For decades, Pat Riley has been the architect of the Miami Heat. But he's a Los Angeles Lakers legend whose likeness was set in perpetuity Sunday with a statue outside Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers ...

Pat Riley (far left), Jerry Buss and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar celebrate their 1987 championship — one of four titles the Lakers won during Riley’s tenure as head coach. Photo by Bettman via Getty Images ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LOS ANGELES — Pat Riley leaned back in the passenger seat of a white golf cart, fitted in a navy and black-striped Giorgio Armani jacket, as he rolled past ...

LOS ANGELES — Before he was the architect of the Miami Heat's impressive franchise culture, before he coached the New York Knicks to the NBA Finals, Pat Riley was a Lakers legend. The slicked-back ...

The Los Angeles Lakers didn't just add a talented player to the team when they drafted Magic Johnson in 1979. They found a perfect co-star for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the most dominant center in the ...