Julius Erving and Moses Malone were integral to the league’s resurrection, culminating in a title with the Sixers.

Former NBA legends Larry Bird and Magic Johnson (Image via: Getty Images) Former NBA legend Magic Johnson (Image via: Getty Images) Former NBA legends Larry Bird and Magic Johnson (Image via: Getty ...

The silky smooth jump shot, the electric rivalry with Magic Johnson, the legendary trash talk — certain aspects come to mind when thinking about the life of Larry Bird.

Thirty-seven years ago this week, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird played each other in the NBA for the first time. Their storied rivalry was arguably the most important in NBA history, and it wasn’t ...

Larry Bird is one of the biggest basketball icons. He was the perfect definition of a complete player; he could shoot, pass, and rebound and possessed a high basketball IQ. Adding to this was his ...

You don’t have to be a basketball fan to be taken in by “Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals,” a sports special that works the rivalry of sports angle pretty well — but goes even deeper into what I ...

On Wednesday night, Magic/Bird opened on Broadway. The latest effort from Eric Simonson and Thomas Kail, the writer and director behind the play Lombardi, charts the rivalry—and eventual ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson played 18 games against each other in the regular season and 19 in the playoffs. In those epic duels, Bird kept himself fueled to outmatch Johnson by secretly checking his ...

The one and only Michael Jordan wanted to retire from the NBA in 1992 and play baseball. However, the Chicago Bulls icon didn ...

In "When the Game Was Ours," Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson collaborate with sportswriter Jackie MacMullan to reveal personal histories and detail what drove one of the great rivalries in ...

NBA legends Magic Johnson and Larry Bird accepted the lifetime achievement award at the 2019 NBA Awards presented by Kia on Monday in Los Angeles. Bird spoke first, lobbing a few jokes at Johnson’s ...

The same folks who pulled "Lombardi" out of a hat are trying for another made-to-order sports entertainment, this time about the fierce rivalry and eventual friendship of NBA greats Magic Johnson of ...