Magic Johnson
In Lakers vs. Celtics, Oct. 22, 1991; Lakers point guard Magic Johnson tosses a no-look pass past Celtics forward Ed Pinckney during a preseason game. About two weeks later, Johnson announced he was HIV-positive and retiring from basketball.
Magic Johnson
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Lou Gehrig
On 4 July 1939, at the Yankee Stadium, The Iron Horse started 2,130 consecutive games, but this speech is possibly his most memorable moment on a baseball field. Only weeks after being diagnosed with the incurable neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), Gehrig gave a 277-word speech to the fans at Yankee Stadium, calling himself “the luckiest man on the face of this earth.”
Lou Gehrig
