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The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin Magic Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life.

Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy sport of American professional basketball from a second-tier sport with low ratings into the global spotlighta transformation driven by Magic's ability to eviscerate opponents with a playing style that featured his grand sense of fun. He was a master entertainer who directed the Los Angeles Showtime Lakers to the heights of both glory and epic excess, all of it driven by his mind-blowing no-look passes and personal charm.

Then, in 1991, at the height of his charismatic power, Johnson shocked the world with a startling cautionary tale about sexually transmitted disease that pushed public awareness of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Then out came his confession of unprotected sex with hund

Magic The Life of Earvin Magic Johnson

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 24 October 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250248039
      978-1250248039
      ISBN-10 1250248035
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      Autobiography: sport Basketball

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin Magic Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life.

      Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy sport of American professional basketball from a second-tier sport with low ratings into the global spotlighta transformation driven by Magic's ability to eviscerate opponents with a playing style that featured his grand sense of fun. He was a master entertainer who directed the Los Angeles Showtime Lakers to the heights of both glory and epic excess, all of it driven by his mind-blowing no-look passes and personal charm.

      Then, in 1991, at the height of his charismatic power, Johnson shocked the world with a startling cautionary tale about sexually transmitted disease that pushed public awareness of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Then out came his confession of unprotected sex with hund

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