Earvin "Magic" Johnson "Magic is head-and-shoulders above everybody else," Larry Bird once observed in the Chicago Sun-Times. "I've never seen [anybody] as good as him." Earvin Johnson, a student at Michigan State University, was a former opponent of Larry Bird, not only in the National Basketball League (NBA), but also in the 1979 NCAA Championship game. "Magic" Johnson, as the guard, led the Michigan Spartans in a 25-5 season to win the National Title. After Johnson …showed first 75 words of 1483 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1483 total…our society better and helping the lives of the needy capable of being the vision or dream that was once thought to be untouchable. Works Cited "Earvin (Magic) Johnson." Los Angeles News. 22 September, 1995. <www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0109320.html - 37k Friedman, Robyn. "Magic Johnson's new game: Investing in S. Florida." Editorial. Sun-Sentinel 9 June 2003, eastern ed.: A13 The Magic Johnson Foundation, 1990. Freddy L. Diloven and Sarah M. Bernsted. 13 March, 1991. www.magicjohnson.org/ - 12k