(Reuters) -The Buss family agreed in principle on Friday to sell the Los Angeles Lakers, who have won 17 National Basketball Association championships, to financier Mark Walter in a world record deal that values the franchise at $10 billion. Walter is chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, a global financial services firm with more than $325 billion in assets. He led...

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LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers said they had denied U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents access to the parking lot at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, in the team's first sign of opposition to immigration raids that have rattled California's largest city. The Dodgers, whose baseball fan base includes a significant Latino contingent, have come under...

(Reuters) -The Buss family, architects of 11 NBA championships, is poised to relinquish their four-decade reign over the LA Lakers, with ESPN reporting they are entering an agreement to sell a majority stake in basketball's most glamorous franchise. The following is the breakdown of the deal: WHAT IS AT STAKE? Lakers minority owner Mark Walter is set to take majority...