Magic is the best.

I can’t think of a better grand marshal for the 2026 Pasadena Tournament of Roses than Laker great Magic Johnson , and neither could TofR President Mark Leavens .

And that’s a good thing.

You do have to wonder whether the prexy already had Magic locked up for the honor when he chose his theme for the New Year’s Day Rose Parade and Rose Bowl and all the other extravaganza, “The Magic in Teamwork,” and perhaps we’ll never know. White Suiters tend to be tight-lipped about such matters.

Few may know that, while everything else about the volunteer organization is by its complicated nature a matter of teamwork as well, the two things that current presidents, all of whom work their way up after many decades of service, do all by themselves is to choose the theme, and

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