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Joey and Jesse Buss, the two youngest of Lakers owner Jerry Buss' six children, have joined the San Diego Padres' new ownership group, which is led by José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones.

Jeanie Buss is taking her five siblings to court in a battle to retain minority control over the Lakers after they voted to sell to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner.

In a statement Tuesday, TWG Global decried "multipronged attacks against TWG by unnamed sources with self-serving interests."

Campbell Hall has reached a confidential settlement with the woman who alleges ex-Lakers guard Byron Scott sexually assaulted her on campus in 1987. Scott's trial looms.

Analysts are split on whether Josh Kushner and Bob Iger overpaid for the Lakers when they agreed on a price of $12.5 billion for the iconic NBA team.

Mark Walter won a competition to buy the Dodgers. Now the runner-up is interested in buying the Dodgers if Walter decides to sell the team.

The booming business of sports has attracted a flood of private equity investment and even the most notable franchises require the influx of cash to keep up in the arms race.

While the Buss siblings battles to sell their Lakers shares, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong says he won't sell his stake in the team.

When the news broke last week that Mark Walter was selling the Lakers just one year after buying the storied basketball franchise, executives working for another crown jewel in his sports empire -- the Dodgers -- were quick to say the billionaire had ...

The Buss family is selling its 17.8% ownership stake in the Lakers to new owners Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner in the wake of them purchasing the team from Mark Walter.