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| Wednesday, September 18 Updated: September 23, 2:15 PM ET Johnson still free of AIDS symptoms Associated Press |
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Magic Johnson's latest checkup confirmed he is free of AIDS symptoms, 11 years after he first tested positive for HIV.
The former NBA star, who will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame next week, said his doctor told him last week he is still healthy.
"He said, 'Man, whatever you're doing, just keep it up, cause you look great,''' Johnson said Wednesday in a conference call to discuss his induction. "I passed all the tests again.''
Johnson will be inducted into the Hall on Sept. 27 along with coaches Larry Brown and Lute Olsen, the late Drazen Petrovic, North Carolina State women's coach Kay Yow and the Harlem Globetrotters. The ceremony precedes a grand opening of the Hall's new building the following day.
Johnson, who won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s, first retired at age 32 after testing positive for HIV while being examined for an insurance policy.
Johnson has kept the disease at bay by working out regularly and taking his medication.
"I don't feel ill. I never have,'' he said. "I still work out every day. Everything has been super since Day 1.'' |
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