[Laker Girl: From Pickfair to Playboy to the Purple and Gold] (By: Jeanie Buss) [published: November, 2010]

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Plaschke, Bill (October 11, 2020). "Kobe Bryant's spirit is present in Lakers' NBA championship triumph". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 12, 2020. Amberley Shaw, who wrestles for WOW under the name Kandi Krush, is precisely the kind of athlete Buss and company have been seeking. Shaw is a 2-0 pro boxer, but her Los Angeles gym closed during the pandemic. She decided to take a shot and try out for WOW -- a place where she can combine her "athleticism and artistry" -- and made it. Jeanie Marie was born September 26, 1961, the third of four children of Dr. Jerry and JoAnn Buss. Challenged as a young girl by the heartbreaking divorce of her parents, Jeanie found sports to be a welcome pastime. As Jerry was building his lucrative real estate business while owning and running the Los Angeles Strings, he didn’t have much time for his eldest daughter. Still, he invited her, beginning at age 14, to attend many World Team Tennis meetings. In high school, Jeanie played girls basketball at Pacific Palisades High School and was the official scorekeeper for the high school boys basketball team.

Buss, now involved in NBA, mentioned receiving advice from former Playmate of the Year Patti McGuire, the wife of tennis player Jimmy Connors, who spoke positively about her experience working with Playboy but also warned Buss about the autograph seekers and their persistence.In 1972, Title IX was passed. It was a federal law that, among other things, attempted to even the playing field between men and women in athletics. Without a girls' golf team, Palisades High School in the Los Angeles area could not have a boys' golf team. So, girls' golf became a sport at the school -- and, as a senior, Buss ended up winning a championship. We are cardiologists at Cedars-Sinai medical center, heart institute, Los Angeles, and we are doing research on exercise stress testing . We have found that given the same exercise protocol women achieve their target heart rate much earlier than men. We do not have the good explanation for this phenomenon and thought may have to do with women low cardiovascular conditioning. It was Kobe Bryant himself, father of four daughters and whom Jeanie referred to as her brother, who encouraged her to take the step forward: “ You are a role model for women who want to run a franchise and lead a successful company, they are watching you. Set a precedent, set the tone. It’s not just about the Lakers, this goes further. You have to step up and lead the fight“The title won against the Miami Heat has blessed the audacity of the board that has experienced the toughest season of its career. Beyond the health crisis caused by the coronavirus, Jeanie fired her mother, JoAnn, in December after a long illness, and a month later Kobe Bryant. And so now this is the early '90s, really before the internet takes off. And so it never dawned on me that these pictures would have a life on the internet of their own and will always be out there. Soon thereafter, a tall, skinny, young man with a big smile named Magic Johnson showed up at your Beverly Hills front door. You learned a lesson in that first encounter about the power of the Lakers. What was it?

One month later, Kobe was killed in a helicopter crash with his daughter, Gianna, devastating all of Laker Nation and the world. As a warrior and leader, Jeanie pushed forward, even in the face of the impending doom of the monolithic pandemic. She remained strong, focused and determined, applying the lessons learned from all the great teachers she had along the way.Ireland, John (May 3, 2009). "All in the Family". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. athleticism and is coachable. I'm only giving you this information because You are over the business end of the Lakers where as Jim is over basketball. But like your dad he needs to follow suite and allow a basketball mind to make critical decisions.