Revisiting Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's rookie showdown at Boston Garden originally appeared on Basketball Network. Boston Garden was a special place before its demolition in 1998. Certain arenas ...

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird’s rivalry is regarded as one of the best in basketball history. It all started in college when Johnson’s Michigan State team and Bird’s Indiana State team faced off in the ...

The respect was always mutual. The rivalry, though, ran deeper than most realized. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird reshaped basketball in the '80s. Their duels were legendary and their chemistry off the ...

"People can identify with me more than they can with somebody like a Magic or Michael" - Larry Bird knew fans could easily relate to him originally appeared on Basketball Network. Larry Bird was the ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson helped define basketball in the 1980s, their rivalry driving the NBA into the mainstream. Although many saw them as evenly matched, Bird believes Johnson came out ahead.

At the heart of one of the fiercest rivalries in sports, two of the greatest athletes of all-time battled for multiple championships and the future of their sport. Hall of Famers Earvin "Magic" ...