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

Los Angeles Lakers' legend Magic Johnson gave his all-time starting five, from Bill Russell to Michael Jordan.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 ...

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird carried the NBA on their backs during the league's challenging years in the 80s. When their time was up, it was Michael Jordan who picked up the baton and took the ...