WASHINGTON -- Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan were among the NBA legends stunned by Wednesday's death of former league commissioner David Stern following a brain hemorrhage he suffered last month. Stern, who was 77,spent 30 years as commissioner before retiring in 2014 and oversaw the NBA's growth from a league whose finals weren't televised live to a global sport empire with a worldwide following and talent. "The world lost a legend today," said retired NBA star Charles Barkley. "He is the greatest commissioner in sports history, plain and simple." Johnson, a five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers who revealed in 1991 he had contracted the HIV virus, tweeted he...
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