Many basketball historians credit Bird and Johnson for changing the game of basketball for the better, meeting numerous times ...

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese leveled up women’s basketball to unprecedented heights in 2024. The WNBA phenoms sold out ...

"There's a lot of people who helped save this NBA, it didn't start with us" - Bird rejected the narrative that he and Magic ...

"Magic is still in my dreams" - Larry Bird admitted he struggled a year into his retirement originally appeared on Basketball ...

The Boston Celtics icon named his former teammate as the "best passer" he had ever seen in his life, snubbing Los Angeles Lakers rival Magic Johnson.

There’s nothing left to say. You’re Larry Bird,” said the now 63-year-old NBA vet. “I got that kind of seasoning from Magic Johnson, too,” he added. “Because I was right there in town.

The league rode the momentum of their dueling legacies — Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, East vs. West, Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers — and the sport, once seen as a floundering product ...

Larry Bird was the model of how greatness could be wrapped in grit. He didn't glide across courts with Michael Jordan's air or dazzle the world with Magic Johnson's smile.

The rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics hit its peak in the 1980s with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird leading their respective franchises against each other in three different ...

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird kicked off their rivalry in the NCAA Tournament and carried it over into the NBA, straight into America's living rooms. They represented the best of the best.

Number 1: 1980-81 Topps RC, Larry Bird with Magic Johnson and Julius Erving . The card is not only Larry Bird's #1 RC to chase, it may be one of the most sought after NBA cards of all time.

Defeated Larry Bird (1987 League MVP) Took Magic Johnson’s Lakers to 7 games in the Finals on a sprained ankle and scored 25 points in one quarter — an NBA Finals record still today ...