Magic Johnson

It is a material world, after all.

XXL looks back on 11 instances in which a notable rap artist struck a record or management deal with a professional athlete.

The Michigan and Michigan State rivalry is deep. So deep that almost nothing has become sacred, including the Magic Johnson statue in East Lansing.

Magic Johnson was in Saginaw this week to help raise money for the Promise Scholarship Foundation, but he talked a little bit about the Clippers and the ban handed to owner Donald Sterling.

Magic Johnson came home to Michigan this week to show his support for the future of High School students in Saginaw.

Magic Johnson wants to see 'The King' take the throne once occupied by 'His Airness,' and he's putting up $1 million to make it happen. During an NBA broadcast on Friday, Johnson offered a million dollars to entice Miami Heat star LeBron James to participate in the NBA dunk contest in 2014...

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;