"I don't mind it, they was on him (Larry Bird) when we went to LA" - Magic Johnson knew he would face heckling Celtics fans ...

In Johnson’s case, the Los Angeles Lakers built the team around his ability to run the fast break and find people for easy ...

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

It didn’t take long for Magic Johnson to realise Michael Jordan was the best player in the NBA. Before Jordan’s Chicago Bulls ...

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

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.

Larry Bird says he didn’t follow the NBA growing up, highlighting how the league transformed from a struggling product to a ...

Drafted by Boston in 1979, the former small forward spent his entire 13-year career with the Celtics and achieved some ...

1974 - Earns the nickname “Magic” after a game his sophomore year of high school, in which he scores 36 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists. Lansing State Journal sportswriter Fred Stabley Jr. is the ...

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 ...