As we heard in that montage, people were devastated because they loved Magic Johnson. Something that we’ve been hearing about Magic throughout the season, which is that he’s one of the hardest workers in the NBA and as a basketball player.Īnd he decided to bring that approach to something that is really life or death. Kareem Maddox: My initial reaction is that Magic Johnson is an athlete, right? Like there’s something in athletics where you could never allow your mind to wander to the worst-case scenario, meaning you’re not allowed to consider losing. I’ve been a competitor my whole life.īrennan: What’s your reaction to the contrast between what everyone else expected to happen and what Magic expected to happen? Magic Johnson: I never thought I was going to die. Times’ Bill Plaschke, Magic Johnson himself says he never thought that. I think the thing that strikes me the most about hearing that montage is the phrase “death sentence” being repeated over and over. I just remember thinking, “It, it can’t be true.” It was awful. Mary Weiss: He announced that November 7th. And we were in a meeting in one of the hotel rooms and our coach came in and said, “Magic Johnson just announced that he had HIV.” Jim Hecht: I was at, uh, Central Oklahoma University for a debate tournament. Syrus Yarbrough: I was playing my first year at Santa Monica College. Salli Richardson-Whitfield: I was in Jamaica at a golf tournament. Max Borenstien: I remember literally where I was. Jim Hecht: It was a long time ago - it was 1991 - and I remember it like crystal clear. Ron and Mary Weiss: I remember that horrible day. Those are the two things that I, you know, the kind of thing where you remember exactly where you were when you heard about it. Robert Wade: The only time I’ve been as shocked was when I was sitting in the student union at UCLA and they announced over the intercom that JFK had been assassinated. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Catch up on Episode 8: Inside the origins of the NBA’s own war on drugs
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