Brian Bencomo
Brian Bencomo is an assistant editor for ESPN.com and also writes about hockey for The Fischler Report. He likes to write about the intersections of sports and society and his work has been published by Fox Sports, L.A. Weekly, USC Annenberg Media and Pasadena Magazine.
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With the stadium still about three years away from opening, it may be another decade before the impact on community is fully realized.
She has been a witness to the highs and lows of the franchise from the fabulous “Showtime” era to the tumultuous, but successful Kobe and Shaq years to the team’s recent unprecedented playoff drought.