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re: Sports stars that surprise you that they are still alive
Posted on 10/15/25 at 4:03 pm to JumpingTheShark
Posted on 10/15/25 at 4:03 pm to JumpingTheShark
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throw in Bob Pettit
He still goes to LSU basketball games fairly regularly. He walks around and hardly anyone seems to know who he is. A basketball Hall of Famer, one of the legit best to ever play - just look at quotes from Bill Russell and Wilt about him - and many of the fans at the games for his own school have no idea.
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 5:41 pm to LSUGrad9295
Grier was also a confidante of “it’s me yours truly”
Many speculate that he confessed to him
Many speculate that he confessed to him
Posted on 10/16/25 at 1:25 am to BabysArmHoldingApple
For anyone that was around for the 1991 HIV announcement Magic Johnson has to be the answer.
Timeline:
November 7th, 1991 - Magic announces he has HIV, retires.
November 24th, 1991 - Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS
That whole decade HIV was still considered an automatic death sentence (Eazy-E died in 1995).
So to have him still alive and well in 2025 is crazy. But I guess being a progressional athlete gave his body a much higher starting point to decline from so medicine had time to improve and catch him.
Timeline:
November 7th, 1991 - Magic announces he has HIV, retires.
November 24th, 1991 - Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS
That whole decade HIV was still considered an automatic death sentence (Eazy-E died in 1995).
So to have him still alive and well in 2025 is crazy. But I guess being a progressional athlete gave his body a much higher starting point to decline from so medicine had time to improve and catch him.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 2:07 am to Tiger Ugly
quote:
He still goes to LSU basketball games fairly regularly. He walks around and hardly anyone seems to know who he is. A basketball Hall of Famer, one of the legit best to ever play - just look at quotes from Bill Russell and Wilt about him - and many of the fans at the games for his own school have no idea.
He had seats in front of my friend's in Tiger Stadium also. (He may still, I just haven't sat there in a while.)
I always felt bad for him cause those seats are a bit tight at my height and he's significantly taller and obviously older. It can't be comfortable.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:40 am to BabysArmHoldingApple
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Sandy Koufax
Still looks to be in great shape
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:46 pm to msudawg1200
Koufax still looks in great shape as he approaches 90, and he was running marathons in his 60s as I mentioned in another post, even though he was for most of his life ... I don't know if he's quit or not ... a friggin' chain smoker. Go figure, LOL.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:47 pm to BabysArmHoldingApple
Lance Alworth is still around at 85.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:48 pm to BabysArmHoldingApple
Michael Jordan given the cirrhosis
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