She had thought that the change was temporary and the magic of reading would reappear once she was off certain drugs and exhausting treatments.

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"I first had the idea of Frankie and his Magic Football when reading stories to my own children, " he said in a statement.

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Earlier this year a friend of mine and I were talking about the first Dream Team and a book he was reading, Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever.

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