Timothée Chalamet, left, and Stéphane Bak attend the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves game on Feb. 27 in Los ...

Netflix's “Running Point” stars Kate Hudson as the newly appointed head of the fictional LA Waves, a team loosely inspired by ...

Sorry Boston, but don’t expect to hear Mindy Kaling chant “beat LA” the next time the Celtics take on the Lakers.

The show draws parallels to Jeanie Buss and the Lakers, blending fictional elements with real-life challenges faced by women ...

Mindy Kaling's new Netflix series "Running Point" is set in the world of professional basketball in Los Angeles.

Real life Los Angeles Lakers exec Jeanie Buss, an admired, larger than life figure, inspired Thursday’s “Running Point,” ...

Two books — a podcasting rom-com and a new "Star Wars" trilogy series — round out our picks for the weekend of Feb. 28.

Mindy Kaling's new sports comedy with Netflix and Warner Bros. Entertainment is making waves at Pepperdine University — but ...

The inspiration behind Hudson's character and a writer for the Netflix comedy talk to TIME about drawing from history for the ...

Hudson plays a pro basketball team owner in the new Netflix series, which is loosely based on Buss' real story.