Article: Fuss over Jeanie Buss Her relationship with Phil Jackson is being blamed for Lakers' troubles

LOS ANGELES Jeanie Buss, one of the most powerful, controversial and no-nonsense women in professional sports, never will forget that day in May 1995 when her two universes collided.

Just as she was about to step into her biggest job to date- president of the Forum, the legendary arena then owned by her father, Jerry Buss-there she was, nude, in the pages of Playboy.

For one scene, she was photographed in an empty Forum, wearing nothing but a bra, garter belt and spiked heels. For another, she posed standing in a Forum locker room belonging to the Los Angeles Blades, the professional roller hockey team she owned, clad only in shoulder pads and roller skates.

How's that for bad timing?

But ...

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