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Happy Birthday to my son, EJ!! I love your pure heart and creativity! Keep living your truth, it’s what I love about you most! Have a great day! — Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) Johnson's son came out as gay to his parents in 2010 — a revelation that the NBA legend later admitted was difficult for him to accept. “When you grow up in team sports, you’re thinking, ‘Is he gonna play sports?’” In the same interview, EJ said at the time he was "out to all my friends" and that his parents "were the last people that I really had to talk to about it." "It wasn’t new for me, but they had to really take that in and digest it. Especially my dad, because he was really the last person to talk to," EJ said at the time. "I think it was just a lot for him to swallow in that conversation. A lot of just going back and forth. And he just was rattling off about things that weren’t particularly nice. But he’s not somebody who works great being cornered or surprised." Los Angeles Premiere Of Apple's Months later, EJ said the two repaired their relationship when his father "picked me up at my dorm." "I was like, ‘Oh, whatever, hey.’ And he hugged me so hard," EJ said, who was 17 when he came out to his parents. "He was, like, squeezing all the air out of me. That’s when I knew, there’s nothing but love here.” Story continues Three years later, at the age of 20, Johnson shares his son EJ — along with his daughter, Elisa — with his wife of more than 30 yea...

Magic Johnson helped turn the NCAA tournament into the event it is today, most notably because of the hype of Here's everything you need to know about Magic Johnson's college career at Michigan State. The vitals for Magic Johnson School: Michigan State Position: Point guard Height: 6-8 Weight: 215 pounds Years active: 1977-79 NCAA tournament record: 7-1 Career averages: 17.1 points per game, 7.9 assists per game, 7.6 rebounds per game, 46.3% shooting Season Games FG FGA FG% rebounds assists points 1977-78 30 5.8 12.7 .458 7.9 7.4 17.0 1978-79 32 5.4 11.6 .468 7.3 8.4 17.1 Career 62 5.6 12.1 .463 7.6 7.9 17.1 How did Magic Johnson get his nickname? As a high school sophomore at Everett High School, Earvin Johnson was dubbed "Magic" by the Lansing State Journal's Fred Stabley Jr. after Johnson had a triple-double with 36 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists against fellow South Central Conference contender Parkside. ​ What was Magic Johnson's record in college? Michigan State went 51-11 in two seasons with Magic Johnson, including a 28-8 mark in Big Ten play. The Spartans started conference play in the 1978-79 season with just a 4-4 record, including an 18-point loss to last-place Northwestern, but they turned their season around to win the national championship, going 15-1 after their loss to the Wildcats. What was Magic Johnson's offensive game like? Whatever he wanted it to be. He excelled in every role but was best with the ball in his hands. In a Michigan Class A district...

‘They told me that the three-drug combination was going to save my life, and they were right’ ... Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Jr at his offices in Los Angeles. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The Guardian ‘They told me that the three-drug combination was going to save my life, and they were right’ ... Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Jr at his offices in Los Angeles. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The Guardian Tall order ... Johnson shoots for Michigan State Spartans against the Kentucky Wildcats in c 1977 in East Lansing, Michigan. Photograph: Dale Tait/NBAE/Getty Images Today, sitting in his offices in California, in a brown executive chair, that famous, dimpled smile beaming down the camera over Zoom, Johnson finds it hard to fathom that this year marks three decades since his diagnosis. Now 61, he is one of those rare public figures who has redefined his purpose at different stages in life: first as an athlete, then as a public health advocate, and later as a successful businessman and philanthropist. “As we talk today, right now, I’m thinking, ‘Wow’ – it’s been 30 years and I’m still here, healthy. Everything has gone right. There was one drug then, now we have 30-something drugs,” he says. It was a seismic moment, not only in the history of basketball, but in the continuing war on HIV and Aids, as an athlete of Johnson’s stature vowed in public to raise awareness about the virus. And it has interesting parallels for today, when the world continues to battle another public health crisis. Dr Ho...

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Happy Birthday to my son, EJ!! I love your pure heart and creativity! Keep living your truth, it’s what I love about you most! Have a great day! — Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) Johnson's son came out as gay to his parents in 2010 — a revelation that the NBA legend later admitted was difficult for him to accept. “When you grow up in team sports, you’re thinking, ‘Is he gonna play sports?’” In the same interview, EJ said at the time he was "out to all my friends" and that his parents "were the last people that I really had to talk to about it." "It wasn’t new for me, but they had to really take that in and digest it. Especially my dad, because he was really the last person to talk to," EJ said at the time. "I think it was just a lot for him to swallow in that conversation. A lot of just going back and forth. And he just was rattling off about things that weren’t particularly nice. But he’s not somebody who works great being cornered or surprised." Los Angeles Premiere Of Apple's Months later, EJ said the two repaired their relationship when his father "picked me up at my dorm." "I was like, ‘Oh, whatever, hey.’ And he hugged me so hard," EJ said, who was 17 when he came out to his parents. "He was, like, squeezing all the air out of me. That’s when I knew, there’s nothing but love here.” Story continues Three years later, at the age of 20, Johnson shares his son EJ — along with his daughter, Elisa — with his wife of more than 30 yea...

