of a judging panel on Saturday for the NBA/Sprite Los Angeles Amateur Dunk contests at the Universal City Walk, and the first round consisted of...

-- The Times' Broderick Turner reports that Lakers assistant coach Jim Cleamons has been contacted by Puerto Rican officials to become the national team coach. Turner also talks to Steve Kerr, Rick Fox and Robert Horry about what qualities the next Lakers...

It was a basketball milestone that, for Derek Fisher, had little to do with basketball. The Lakers' 115-108 victory Tuesday over the Washington Wizards marked Fisher's 434th consecutive regular-season game, the longest streak for an active NBA player....

The NFL saw the great consecutive starts streak of Brett Favre end at 297 games in the Giants-Vikings Monday night football game. Thankfully, a shoulder injury, not Jenn Sterger halted, Brett Favre's impressive streak....

This is the 25th post in a series that helps you get to know members of the L.A. Times Lakers blog community. Feel free to send submissions to mgmedin@gmail.com Screen name: justanothermambafan Real name: Marina Occupation: Executive assistant to the...

In the final home basketball weekend of 2010, Northern State will host special activities tonight and Saturday at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen. All active and veteran military personnel with IDs will be admitted free to Friday's games against Bemidji State....

--Here's the problem: If you read Bill Plaschke's column Thursday, you know that this L.A. Lakers / Boston Celtics championship will be decided within 48 minutes, if not sooner. That doesn't leave much time to indulge in Staples Center Executive......

Randy Smith, an All-Star basketball player in the 1970s with the Buffalo Braves -- the precursor to the Clippers -- who once held the NBA record for consecutive games played and remains the Clippers' franchise leader in several statistical categories,...

Randy Smith, an All-Star guard with the Buffalo Braves in the 1970s who once held the NBA record for consecutive games played, died of a heart attack suffered while working out on a treadmill at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, where he worked. He was...