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Magic Johnson In The Sports World
Magic Johnson.

Have you ever thought about the people that affect this society? Even the smaller, less famous ones? I'm guessing not much. Well here’s one of the sports world favorites, Magic Johnson. Even though he didn’t invent a life changing invention or theoretically change the world doesn’t mean he doesn't inspire and change people’s lives.
After all that, he was successful with many other things as well.
During and, even after he was in the NBA, he won over 11 awards! The awards ranged from MVP awards to Corporate Citizen awards. After he retired from the National Basketball Association he was caring and started speaking up about safety. He talked to many kids born with Human Immunodeficiency
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