Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Invests In ‘The Saginaw Promise’ [Video]
Magic Johnson came home to Michigan this week to show his support for the future of High School students in Saginaw.
Magic Johnson came home to Michigan this week to show his support for the future of High School students in Saginaw.
More than 20 years after Magic Johnson held a press conference to announce he was HIV-positive, ESPN is revisiting that significant moment in a documentary, "The Announcement", scheduled to air March 11 on the sports channel.
Magic stunned L.A. Lakers fans and the world beyond in Nov. 7, 1991, when he publicly revealed his diagnosis.
Twenty years today, Magic Johnson told the world that he was HIV-positive. Do you remember where you were when this press conference went down? I was 7 years old sitting in my living room with the whole family watching.
Not only has he survived, the former Laker guard has become a major face in the fight against AIDS.
Michigan State alum and NBA legend Magic Johnson took some shots at LeBron James over the weekend while doing a speech at the University of Albany. Magic said:
"There's going to always be guys who win championships in the NBA — except LeBron."
Magic then said: “Everybody's always asking, 'Who is better between Kobe (Bryant) and LeBron? I'm like you're kidding me. Kobe five championships; LeBron, zero.”
Check out the entire speech below, after Magic was finished he said people need to stop comparing the Miami Heat star to Michael Jordan and that he was just joking and wasn't 'Hating' on LBJ.