Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.sports From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Magic's Re-Retirement: Was It Caused by Fear, Rumors or Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 10:01:22 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Magic's Re-Retirement: Was It Caused by Fear, Rumors or Publication Date: Saturday November 7, 1992 BYLINE: In an election year, when trust and candor are prominent issues, who is Jerry Colangelo kidding when he says, "Risk is risk"? Experts have assessed the risk of passing HIV on the basketball court as in the "zero to infinitesimal" range. Is the risk of acquiring the virus in an NBA game greater than the possibility of death or injury in taking a team flight (Evansville, 1977), commuting on the team bus (Angels, 1992), driving a Corvette (Jerome Brown, 1992), swimming at a Florida beach (Carroll Rosenbloom, 1979), stopping at the scene of a traffic accident (Wayne Estes, 1965), driving home from the golf course (Bill Shoemaker, 1991) or gardening in the front yard (Eric Andolsek, 1992)? TOM LALLAS Los Angeles This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM