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Sue Bird Shuts Down False Narratives Surrounding Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese WNBA Drama: "This Is Not New"
When Magic Johnson and Larry Bird entered the NBA in the 1980s, the league's popularity skyrocketed. The post Sue Bird Shuts ...
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Larry Bird on his first time teaming up with Magic Johnson before their rivalry began: "He wouldn't give me the ball"
A while before their names became synonymous with NBA greatness, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson shared a court in relative obscurity. The year was 1978. Both were just college kids — rising ...
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Magic Johnson credited Larry Bird as the biggest influence on his path to greatness: "He's probably the biggest reason I'm here"
Larry, however ... I've ever learned in my life playing basketball," Johnson pointed out via NYT. Magic got his chance at redemption on Bird and the Celtics. That happened in 1985 when the ...
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"Larry won the award… but who knows better, players or press?" - Bernard King on how the NBA players named him the MVP over Larry Bird
Bernard King was one of the rare talents in the 1980s whose individual brilliance never quite translated into championship ...
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"I would take that team and challenge anyone" - Larry Bird on whether his Boston teams would beat Paul Pierce's 2008 Celtics
They were the first Celtics team in the post-Larry Legend era to win a championship. That Celtics team posted a ...
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Magic Johnson recounts the time Larry Bird dropped 40 points just to taunt him while he sat injured on the Lakers bench
During a Lakers-Celtics game, Larry Bird delivered a remarkable 40-point performance while Magic Johnson was sidelined with an injury. Bird's display became a personal showcase for Johnson ...
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How Larry Bird (and Magic Johnson) inspired Michael Jordan to become a champion
It came from a number of factors but in episode 4 of ESPN's 'The Last Dance' on Sunday, Jordan detailed a major source: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The duo is widely credited with saving the NBA ...
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46YO Larry Bird Showdown Resurfaces as Magic Johnson Reflects on Putting the "Madness in March"
If there’s one showdown that stands out at the top of this tournament’s history, it has to be the 1979 clash between Michigan State, led by Magic Johnson, and Indiana State, led by Larry Bird.
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"I really felt bad about doing this press conference" - Larry Bird believed he and Magic Johnson stole the spotlight from the Lakers and Celtics in the '08 Finals
Lakers legend Magic Johnson and Celtics great Larry Bird. The event was designed to honor their historic battles and ...
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How Larry Bird (and Magic Johnson) inspired Michael Jordan to become a champion
It came from a number of factors but in episode 4 of ESPN's 'The Last Dance' on Sunday, Jordan detailed a major source: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The duo is widely credited with saving the NBA ...