On June 18, 2025, the storied relationship between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Buss family, dating back to Jerry Buss’s $67.5 million acquisition of the franchise in 1979, came to a historic close.

The Buss family — owners of the Los Angeles Lakers since the late Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the team in 1979 — has agreed to sell its majority stake in the franchise at a record $10 billion valuation, ...

In 1979, the late Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers for the tidy sum of $67.5 million. That price tag included the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings and The Forum, where the Lakers played ...

Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, who brought "Showtime" and an NBA dynasty to Los Angeles, has died at age 80 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Buss died at 5:55 a.m. Monday, according to Medical Center ...

Jerry Buss, the energetic owner of the Los Angeles Lakers credited with helping revive the NBA, died on Monday. He was 80. Buss had been undergoing cancer treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in ...

(Reuters) -After nearly half a century shaping one of the NBA's most well-known franchises, the Buss family is stepping down as majority owners of the Los Angeles Lakers, marking the end of an era ...