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Early life

Raised near Kemmerer, Wyoming, Buss earned a B.S. degree from the University of Wyoming and, at age 24, completed his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at USC in Los Angeles. He taught at USC before going into real estate full time in the early 1960s. A power plant just west of Kemmerer on U.S. Highway 30 Kemmerer is a city located in Lincoln County, Wyoming. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  Ranked 10th  - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²)  - Width 280 miles (450 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 0. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyomings high plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2194 m), between the Laramie and Snowy ranges. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Physical chemistry is the application of physics to macroscopic, microscopic, atomic and particulate phenomena in chemical systems[1]within the field of chemistry traditionally using the principles, practices and concepts of thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics and kinetics. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...

Sports ownership

Buss first forayed into sports ownership during the 1970s, becoming an owner or part owner at various times of various teams in the ill-fated first incarnation of World Team Tennis. However, he is most notable for being the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. He purchased the team, along with the Los Angeles Kings hockey team of the NHL, The Forum, and a large ranch from Jack Kent Cooke in 1979. The purchase price, $67.5 million, made it the largest transaction in sports history at that time. Buss later sold the Kings, retaining ownership of the Lakers and The Forum. He then reached a major advertising agreement with Great Western Savings & Loan for the naming rights to The Forum, resulting in the official name of the building being changed to the Great Western Forum. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... World Team Tennis is a league of team tennis in the United States. ... Lakers logo 1966-1991 The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ... “NBA” redirects here. ... The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... “NHL” redirects here. ... The Forum, known for a time as the Great Western Forum, is an indoor arena in Inglewood, California owned by the Faithful Central Bible Church, which uses it for its Sunday morning service. ... Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke (25 October 1912 – 6 April 1997) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur who became one of the most widely-known executives in North American professional sports. ... See also: 1978 in sports, other events of 1979, 1980 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Artistic Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Mens all-around champion: Alexander Dityatin, USSR Womens all-around champion: Nellie Kim, USSR Mens team competition champion: USSR Womens team... Great Western Bank (previously known as Great Western Savings & Loan) was a large consumer bank that operated primarily n the Western United States. ... Naming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. ... The Great Western Forum, known in Los Angeles simply as The Forum, is an indoor arena in Inglewood, California. ...

Later, when the WNBA was formed, Buss took charge of operating that league's Los Angeles franchise, the Los Angeles Sparks. Eventually, all three teams moved into a more modern arena in downtown Los Angeles: Staples Center, which opened in 1999. As part of the deal to move the Lakers into Staples Center, Buss sold the Great Western Forum (which was later reverted to its original name). The Womens National Basketball Association is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The Los Angeles Sparks are a Womens National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... Staples Center is a multipurpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles, California at the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District. ... See also: 1998 in sports, other events of 1999, 2000 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Athletics Hicham El Guerrouj sets the new World Record in the mile at the World Championships in Rome. ...

The Lakers have been very successful under Buss' ownership, winning eight NBA championships with such players as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant. The Sparks also experienced their share of success with Buss at the helm, winning two WNBA championships and featuring one of the league's marquee players in Lisa Leslie. For the football player, see Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar. ... Earvin Johnson, Jr. ... James Ager Worthy (b. ... Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (pronounced shak-keel) (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... Kobe Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. ... Lisa Leslie (born July 7, 1972 in Gardena, California) is a Womens National Basketball Association player currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks. ...

In 2002, when the WNBA was restructured to give its teams individual owners (previously, all WNBA teams were collectively owned by the NBA), Buss assumed outright ownership of the Sparks. He sold the team in 2006. Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Buss' children are also involved with his teams. Son Jimmy Buss serves as an assistant general manager with the Lakers. Son Johnny Buss served as the president of the Sparks until the team was sold. And daughter Jeanie Buss serves as a Lakers vice president, covering business operations. She has gained additional notoriety from having posed for Playboy magazine and from her current romantic relationship with Lakers' head coach Phil Jackson. Playboy is an American mens magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Philip Douglas Phil Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. ...

Buss also owned the less successful (both financially and on the field) Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The Lazers also played in The Forum. The team folded in 1989 and the league folded three years later. The Los Angeles Lazers were a soccer team based out of Los Angeles that played in the Major Soccer League. ... This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League. ...

On May 29, 2007, Buss was issued a DUI citation after two California Highway Patrol officers saw him driving his gold Mercedes-Benz with a 23 year-old woman on the wrong side of the road in the coastal community of Carlsbad. DUI is a three letter acronym (or initialism) that may stand for: Driving under the influence (of alcohol and/or drugs) The term Driving While Intoxicated/DWI is also used Democratic Union for Integration — the largest ethnic Albanian party in Macedonia Data Use Identifier Data Use Institute Davis Unified Ignition... The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is a state agency that acts as the state police force of California. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... Location of Carlsbad within San Diego County, California. ...

After failing a field sobriety test, Buss was taken into custody, given a blood test and booked on suspicion of driving while intoxicated with a blood-alcohol level over 0.08.

"Although I was driving only a short distance, it was a bad decision and I was wrong to do it," Buss said in a statement. "It was a mistake I will not make again."^[1]

Poker player

Jerry Buss has been a high-stakes cash game poker player for many years, but recently he has been more active in tournament games. His best finishes include 3rd in the 1991 World Series of Poker seven-card stud event and 2nd place in the 2003 World Poker Tour invitational. He has appeared in the GSN series High Stakes Poker and the NBC late-night series Poker After Dark. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Game Show Network logo (Nicknamed Winnie among fans) used from December 1, 1994 to 1997 Game Show Network logo used from 1997 to March 15, 2004 GSN (formerly known on-air as Game Show Network) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows, casino... High Stakes Poker logo High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Poker After Dark is an hour-long late night poker television program on NBC, which debuted January 2007 in its NBC All Night programming lineup, airing six nights a week. ...

Notable TV Appearances

Buss' son, Johnny, appeared on the Candid Camera show Punk'd, where Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks was the subject of the practical joke. Punkd was an American hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003. ... Lisa Leslie (born July 7, 1972 in Gardena, California) is a Womens National Basketball Association player currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks. ... The Los Angeles Sparks are a Womens National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ...

Trivia

On October 30, 2006, Buss received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue...

Buss stated in a January 28, 2007, interview on KABC TV that his favorite sports moment was smoking a cigar in the Boston Garden following the Lakers' defeat of the Boston Celtics in the 1985 finals. This was the first time the Lakers defeated Boston in the NBA Finals. Prior to that year, the Celtics had won all eight Finals series between the two teams. The 1985 Lakers were also the only visiting team ever to win an NBA championship at the Boston Garden. January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... KABC-TV (Channel 7, branded as ABC7) is the American Broadcasting Company owned television station in the Greater Los Angeles area market, and is the most-watched television station in Southern California. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Notes

1. ^ L.A. Times: Jerry Buss Arrested in Carlsbad. Retrieved May 30th, 2007

External links

• Hendon Mob tournament results
• Jerry Buss on The Internet Movie Database