Editor’s Note: March 2, 2026: Magic Johnson appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show on Monday night and I couldn’t help but think of this article that was first reposted on Deadline Detroit in 2021.
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Oct. 26, 2021: I was a senior at Michigan State University in 1977 when a friend, Adolph Mongo, called. He had just launched a high school sports magazine “The Champions,” and he wanted me to do a story on a Lansing high school senior…