Jerry West

The USA basketball icon, Olympic champion, and the inspiration for the NBA logo, has passed away at the age of 86.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Yesterday began like any typical sunny, lazy day in the summertime.

Jerry West, an iconic 1960s star guard for the Los Angeles Lakers who inspired the NBA logo, died We.

Jerry West built the Lakers into an institution as a player. He constructed the Lakers' greatness as a general manager.

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For the storied franchise with so much success and great relationships with players, the fracture with Jerry West was sad. And now he's gone.

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Silver said there has never been any doubt in his mind that the logo is West's silhouette.

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“I got a lump in my throat and my heart swelled up,” said former Williamstown girls basketball coach Fred Sauro, who retired in April after 54 years coaching, ...