John Nadel (AP) reports: Ten years later, he is playing ball against guys half his age. He is running a small empire of theaters, coffeehouses and restaurants. And his smile ? the one that launched a thousand ads ? remains as wide as ever.

"I feel wonderful," Magic Johnson said. "Everything is great, wonderful. I celebrate life and I live every day. Every day is a holiday for me. ... Nov. 7 won't be any different."

Exactly 10 years ago ? Nov. 7, 1991 ? many thought that one of basketball's most dazzling players had been handed a death sentence.

He stood at a packed news conference at the Forum, the scene of his many triumphs with the Los Angeles Lakers, and announced he was retiring at 32 because he was diagnosed HIV positive.

Now, he takes the AIDS cocktail ? combinations of medications that have kept some people with the virus from developing acquired immune deficiency syndrome ? allowing him to focus on his business, and not just the business of staying alive.

In a related article, the Dallas Morning News has gone into their archives and dug up an article that was written by Former Dallas Morning News writer Dave Moore on the day of Johnson's shocking announcement 10 years ago.