Leslie has always been the most logical choice to become the first female immortalized with a statue in front of Staples Center ... athletes to ever come out of Southern California.

In a festive ceremony that included former Lakers stars Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal's statue was unveiled at the Staples Center on ... pose in front of the Tigers ...

On Friday, Shaquille O’Neal became the latest Lakers legend honored in sculpture form at the Staples Center ... Jeanie Buss pointed out in announcing the statue last year, O’Neal broke ...

With his Hall of Fame induction complete, his No. 34 jersey hanging in the Staples Center rafters, and now his statue out front, O’Neal’s legendary status is secure. But the competitive spirit ...

Then swindled Charlotte out of future Staples Center statue guy Kobe Bryant and lured Shaquille O’Neal to Los Angeles to form another dynasty. Most great players are not great judges of talent (we’re ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Logo is now a statue. Jerry West has been immortalized in a larger-than-life bronze statue outside Staples ... the front office. Current Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak singled out ...

Sculptor Erik Blome was outside Staples Center on ... onlooker pointed out that the name on the business card he’d given her didn’t match the credit line on the Gretzky statue.

If I went out in the driveway by myself ... why doesn’t Elgin Baylor have a statue in front of the Staples Center?” Withers said. “Score one for the universe in the department of fair ...

making her the first woman to receive a statue outside of a team’s home area. The Anschutz Entertainment Group, which owns the Staples Center, and the Los Angeles Sparks are still working out ...

"That's an actual statue." Robitaille thanked Staples Center executives "for giving me a great piece of real estate in front" of the arena near the street. He thanked his father and remembered his ...

The Staples Center is special to him as well ... Next, Zeidman would love to build a Lisa Leslie statue out front and is in talks with the Sparks about that as well — AEG and teams split ...

a statue of Shaquille O'Neal suspended in the air outside Staples Center. The Highland Park, Illinois, husband-and-wife tandem got their major break in 1994, when they beat out 11 other sculptors ...