While in the present era, NBA basketball rules the roost, once, it was college basketball that helped to save the NBA from a ...

NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers icon Magic Johnson recently reflected on his storied rivalry with Larry Bird during the NCAA tournament, marking 46 years since their iconic clash in 1979.

Ever since their 1979 matchup in the NCAA championship game between Michigan State and Indiana State, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson's rivalry has been one for the ages. The two legends of the game ...

Bird vs. Magic. Two future legends were meeting for the first time, setting the stage for a rivalry that would ... For years, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were rivals first and everything else ...

"Obviously, Michael Jordan took it to another level, but I'm old enough to remember before Magic and Larry got into the NBA, ...

Have you talked to Larry?' No one ever asks me about Kareem or James Worthy or Bryon or Coop. It's always Larry. We've gotten ...

Before his legendary run with the Los Angeles Lakers, Johnson led Michigan State to the 1979 NCAA Championship over Larry Bird and ... on this longtime rivalry. Bird & Magic.

To Johnson, the league's greatest point guard, there was never much of a rivalry once the Lakers found their rhythm.

A while before their names became synonymous with NBA greatness, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson shared a court in relative ...