Word: earvin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...decision of the status of Earvin "Magic" Johnson for tonight's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics may not be made until game time, the Lakers announced yesterday...
...nature of basketball, some would say the flaw in basketball, is that the game is nearly always won or lost at the center position. Julius ("Dr. J") Erving of Philadelphia and Earvin ("Magic") Johnson of Los Angeles lead their teams artistically, but Erving is a forward and Johnson a guard. It is around the 76ers' Moses Malone and the Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the centers, that the current championship series, and the basketball universe itself, revolves...
Then there's Louisville. The one reason why the Cardinals should win it all is because they have college basketball's most exciting player--senior guard Darrell Griffith. Just as Bill Walton, David Thompson and Earvin "Magic" Johnson had to be in there down to the wire, so does the 6-ft., 4-in. Griffith, who with his 48-in. vertical leap and a great outside shot is the premier offensive player in the college ranks...