Word: magic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...teammate's view that the Boston Celtics' Larry Bird is a three-time MVP essentially because he is white. Later, Thomas claimed he was only joking when he said, "If Bird was black, he'd be just another good guy." But if by "just another good guy" he meant Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and himself, the statement is not so unreasonable, and his amplification about stereotyping ought not to have been lost in the apology. "When Bird makes a great play, it's due to his thinking," Thomas sighed. "All we do is run and jump. We never practice...
Typifying the Celtics' Jekyll-Hyde performance on the road and at home was reserve center Greg Kite, who had a crowd-pleasing blocked shot against Magic Johnson and nine rebounds yesterday after totaling 30 rebounds in 16 previous playoff games...
Long known for his dazzling sleight of hand on the basketball court, Earvin ("Magic") Johnson outmaneuvered his competition in the ballot box last week as he was named the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player. The 6-ft. 9-in. Michigander is the first guard in 23 years to win the award and only the third to do so in N.B.A. history. Receiving 65 first-place votes and a total of 733 points from the selection panel, Johnson, 27, streaked past Chicago Bull Michael Jordan (ten votes) and Boston Celtic Larry Bird (one vote), who had been named...
...first of the "extra-long" contracts was given to Wayne Gretzky, who signed on with the Edmonton Oilers until the end of the century--hence uniform number 99. Then Magic Johnson signed a 25-year deal with the Lakers, earning him a cool million a year until the contract ends...
Because the department centers on the issue of race, having a mixed student and faculty composition is essential to a well-balanced approach to the field, professors and students say. "It is as if God sat down with a magic wand and made classes 50 percent Black and 50 percent white, with a slight preponderance of women," says Sollors, who came to Harvard four years...