Is There Magic In The Air?

News came today of Magic Johnson and his wallet-heavy partners preparing to make their formal bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Magic Johnson, the Dodgers owner? That doesn't make any sense. HE'S A BASKETBALL PLAYER.

It also didn't make much sense to me 20 years ago, after just getting home from middle school and turning on the TV to a press conference of my Laker hero announcing that he was retiring from basketball because he had contracted the HIV virus.

I remember feeling stunned and sad as I settled into the malaise of that afternoon. Our sports stars are our most noticeable heroes. Especially to a 6th-grader.




Johnson pressed on, as did we all and two decades later with the announcement today, I can see some of that old Magic coming to the club.