"It would be a different game for me if he were gone," Johnson admitted in 1987 via the New York Times. "He's my measuring stick." Magic made those comments not long after Larry Legend declared ...

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird reshaped basketball in the '80s. Their duels were legendary and their chemistry off the court would later become one of the most celebrated friendships in sports.

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are parts of arguably the greatest basketball rivalry we’ve ever seen. The two Hall-of-Famers had intertwining careers that led to them first meeting in the national ...

Bird's unfriendly nature. Larry wasn't looking to nurture any sort of camaraderie. Before their first matchup in college, Johnson wanted an embrace, but his rival wanted no friendship at all.

If you collected basketball cards during the NBA's lean years, there is a good chance the 1980 Topps Magic Johnson and Larry Bird rookie card brings back a wave of nostalgia. Few players in NBA ...