Cheryl Pistono: The Woman Who Influenced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s “Showtime” Era
When people talk about the golden age of the Los Angeles Lakers in the late 1970s and 1980s, they usually focus on names like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson. The bright lights, championship banners, and the cultural phenomenon known as “Showtime” dominate the narrative. But behind the scenes of that larger-than-life era, there were personal…