La Photoger seized an endless initial moments in the history of sport – here is the story behind them

For more than 40 years, Andrew d. Bernstein is some of the most familiar pictures in the history of sport as a La La, Kings, Clippers and Dodgers.

I gained a speedy confidence from the Sattat players in Larry Bird, Sahar Johnson, Cuban Bryant, and Bernstein, as he put it, welcomed “flying on the wall” in many of the largest sporting events in modern history, including the 1992 dream race.

Now, Bernstein hosts the legend of sport podcast, directs the next generation of sports photographers, and runs photos of the American Professional League-the global leader in the US Professional Champions League photography license, which he participated in its launch four decades ago.

Here, behind the scenes it takes for some of the greatest moments in sports.

Where is Kobe? Where is the cup?

“When the team wins the tournament, we all hurry on the field … absolute chaos and pandans.

Then the champagne bath begins and all hell collapses in the cabinet room … We all look at each other like, “Where is Cuban? Where is the cup? “We feel panic, because this is our job, is to find the stars player, and it is clear that the cup should be somewhere.

“This is how he went on a mission and destroyed the task … and it was literally ended in the back of the cabinet room, in the bathroom. And there (Kobe) is the same with the cup, after he had a moment … he is deep in everything he thought. I asked him later, did you have paid your attention with this?

Cuban and Grammy wild journey

“This is what we call a Grammy wild trip because Grammy comes every year to the Staples Center, and it is now Arena.com Crypto.com, and they take over the building for three weeks … They go on a very long wild trip, and they were basically 10 games in 13 days … This was in the middle of the crazy trip they played the night before. Ice in it.

Then we got to the hotel at 5 am, and no one slept. On the shutter.

“After years, he told me that he had no idea that I was there, and that this moment that was taken is only I would likely say my favorite image in the American Professional League that I took at all.”

Mamba outside

“If I did not take this picture, all of them will be 20 years of photographing it for her one piece of this lost puzzle, because this was the end of the story … This is the last minute of wearing costumes while leaving the court.

“I had four other photographers in that game. We were all in strategic situations, but personally I had to get this moment. What kind of funny is if you were rising from this, because this is a crop, you can see a plan from a man wearing a black suit only to the left only … He is a very large security man named Brian, who I knew for a long time. Cuban is framed with the number 24.

“And I don’t know if this was divine intervention, and Brian took a big step forward, and I was able to do this snapshot. I made a great print for Brayan, and I said,” Thank you for not disturbing my shot. “

Jordan wins the first championship

“There was Pandemonium on the field again in those days, the network decided … offering the cup’s cup’s offer in the treasury room for the winning team or the visiting team … everyone can come, families, all the media, and everyone, and they offer the cup to the bulls.

“David Sterin delivers the cup to Jerry Rinzarf, the owner … the network goes to a commercial and their plan after the announcement was to do one group with Michael. So, they started getting out of the advertisement, and there was no Michael. It was likely.

“No one knew that there would be five (championships) after that, but it was the beginning of this family. After his father was killed, and after a few years, I received a call from Michael’s office, Michael would like Michael to be a sign of that image to hang in his home or office … which was really touched.”

Raptors wins the title NBA 19

“Although I was in the city of Toronto, the entire country was revealing at this amazing moment … it was great to be able to photograph and document it … I had to discourage myself. I was very happy with Mark Gasol, whom I knew through his brother (Bao) and the Tannabum family, I got to know them over the years.

“I saw Kawahi Leonard’s smile. This was a kind of cold.

“Instructions were directed to follow up on Kawhi from the moment the court left. This was about two hours, nearly three hours of coverage behind the scenes, all the interviews he had, his family, and special moments, with his teammates, everything. He failed his guard at that point.

“The Master and Mrs. Tannabom (they were) was covered with chipania and her love. You don’t really see the owners who often enter this mix with the players you know, and that was great.”

Gretzky degrees No. 802

“I can’t believe this was like 31 years. When Wayne came to Los Angeles Kings … he brought the pumping of greatness … I was covered when he was ascending, at nineteen years of age, for Edmonton. I was always in awe of his talent. Here he is like magic, just like Cuban.

((Night his goal in the eighty) … Going to the treasury room after that and getting Wayne to hold the scene, and he was very happy. I think he was also comfortable. There was a lot of pressure on him to break it … He spent a lot of time with the media after the match. He was happy, he was happy.

“Wayne was a great young man on the ground, and he was always in the awe of his talent … very grateful because he came to my city, and this is certain.”