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HE BATTAL crease, less ft; Lip nearly 21 percent rise, - eals dominate trade deadline er sity, up y ieven-year tiirl Institute andlj building mj This fall, iJ Ahtly moretM 5. cs more mixaij since lawmil; budget. i ing plan, in-j 'tate and Univa remain uncb 1,876 at Calk e, at UC’s. 1 -'ill pay fan? varies, equip- things. to school bti: rop is than?, dulls areeoiii: FLOYD ■ (AP) — Pitchers Bobby Howry, Steve Reed lid John Thomson moved Wednesday as playoff Rntenders tinkered with their rosters before the non-waiver trading deadline. I There were a half-dozen trades — outfield ers Jay Payton, Todd Hollandsworth and Alex Ichoa were involved — but none of them ■ere blockbusters. I “It doesn’t seem like many deals were done tpday,” Tigers president Dave Dombrowski said. “I think it’s because a lot of deals, with some big names, have already been made. Clubs didn’t wait for the deadline to make moves.” The big deals, and there were plenty, came before the 4 p.m. EDT cutoff. Cliff Floyd was traded twice, even tually ending up with Boston on Tuesday night, and Scott Rolen, Raul Mondesi, Jeff Weaver, Steve Finley, Kenny Lofton, Ray Durham and Ryan Dempster also moved in July. I All those trades came despite the possibility is projected w a pl a y ers ’ strike before the season ends. In round 15 ni®^4, there was only one deal on deadline day — :s, will gro# Thompson went from Philadelphia to i of this dec B ()USton — anc l just a handful in July as a strike Ppproached. 1 Teams can still make trades this season, but now players have to pass through waivers before they can be shipped. A day after getting Floyd from Montreal, the Jted Sox bolstered their bullpen by getting Jowry from the Chicago White Sox for a pair of ninor league pitchers. right-handed Howry is 2-2 with a 3.91 mefliRA “I’m going to a contending team,” he said. 1 1 That’s why you play, not only because you love rasri ^gamC' hut it’s about winning.” ** The Red Sox are chasing the New York Yankees in the AL East, but are in the thick of the wild card race. “We’re much better. How much? I don’t know. I’ll let you know in about a month,” said Boston manager Grady Little. “Nothing can be w\L\\about the deals until you see some rmjts.” uc times, hip ices state lea. ut. And in set wer to set lute said. The size e ;n't immediate!; zed in the area, tern the side Sports The Battalion From NBA star Page 5 • Thursday, August 1, 20(T to businessman VERNON BRYANT* DALLAS MORNING NEWS/KRT CAMPUS Former NBA all-star Magic Johnson is planning on developing shopping centers and malls in urban areas. Magic still building empire in cities By Richard Aim THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/ KRT CAMPUS DALLAS — Earvin "Magic" Johnson's trans formation is complete. The former National Basketball Association superstar, an 1 1-time All-Star in a dozen years with the Los Angeles Lakers, now considers his game to be business, first and foremost. “That's all I’ve been (doing) for the last 10 years now, building my companies,” Johnson said. Johnson came to Dallas one day last week for the grand opening of the first 24 Hour Fitness Magic Johnson Sport Club. The fitness center is the first in Texas and fourth overall to come out of his 2-year-old partnership with California- based 24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. Another club will open in South Arlington, Texas, in September. Over the last decade, he's put together a busi ness empire, with an emphasis on investing in cities and minority neighborhoods. Johnson owns three banks, a share in the Lakers and 34 Starbucks coffee shops with 19 more on the way. Magic Johnson Theatres are open in Houston, Cleveland, Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles. He owns TGI Friday's restaurants in Los Angeles and Atlanta. He also recently bought the Fatburger hamburger chain, with 35 outlets in Southern California, 10 in Las Vegas and two in Seattle. The company plans to add 100 locations in the next five years. His latest venture involves raising $200 million, largely from teachers' pension funds, to buy and build shopping centers and malls in urban areas. After purchases in Milwaukee and Cleveland, he recently unveiled plans to build a 300-unit loft and condominium project in Los Angeles, with retail shops on the ground floor. In an interview, Johnson discussed his career after basketball. Here are some excerpts: Q: When so many ex-jocks go into coaching, broadcasting and other endeavors, why have you chosen to become an entrepreneur? A: I’ve always wanted to be a businessman, always. I idolized two African-American business men back in Michigan. They owned apartment buildings. They owned office buildings. I worked for them as a kid.T always wanted to get into busi ness because of that. I was setting myself up for it while I was playing. I owned a Pepsi distributorship. I was the first player ever to have a (merchandise) license with the NBA. I’ve since sold both of those, and I'm into what I'm into now. The key was to take my ego out of it. I had to go back to school in a sense. I had to seek a lot of great business people. Q: How much of your success derives from the Magic Johnson name, your celebrity? A: Really, that plays a small part in it because people want to know that you can do a deal. You’ve got to have capital. I’m a full-fledge part ner — we put up 50 (percent), they put up 50. I make suggestions. ... I met with 24 Hour Fitness, we had to brighten it up. Minorities like bright colors. Where everything went, I was involved in all those things. Just like Starbucks and every thing else. I know the minority market, and they didn’t, so I had to teach them and show them how they had to do business in our community. Q: So your focus is bringing investment and jobs to inner city neighborhoods often shunned by other businesses? A: The good thing about it is I’m doing it. We started off with three Starbucks, and now we have 34. And the reason we have 34 is that all of them are making money. Right now, if you look at the suburbs around America, they’re all built out. I don’t know how many more malls or how many more buildings that you can build. But if you look at the urban communities around the country, that’s where it’s all swinging to. You have an audience that has $600 billion spending power. You have basically no competi tion. The dirt is cheaper, so your rent is going to be lower. All you have to do is just learn how to do business in our community. That’s where I, as a partner, take over. I’ve shown my partners how to do business in urban America. I A\a bune. 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