Magic Johnson helped turn the NCAA tournament into the event it is today, most notably because of the hype of Here's everything you need to know about Magic Johnson's college career at Michigan State. The vitals for Magic Johnson School: Michigan State Position: Point guard Height: 6-8 Weight: 215 pounds Years active: 1977-79 NCAA tournament record: 7-1 Career averages: 17.1 points per game, 7.9 assists per game, 7.6 rebounds per game, 46.3% shooting Season Games FG FGA FG% rebounds assists points 1977-78 30 5.8 12.7 .458 7.9 7.4 17.0 1978-79 32 5.4 11.6 .468 7.3 8.4 17.1 Career 62 5.6 12.1 .463 7.6 7.9 17.1 How did Magic Johnson get his nickname? As a high school sophomore at Everett High School, Earvin Johnson was dubbed "Magic" by the Lansing State Journal's Fred Stabley Jr. after Johnson had a triple-double with 36 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists against fellow South Central Conference contender Parkside. ​ What was Magic Johnson's record in college? Michigan State went 51-11 in two seasons with Magic Johnson, including a 28-8 mark in Big Ten play. The Spartans started conference play in the 1978-79 season with just a 4-4 record, including an 18-point loss to last-place Northwestern, but they turned their season around to win the national championship, going 15-1 after their loss to the Wildcats. What was Magic Johnson's offensive game like? Whatever he wanted it to be. He excelled in every role but was best with the ball in his hands. In a Michigan Class A district...

‘They told me that the three-drug combination was going to save my life, and they were right’ ... Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Jr at his offices in Los Angeles. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The Guardian ‘They told me that the three-drug combination was going to save my life, and they were right’ ... Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Jr at his offices in Los Angeles. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The Guardian Tall order ... Johnson shoots for Michigan State Spartans against the Kentucky Wildcats in c 1977 in East Lansing, Michigan. Photograph: Dale Tait/NBAE/Getty Images Today, sitting in his offices in California, in a brown executive chair, that famous, dimpled smile beaming down the camera over Zoom, Johnson finds it hard to fathom that this year marks three decades since his diagnosis. Now 61, he is one of those rare public figures who has redefined his purpose at different stages in life: first as an athlete, then as a public health advocate, and later as a successful businessman and philanthropist. “As we talk today, right now, I’m thinking, ‘Wow’ – it’s been 30 years and I’m still here, healthy. Everything has gone right. There was one drug then, now we have 30-something drugs,” he says. It was a seismic moment, not only in the history of basketball, but in the continuing war on HIV and Aids, as an athlete of Johnson’s stature vowed in public to raise awareness about the virus. And it has interesting parallels for today, when the world continues to battle another public health crisis. Dr Ho...

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• العربية • Aragonés • Asturianu • বাংলা • Bân-lâm-gú • Беларуская • Беларуская (тарашкевіца) • Български • Bosanski • Català • Čeština • Dansk • Deutsch • Eesti • Ελληνικά • Español • Euskara • فارسی • Français • Galego • 한국어 • Հայերեն • Hrvatski • Ido • Bahasa Indonesia • Íslenska • Italiano • עברית • ქართული • Latina • Latviešu • Lietuvių • Magyar • Македонски • Malagasy • مصرى • Bahasa Melayu • Монгол • Nederlands • 日本語 • Norsk bokmål • Norsk nynorsk • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ • Polski • Português • Română • Runa Simi • Русский • Scots • Simple English • Slovenčina • Slovenščina • Српски / srpski • Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски • Suomi • Svenska • தமிழ் • ไทย • Türkçe • Українська • Vèneto • Tiếng Việt • Volapük • Winaray • 吴语 • Yorùbá • 粵語 • 中文 Johnson in 2022 Personal information Born ( 1959-08-14) August 14, 1959 (age63) Listed height 6ft 9in (2.06m) Listed weight 220lb (100kg) Career information High school College Selected by the Playing career 1979–1991, 1996, 1999–2000 Position Number 32 Career history As player: Magic Great Danes As coach: Los Angeles Lakers Career highlights and awards • 5× • 3× • 3× • 12× • 2× • 9× • • • 4× • 2× • • • • No. 32 • • • Consensus first-team • Second-team All-American – • Third-team All-American – • 2× First-team All- • No. 33 • First-team Parade All-American (1977) • • Career NBA statistics 17,707 (19.5 ppg) 6,559 (7.2 rpg) 10,141 (11.2 apg) at NBA.com Inducted in 2006 Men's Representing the Earvin " Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is ...