HELLO JIM McMahon, I’M YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

09.06.12

Laurie Navon met Jim McMahon, who has early-onset dementia, at a golf outing seven years ago. But the man she knows now is not the charismatic, sweet, funny, confident man she met that day. She first began to notice a difference in McMahon’s behavior in early 2007. Since tests confirmed his dementia, she has done everything to make adjustments in both their lives.
Three NFL wives and girlfriends, Laurie Navon, Mary Lee Kocourek and Mary Ann Easterling share their stories with Sports Illustrated staff writer Melissa Segura.