The hex has finally been lifted. Well, lowered. A year after the Los Angeles Kings covered a jinxed Taylor Swift banner that had hung in the rafters of Staples Center since 2015, commemorating her ...

Banners of Clippers players block the view of the Lakers’ championship banners at Staples Center. (Eric Pincus / Los Angeles Times) By Eric Pincus . Oct. 18, 2013 8:45 PM PT .