Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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 spotlight a 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 hundreds of women each year followed by his retirement an attempted return and a proper farewell on the iconic 1992 Olympic Dream Team. Longtime biographer Roland Lazenby spent years tracking the unlikely ascension of Johnson an immensely popular public figure who was instantly scandalized but who then turned to his legendary will to rise again as a successful entrepreneur with another level of hard - won success. In Lazenby's portrayal Johnson's tale becomes bigger than that of one man. It is a generational saga spanning parts of three centuries that reveals a great deal not just about his unique basketball journey but about America itself. Through hundreds of interviews with Johnson's coaches representatives past and present teammates opponents friends and loved ones as well as key conversations with Johnson himself over the years Lazenby has produced the first truly definitive study both dark and light of Earvin Magic Johnson Jr. the revolutionary player the icon the man.
Title: Magic: The Life Of Earvin " Magic" Johnson
Author(s): Lazenby Roland
Publisher: Celadon Books
Barcode: 9781250248039
Pages: 832 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/24/2023
Category: Autobiography: Sport