25 year ago today ...

[micropolitan guy]

I think the deal was, the medication they prescribed him made him feel sluggish, so he talked the doctors into giving him a lower dosage.

From the ESPN story:

"He was carried outside the gym via stretcher, where he was shocked by a defibrillator that the team had purchased for nearly $5,000 after his original diagnosis."

Yes, outside the gym. Today they are much more accessible and he'd be getting treatment almost immediately instead of just lying on the floor waiting for the medical guys to arrive. The guy I spoke of here collapsed on the practice court and was attended to immediately, where he fell, saving his life.