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Evolution of Lakers Coverage
This chapter explores the shift in local TV sports journalism from a multi-reporter format to today's streamlined teams, using the Los Angeles Lakers' coaching dynamics in the early 1980s as a backdrop. It contrasts player-media relations then and now, highlighting the tensions between star players and management, while reminiscing about greater media access to players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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