Larry Bird and Magic Johnson's rivalry transcended basketball, reviving the NBA during its darkest days. Their iconic ...

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 ...

Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers once had an epic rivalry with Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics. They faced off in the NBA Finals three times (and the Lakers won twice). Recently ...

One of the most iconic rivalries in sports can easily be credited to former Los Angeles Lakers' Magic Johnson and former Boston Celtics' Larry Bird. The rivalry between these two legendary players ...

NBA GOAT Michael Jordan was caught on tape refusing to play alongside another basketball icon on the 1992 Dream Team ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 4: Former NBA player Earvin "Magic ... Johnson came on the scene in the 1979 NCAA Championship game. As a sophomore at Michigan State, he faced Indiana State’s Larry ...

"I love the comparison [between him and Bird]," Johnson said. "Because they dominated in college [as we both did]. Before Michael Jordan, there was Magic and Larry. Their fierce rivalry -- intense ...

Larry Bird was cold. Cold dude. Real cold." Nobody was immune to Bird's penchant for trash talk, especially not his biggest rival, Magic Johnson. The two icons were at the tip of the spear of ...

Few would probably deny the notion that Stephen Curry is one of the greatest athletes to ever play the game of basketball.

“More fights,” as Mitchell joked, can be translated to more of a willingness to mix it up. More of a willingness to clash ...