Three other starters, George Ackles, Larry Johnson and Anderson Hunt, couldn't be reached for comment.
Local businessman and iReporter Larry Johnson -- no relation to the family -- is a concerned community member who has been protesting.
And interestingly, if you look at the quote after it, Larry Johnson said that, you know - I told Larry Johnson what Grant had said.
Sicignano said Kaplan got the idea of offering sex to sports figures in 1994, when he overheard a conversation between Sicignano and basketball player Larry Johnson, then a member of the Charlotte Hornets.
Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and a Hall of Fame list of others had that.
It was also the year that Magic Johnson and Larry Bird joined the NBA and it began its staggering ascent over the next three decades.
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That wasn't worth much at first, but thanks to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and, eventually, Michael Jordan, the NBA exploded in popularity in the 1980s and '90s.
When the NBA began to explode in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s (thanks to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and, eventually, Michael Jordan), television rights fees escalated in concert.
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and Isiah Thomas were each reviled by at least a few teammates for their brutal verbal takedowns of lesser players --and almost everyone in their respective locker rooms were lesser players.
That's probably why, in the NBA, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers teams of the '80s, led by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, respectively, rate higher than the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls clubs of the 1990s.
For the March Madness television coverage, the company not only released more ads in the same formula, but created a new set, where NBA greats Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabar and Bill Russell take the role of the kids.
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With no competition from EA Sports yet again this year, things were looking good until the NBA lockout. 2K Sports knew that was coming and focused on NBA legends like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Dr. J for the cover as well as new gameplay modes.
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And that's with the advantage of nostalgia as an added selling tool, thanks to a matchup invoking memories of the Larry Bird-Magic Johnson battles of the 1980s (the three L.A.-Boston finals of the '80s averaged a 30 share, as did the six Michael Jordan-led Bulls series in the '90s).
Eleven Hall of Fame players, including Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, David Robinson, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley, came together to crush international opponents and win Olympic gold in Barcelona, Spain.
Lyndon's Johnson's postmaster general was Larry O'Brien, who managed the 1960 and 1964 presidential campaigns.
This happened with Johnson, as it did with Larry Fitzgerald when he secured his first of two record-breaking contracts.
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Remember Indiana State's Larry Bird tussling with Michigan State's Magic Johnson in the 1979 championship game (which Magic's team won)?
It quoted Magic Johnson as saying the same thing as the guest commentator on Larry King.
Among those who have said they are interested in bidding for the team are Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson, hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, and talk show host Larry King.
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