Magic Johnson and the Showtime Lakers not liking HBO’s Winning Time is what made it so good
by Carron J. Phillips from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#6F308)
On Oct. 1, 2006, Marlo Stanfield infamously told a security guard at a grocery store on Monroe Street in Baltimore, Maryland, You want it to be one way. But it's the other way." Who would have known that 17 years later, the words from one of the most important characters from HBO's best show - The Wire - would apply...