“Toughest thing I had to deal with other than when my parents died” - Larry Bird on finding out about Magic Johnson’s HIV diagnosis

Many credit the Bird-Magic rivalry in the 80s as the league’s lifesaver in a very critical time. The Association was dying a slow death in the 70s, but the arrival of Johnson from Michigan State and ...
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Magic Johnson Goes Cloud-Nine Over Reuniting With Larry Bird: 'We Wowed a Sold-Out Crowd'

For an entire generation of NBA fans, there was only one rivalry that mattered: Magic vs. Bird. Now, decades later, the two legends just shared a stage, and Magic Johnson’s reaction says it all.