Joel Greenberg

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This Is How He Rolls, And the Ladies Love It

Joel Greenberg |

I have doubts about my dog’s truthfulness. Or should I say his sincerity? Or maybe both.

Rudy (he’s named after the diminutive, underdog Notre Dame football player) has been partially paralyzed for about a half dozen years.

Or so he claims.

 

 

 

In a Community, Tragedy Touches Everyone

Joel Greenberg

It was Nov. 7, 1991, when Earvin (Magic) Johnson held a press conference and said: “Because of the HIV virus that I have attained, I will have to retire from the Lakers today.” The admission shocked the world, but it jolted Los Angeles like a magnitude-8 earthquake. The reaction in the newsroom at the Los Angeles Times, where I worked for 20 years, was memorable.

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