RealClearSports: Celtics: A History of Agony for Lakers
By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
They came from Minneapolis 50 years ago -- you think a team in southern California ever would be named "Lakers?'' -- and nobody seemed to care.
The big games played in L.A. in those days were not under a roof. As the Rivieras sang, people were out there having fun in the warm California sun. Not indoors.
Read the full story here.
© RealClearSports 2010
For RealClearSports.com
They came from Minneapolis 50 years ago -- you think a team in southern California ever would be named "Lakers?'' -- and nobody seemed to care.
The big games played in L.A. in those days were not under a roof. As the Rivieras sang, people were out there having fun in the warm California sun. Not indoors.
Read the full story here.
© RealClearSports 2010