Michael Cooper, who in his long career never managed to be an All-Star, was selected five times to the All-Defensive First Team and was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1987. "I always ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Cooper spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a defense-minded guard who always focused on helping his Showtime teammates to be stars. When the Lakers ...

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Michael Gray Jr. matched his career high with 25 points to guide Nicholls to a 75-67 victory over Houston Christian on Monday night. Gray shot 9 for 14, including 5 for 10 from ...

The Los Angeles Lakers honored one of the core members of the ‘Showtime’ era as Michael Cooper saw his No. 21 ... their third straight game, all to Texas teams. Want more articles like this?

Decades after anchoring the Showtime Lakers' perimeter defense, Michael Cooper joins that era's stars in the rafters. The Associated Press Michael Cooper, a Hall of Famer and Lakers legend ...

By Alex Williams Barry Michael Cooper, who was one of the first journalists to explore the crack epidemic of the 1980s before turning to Hollywood, where he made his mark with screenplays for ...

LOS ANGELES — Michael Cooper’s induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in October was nearly three decades in the making. And yet, after Monday night, it wasn’t even the ...

Pat Riley, who coached the Lakers to five championships in the 1980s, speaks ahead of Michael Cooper's jersey retirement in L.A. on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Cooper spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a defense-minded guard who always focused on helping his Showtime teammates to be stars. When the Lakers ...