Echo Fox featured on NPR Morning Edition
Thousands will pack into the Staples Center in Los Angeles this weekend for a championship final event. It’s not an uncommon scene for the center as it’s home to the Los Angeles Lakers, but this weekend it’s not the Lakers who are taking center court.
Crouched behind their computer screens the players will be competing in the 2016 League of Legends World Championship Finals. There’s no action to watch on the court during these events, because all the action is shown on gigantic screens as the two teams go against one another.
Just like the Lakers, these teams of five players each are professional, and, as it turns out, some are owned by former pro athletes, including Rick Fox, Magic Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal. And the setup of their teams mirror the ones they used to play for.
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