PALOS VERDES, Calif.-- It was an absolutely beautiful day on the Palos Verdes peninsula as a memorial service/celebration of life was held for former Lakers coach and two-time Basketball Hall of Famer ...

Bill Sharman, a Hall of Fame basketball player and coach who guided the Lakers to their first National Basketball Assn. title in Los Angeles in record-setting fashion, has died. He was 87. Sharman, ...

How might a Lakers' practice been run in 1971? Well, L.A. happens to employ a great basketball mind who worked for the organization then and now: Bill Bertka, today the team’s Director of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bill Sharman effortlessly straddled both sides of the Celtics-Lakers rivalry, winning championships and making friends from Boston to Los Angeles during a unique basketball career.