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

Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, left, of Michigan State and Larry Bird of Indiana State pose before their national title game in 1979. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon) Career high ...

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

"People can identify with me more than they can with somebody like a Magic or Michael" - Larry Bird knew fans could easily ...

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.

In the 1980s, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird were on opposite sides of one of the most heated NBA rivalries. They’ll be sharing 2019’s NBA lifetime achievement award Monday – the ...

Larry Bird’s Boston Celtics and Magic Johnson’s Showtime Lakers were two dominant dynasties that occupied the same time and space on the NBA’s grandest stage.

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are forever linked as rivals on the court and saviors of the NBA's box-office appeal and TV ratings. This gallery chronicles their careers.

In one corner sat Magic Johnson. He talked. He laughed. He smiled. In another corner sat Larry Bird. He spoke only when prompted. He sounded stoic. He usually looked serious. Yes, the former ...

The lives of Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson are headed to...Broadway. "Magic/Bird" will be written by playwright Eric Simonson ("Lombardi") and will tell the "intertwined life stories" of ...