*It was 20 years ago today when LA Lakers superstar guard Ervin “Magic” Johnson announced to the world that he was HIV positive.
Along with everyone else, Bob Costas, the TV sports commentator and play-by-play man remembers being rocked by the news that the magic man was had AIDS.
“I was stunned,” Costas said, “and my immediate thought was, knowing what we thought we knew about HIV, we would watch Magic Johnson die a public death, that he would waste away. This was what we thought we understood about the virus, that his days were numbered.”
Now the number of days Johnson has ahead of him seems limitless when the strong, healthy-looking basketball great, onetime coach, voluble television commentator and successful businessman puts on his smile and optimism and shakes your hand.
Chris Mullin, who played with Johnson on the 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball team, said that when he sees Johnson anywhere, his own big hand disappears into Johnson’s bigger hands. “It makes you remember,” Mullin said, “just how strong he is.”
How strong he is. Not was.
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lying mutha***a that’s because you ain’t never had HIV. I really believe he’s been riding on this HIV shit all these years just to make all the millions he’s made more than he was in the NBA. The reason I believe he ain’t never had it is Cookie told in all in that Essence article when he first supposedly broke the news to her about how he contracted it, her response was we didn’t even go there. Bitch what chu mean we didn’t even go there and you was pregnant at the time with your son! Plus in that same magazine there was picture of the whole family including the daughter they supposedly adopted after their son who happened to look just like MAGIC! Whatever nigga!
That’s a awful comment, almost funny if you didn’t know any better, magic has always helped in one way or another and a lot of people have benefitted and will continue to. Ignorance is a cancer, but the good news , you could be cured, totally up to you!!! GOOD LUCK. MAGIC I ThINK YOUR AWESOME. AND I ALWAYS KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS. Magic forgive those who are ignorant!
yeah you’re right like your ignorance can be cured if you thank that nigga really got the HIV. Since he announced that back in 91 he and Cookie have acted to calm for him to have HIV. It ain’t no awfol comment, it’s the truth to me and I hope the Lord forgives him for this 20 year scan he’s pulled on everybody. Cookie included. Maybe you can get a job at his movie theater since you think he’s so GREAT.