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LA Times podcast listeners, check out Legends of Sport, a co-production of the Legends of Sport and the Los Angeles Times. For the next 16 weeks, Legends of Sport is focusing its lens on a the return of the NBA season inside the Orlando bubble with a series of episodes called “Restarting the Clock.” Our host and NBA Hall of Fame photographer Andy Bernstein will be joined by legendary players and coaches, league officials, and members of the sports media. We’ll tackle all that goes into restarting this unique season including training, the abridged finish of the regular season, and the excitement of the playoffs on the road to this year's historic NBA Finals.

Enjoy the entire first episode of this Legends of Sport: Restarting the Clock series. In this episode, Andy chats with Tania Ganguli and Andrew Greif of the LA Times. As you listen, make sure to subscribe to Legends of Sport wherever you listen to podcasts: Subscribe today: http://link.chtbl.com/LegendsofSport.

Host Beto Durán welcomes Fidel Martinez, audience engagement editor, and Mark Potts, video producer, to this podcast. Having spoken to all the journalists who tend to cover a singular sport, Fidel and Mark are covering the whole spectrum of LA Times Sports coverage. Having been to the Super Bowl, World Series, Vegas for March Madness, and many other sports fan bucket list events, hear how they approach their jobs and the coverage they provide in this new day of media.

Host Beto Durán welcomes Lakers beat writer Tania Ganguli and NBA reporter Brad 'BT' Turner to the podcast. Recorded Friday (the day before the Anthony Davis trade was announced), Tania, BT, and Beto take stock of the Lakers as they end their 6th straight season missing the playoffs. Prior to these 6 years, the Lakers missed the playoffs a total of 6 years in the previous 65 seasons. The Anthony Davis trade has the team and fans feeling this drought will end, and this podcast serves as the wrap up to this recent unsuccessful tenure. There is plenty of speculative free agency talk out there, this podcast serves as a glimpse into the behind the scenes perspective of two journalists deeply involved in covering the inner workings of the Lakers.

Host Beto Durán goes on the road to Angel Stadium in Anaheim for the Freeway Series where the LA Dodgers play the LA Angels. We try to discover if there is a crosstown rivalry and how people feel about interleague play. Angels beat writer, Maria Torres, interviews LA Angels reliever, Ty Buttrey. Also joining this special episode are Mark Gubicza, Mike DiGiovanna, David Vassegh, Andy McCullough, Jorge Castillo, Victor Rojas, and Jamie Jarrin.

Host Beto Durán welcomes Dylan Hernandez and Bill Shaikin to the podcast. With the boxing world still buzzing from the first Mexican heavyweight champion, Andy Ruiz Jr., Hernandez discusses the bigger picture and adds some historical perspective to this significant moment. Prior to that discussion, Dylan discusses the state of the Dodgers. Later, Shaikin joins to discuss his recent story on the food at Dodger Stadium and how close we were to a minor league Dodgers team in the San Fernando Valley.

Host Beto Durán travels up the 710 to visit the LAFC at their practice facility at CSU Los Angeles to record this episode onsite. Durán meets up with soccer reporter Kevin Baxter. Kevin sits down for a one-on-one interview with LAFC forward Christian Ramirez. Beto has some questions for Christian too, and then Kevin and Beto discuss the Women's World Cup, LAFC and the 3252 fans, the Gold Cup, and a few other soccer related topics. Kevin shares the history of an upcoming 50th anniversary of a significant game between El Salvador and Honduras (in LA on June 25th), and we open up the "Twitter mailbag" to take some questions.

Host Beto Duran was onsite at the Lakers Practice Facility on Monday for the announcement of the Frank Vogel hire by Lakers GM Rob Pelinka. Several hours earlier, former President of Basketball Operations, Magic Johnson, made some unflattering comments about his relationship with Pelinka. Featuring interviews with Tania Ganguli, Arash Markazi, Bill Plaschke, and Dylan Hernandez, we take you to the press conference. Listen to Ganguli break the ice on Magic Johnson's comments to Pelinka, hear Hernandez directly ask new coach Vogel a few very pointed questions, and observations (and opinions) from Plaschke and Markazi get served up on this latest podcast.