A report from Front Office Sports claims Buss will remain as team governor for up to five years "at most." That puts a hard ...

Jeanie and her five siblings received the majority stake in the franchise upon Jerry’s death in 2013 and she has served in ...

Buss family timeline with Lakers 1979: Jerry Buss purchases Lakers, LA Kings, and the Forum for $67.5 million. ... Jeanie Buss had control over the team's business operations, ...

The Los Angeles Lakers were sold for a record-high valuation earlier this summer, but they are expected to keep Jeanie Buss ...

Jeanie Buss is confident in the future of the Lakers after selling the majority stake in the team for $10 billion and striking the largest sale ever of a U.S. pro sports franchise.

Jeanie Buss fired her brother Jim last month and put Magic Johnson in charge of the Lakers’ basketball decision-making. Then she successfully defended her right to do so in court.

A few weeks later, the coup attempt became public after Jeanie’s lawyers found a way to reassert her control. The episode led to fissures in trust, and Buss turned to people she had known for years.

Buried in the 39-page trust document stamped “Confidential” is the paragraph at the heart of the struggle to control the Lakers. Wedged between legalese about distributing household items and ...

The Buss family has agreed to sell the controlling stake in the Los Angeles Lakers with a franchise valuation of $10 billion — the most ever for a professional sports franchise.

LOS ANGELES (AP) A battle over control of the Los Angeles Lakers is over after an agreement was reached to have Jeanie Buss serve as controlling owner of the storied NBA franchise for the rest of ...