L OS ANGELES – Former Lakers star Magic Johnson and movie stars Denzel Washington and Michael J. Fox were among 19 people receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest ...

1974 - Earns the nickname “Magic” after a game his sophomore year of high school, in which he scores 36 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists. Lansing State Journal sportswriter Fred Stabley Jr. is the ...