Jeff Pearlman was skeptical. Hollywood had approached the longtime sportswriter and author before. Nothing ever came of it, until now. HBO’s highly anticipated Winning Time is based on Pearlman’s 2014 book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.” The series premieres on March 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on … Continue reading Jeff Pearlman talks how his Lakers book became HBO’s “Winning Time”