{"id":592745,"date":"2026-04-19T00:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592745\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:59:11","slug":"nba-legend-announced-as-stillman-college-commencement-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592745\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA legend announced as Stillman College commencement speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbrc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WBRC<\/a>) &#8211; One of the most famous athletes of all-time is set to speak at Stillman College commencement ceremony in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Former NBA star turned entrepreneur Earvin \u201cMagic\u201d Johnson will speak at Stillman\u2019s graduation, the college announced this week. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Magic Johnson arrives to the NBA All-Star basketball game Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, in Inglewood,...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TS5VRETNPFHSZK5AHJ3BVYVO3A.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" \/>Magic Johnson arrives to the NBA All-Star basketball game Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)(Jae C. Hong | AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cA legend, visionary and builder of legacy by transforming communities through business and philanthropy. His impact speaks far beyond his NBA career. On May 9, that impact meets purpose\u2014right here at Stillman. Class of 2026, this one\u2019s for you. Walk boldly. Lead intentionally. Leave your mark,&#8221; the college stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Stillman\u2019s commencement ceremony is set for Saturday, May 9 at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Get news alerts in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/wbrc-fox6-news\/id449660326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple App Store<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.raycom.wbrc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Store<\/a> or subscribe to our email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBRC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) &#8211; One of the most famous athletes of all-time is set to speak at Stillman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[258585,52053,258588,258586,1976,258581,42683,258574,178031,258573,8726,42684,355,99,258579,258580,258583,258584,258582,42681,258578,258577,258587,258576,258575,258572],"class_list":["post-592745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-batchelor","tag-brett","tag-brett-batchelor","tag-brett-batchelor-wbrc","tag-college","tag-earvin-magic-johnson","tag-fox-6","tag-fox-6-news","tag-fox6","tag-fox6-news","tag-magic-johnson","tag-myfoxal","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-stillman","tag-stillman-college","tag-stillman-college-commencement","tag-stillman-college-commencement-ceremony","tag-stillman-college-graduation","tag-wbrc","tag-wbrc-6-news","tag-wbrc-6news","tag-wbrc-brett-batchelor","tag-wbrc-fox-6-news","tag-wbrc-fox6-news","tag-wbrc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}