Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were the two best players in the NBA during the 80s before Michael Jordan arrived. The two were college basketball adversaries who brought their rivalry to the NBA.

The story of Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson started in the 1979 NCAA Finals. Since then, their rivalry changed the game of basketball, as they became two of the greatest players the NBA ...

Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers once had an epic rivalry with Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics. They faced off in the NBA Finals three times (and the Lakers won twice). Recently ...

The LSU Tigers coach once recalled how Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson compared Reese vs. Clark to the rivalry he once had with Boston Celtics great Larry Bird. Mulkey discussed Johnson's ...

Charles Barkley credits Magic Johnson and Larry Bird for saving the NBA in the 1980s, and claims the current generation should appreciate them.

“He controlled the tempo of the game like nobody else … I knew I’d probably like him and then I’d lose my edge” - Larry Bird says he was never able to read Magic Johnson “He controlled ...

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And the very best end up being about something much more. Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson never really hated each other. The first time they met they couldn’t stop talking about each ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson can close the century knowing they resuscitated the pro game and gave new life to the college tournament. Bird, the fair-haired white shooter from the sticks of ...

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Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French ... and brought the fans back to Boston Garden. His duels with Magic Johnson were legendary. The two turned the NBA from a "minor" pro sport ...