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03934aam a22004818i 4500 001 92A9ED94495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 230624s2023 nyu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2023005774 020 $a 1250248035 020 $a 9781250248039 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c LBSOR $d DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 796.323092 082 00 $a B $2 23/eng/20230711 100 1 $a Lazenby, Roland, $e author. 245 10 $a Magic : $b the life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson / $c Roland Lazenby. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2310 264 1 $a New York : $b Celadon Books, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Boom, baby -- Smile -- Get on the bus -- Tobacco road -- The bike ride -- Mississippi -- Sobriquet -- Goons -- Popcorn time -- Natural high -- Mourning becomes electra -- "Glass!" -- The great and the gruesome -- The Spartan -- Another promised land -- The Great Salt Lake -- Strange days, indeed -- We happy few -- Game 6 -- The storm surge -- Power play -- Riles -- The Larry thing -- Heaven is a payback -- The life -- The guarantee -- The long kiss goodbye -- Laker red -- Absolutely positive -- Shelter from the storm -- The wanderer -- The messenger. 520 $a "Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy sport of American pro basketball from a second tier sport with low ratings into the global spotlight, a transformation driven byhis ability to eviscerate opponents with a style that featured his grand sense of fun. He was a master entertainer who directed Los Angeles Lakers "Showtime" basketball to the heights of both glory and epic excess, all of it driven by his mind-blowing no-look passes and personal charm. At the charismatic height of his power, Johnson then shocked the world with a startling cautionary tale about sexually transmitted disease that pushed public awareness of an HIV and AIDs crisis. Then out came his confessionof unprotected sex with hundreds of women each year, a retirement, an attempted return, then a proper farewell on the iconic 1992 Olympic Dream Team. Longtime biographer Roland Lazenby spent years tracking Johnson's unlikely rise to become an immensely popular public figure who was instantly scandalized in 1991, then turned to his legendary will to rise again as a successful entrepreneur with another level of hard-won success in business. In his portrayal, Johnson's tale becomes bigger than that of one man. It is a generational saga over parts of three centuries that reveals much not just about his unique basketball journey but about America itself. Through literally hundreds of interviews with Johnson's coaches, representatives past and present, teammates, opponents, friends and loved ones, including 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Johnson, Earvin, $d 1959- 650 0 $a Basketball players $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 15 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710064606.0 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20240511010459.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509013006.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314030325.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20240210010524.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240208010044.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240206010634.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240202021655.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125012553.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207020511.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20231202013734.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231202012441.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20231202010408.0 952 $l FFPC194 $d 20231115010123.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20231114010502.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=92A9ED94495811EE9228709642ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search