NBA legends Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas are no longer BFFs, apparently. This little tiff became public after news of the release of When The Game Was Ours, a Jackie MacMullan tome about the careers of Johnson and Larry Bird. Johnson alleged that Thomas, whose own brother was HIV-positive, told everyone that he was homosexual after Johnson announced that he was HIV-positive in 1991, but the fun didn’t stop there.
Johnson also tells the Web site that he helped play a role in keeping Thomas off the 1992 U.S. Olympic team.
“Isiah killed his own chances when it came to the Olympics,” Johnson said, according to SI.com. “Nobody on that team wanted to play with him. … Michael didn’t want to play with him. Scottie (Pippen) wanted no part of him. Bird wasn’t pushing for him. Karl Malone didn’t want him. Who was saying, ‘We need this guy?’ Nobody.’” –WaPo.
Whatever. Nobody’s really impressed with either of these guys anymore. Isiah’s coaching hoop at Florida Whatchamacallit now and Magic is making terrible commercials for tax shops when he’s not pretending to analyze basketball for TNT ESPN. But it goes to show that controversy and alleged gay-bashing can still make news. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to hit Quentin Tarintino over the head with Elton John.
I mean…she’s in Haiti…buying condoms…did I miss something? It must feel good to the natives when one of the ten dumbest white girls in the world saunters into town and tells you how to live your life. YOU DON’T OWN ME! But, um, I am for sale. Name your price, baby.
WEEKEND PICKS are coming. Keep your birka on.
Roberto Alomar, the All-Star second basemen who played major league baseball for seven teams over a 17-year career, is being sued by a former girlfriend who claims he had unprotected sex even though he knew he had AIDS. I think a good response here is HOLY SHIT.
In papers filed in state and federal court, Dall said Alomar finally got tested in January 2006 while suffering from a cough, fatigue and shingles. “The test results of him being HIV-positive was given to him… on or about Feb.6, 2006,” the $15 million negligence suit says.
Nine days later, the couple went to see a disease specialist who discovered a mass in the retired second baseman’s chest, the court papers say. Alomar’s skin had turned purple, he was foaming at the mouth and a spinal tap “showed he had full-blown AIDS,” the suit says.
Man, I don’t know about this story. It’s kind of a lot to handle first thing in the morning. AIDS, dude. What do you do when you find out someone you know has AIDS? I mean, besides get tested. Do you call them? Do you send them a card? “Don’t get worse soon”?
